Feasibility/ Recommendation Proposal Presentation
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Feasibility/Recommendation
Proposal Presentation
Sean Gardner, Wade McCasland, Corey Herron
AudienceTexas Boys Ranch
AudienceBob Mize Director of Development of Texas
Boys Ranch
IssueFinancial obligations are the biggest
issue for the Texas Boys Ranch
• Everyday expenses can be extensive
• They also have proposed improvements including 2 new cottages, a gymnasium, a library, equestrian facility and a workshop.
Report RecommendationGrants
• Michael & Susan Dell Foundation • The Trull Foundation• The CH Foundation• The Lubbock Area Foundation• Amarillo Area Foundation• Communities Foundation of Texas
Brainstorming
Two key decisions we made
• Texas Boys Ranch over other potential clients
• Choosing Foundations over college and housing
OutliningThree key decisions we made:• How to divide the work Planning (Group) Research (2 foundations per member) Writing (Cory)
Presentation (Sean) Editing (Wade)• Who does what• Made an outline of how the final paper would
be organized
OutliningI. Cover PageII. Table of ContentIII. SummaryIV. BackgroundV. Research Criteria
a. Likely Amount of Giving ($$$? “High, Medium, Low” – defined how?)b. Likelihood of Givingc. Work Required to Apply
VI. Six Good Foundationsa. Option one (best option)
i. Backgroundii. Why it’s bestiii. How to apply
b. Option two (second best)Etc so on
VII. Conclusion (just a feel-good close, summarize best choice in a few sentences, make it clear that you’re done with this project, say you hope the info helps)
VIII. Appendix (example forms? Example proposal cover letter? Extra potentially useful stuff for applying to these foundations)
Research
• Initial research from Google• Did not find very useful
• Foundation Database• Sean went and researched where to find
foundations at the TTU library
• Further research
Writing• Each member wrote on their two
foundations• 3 pages per foundations
• Main problem was combining all three into one flowing document
Formatting To fix the problem, Cory formatted all
three the same into one document• The basic format has been Goals
Background Financial Status
Reasons for choice Application information
• Other
Editing
• Editing will begin as soon as the presentation is completed.
• We will attempt to take advantage of as many resources as possible.
Major design challenges
• Coordinating everyone’s writing and working together.
• Writing for two audiences