Fifty percent or more of the proposals you submit, you will prepare just as I’ve described in the preceding chapters, but you do need to be familiar with some exceptions. With a full proposal, you have the most control over how you present the case for your program to the funder, making some parts longer and others shorter, as best suits your program.

Other means of requesting grants—letters, forms, and electronic versions of these—reduce the flexibility while calling more on your ability to make your case creatively, in whatever form the funder wants to receive the proposal.