Crafting a Grant Budget: Telling Your Proposal’s Story with Numbers

Event Date: May 30, 2023

Proposal budgets come in all shapes and sizes, just like Requests for Proposals (RFPs) themselves. Some funding proposals require a simple budget; others can become quite complex, covering multiple years and funding streams. Sometimes your proposal must conform to a funder’s specific budget format, while others provide general guidance or even allow you to use your own categories. Either way, a proposal budget tells funders how you plan to accomplish the goals you’ve described in a proposal narrative. Even if your narrative is compelling, it is less likely to succeed if your budget isn’t aligned and realistic.

Even if others in your organization usually prepare proposal budgets, knowing the basics can make your proposal narratives stronger, so we encourage you to watch this video where we review key elements of proposal budgets and their companion piece, budget narratives. We also reviewed the basics as well as some common twists, while building a basic budget together.

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Hosts: Nicole Young & Nicole Lezin

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Presented in English with simultaneous interpretation into Spanish.