Even if you aren’t a fan of football, you likely know who Jerry Rice is. He has a reputation of being a jerk, but one thing he said many years ago has stuck with me.
When his career started out a bit rocky he said, “Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can do what others can’t.”
When I think about writing and (snail) mailing out grant request letters, I think of this quote.
My goal with my grant clients is always to grow their grant budgets from $0 to $1M within a few years. This is my specialty and my niche.
A few times a year, I gather all the grant opportunities without websites or online applications and start drafting letters.
I customize each letter based on the information I can gather about the grant giver and I mail them all out.
Most of them (80% of them) are ignored, and I never hear back. But there are always a few who respond. They either reach out for more information or simply mail a check back.
I am getting ready to do this again this week. The last time I sent out a bunch of letters was in January and we received $18,000 in unrestricted funds.
My guess is that very few grant writers send them letters, so they are happy to reward the ones who do.
Until next time,
Write Epic Grants