Club Budget Proposal Form

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Hi. I'm Tracy Kaufman, Programs Manager at Candid. I'm here with some basic advice on budgets. If you write grant proposals, two qualities that funders love to see radiate out from their grant proposals, above all else, are credibility and impact. Another thing about funders that not everyone realizes: if you ask a funder which part of the proposal they read first, many of them are going to say it's the budget. This is because, if the budget is doing its job right, it explains with instant crystal clarity the components and mechanics of the project, what's required to make the project happen, and how much support you've already secured to make it happen, versus how much you're currently asking for. Your budget can be a powerful tool to illustrate credibility and impact, those same two qualities that funders want to see above all else in a grant proposal. Let's talk specifically about credibility. If your numbers don't add up or pieces of the project are conspicuously missing from the