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