Development Lingo
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Show Me The Data
Anatomy of a Proposal
Guess-That-Staff
100

Outlines an organization's revenue and expenses/costs for a fiscal year

What is an operating budget?

100

SCYEA’s largest funder

Who is the Katie McGrath and JJ Abrams Family Foundation?

100

CoCo’s 2023 operating budget 

What is $9.5 million?

100

Expected results of the proposed program/what you want to see

What are outcomes?

100

They crashed a motorized vehicle into a tree when they were 13

Who is David?

200

Funds that can be used for any purpose, program or event by an organization

What are unrestricted funds?

200

Largest Prevention contract

What is the LA Dept. of Public Health Substance Abuse Prevention and Control program?

200

Percentage of operational budget raised so far

What is 83.5%?

200

The reason for a proposal/the needs assessment for a proposal

What is a problem/problem statement?

200

They own a Volkswagen Jetta

Who is Mariana?

300

An organization’s savings account/liquid assets that can be used in emergency events/invested

What is a reserve fund?

300

Largest Arts & Culture/Organizing grantor

What is the California Department of Social Services Stop The Hate program?

300

Amount of operational budget funded by private foundations

What is $4.4 million?

300

What will be accomplished broadly/ what you want to change

What are goals?

300

Born with an extra finger and extra toes

Who is Netra?

400

The process to find grant dollars that align with your nonprofit's mission, needs, and goals

What is prospecting?

400

Largest CCO/General Operating Support funder

Who is The California Endowment?

400

Amount of operational budget funded by public grants/contracts

What is $3.5 million?

400

Activities used to facilitate program/accomplish target

What are methods?

400

They have lived in two or more countries 

Who is the development team/ Netra, David and Mariana?

500

A brief document submitted to a funder to express an organization’s desire to apply for a specific grant opportunity

What is an LOI (Letter of Inquiry)?

500

Civic Engagement’s largest funder

What is the LA County Department of Public Health & Community Partners Equity Fund?

500

Number of proposals development team submitted this year!

What is 42?

500

The specific, clear, concrete framework of what will be accomplished

What are objectives?

500

Them and their sibling have had two missing teeth in the same place since birth

Who is David?