Be sure to explain how your solution could be a solution for others as well. Fourth, determine whether it is reasonable to portray the need as acute. You are asking the funder to pay more attention to your proposal because either the problem you address is worse than others or the solution you propose makes more sense than others. Each day, children all over the country die from drug overdose. In the South Bronx, the problem is worse.
More children die here than any place else.
It is an epidemic. Hence, our drug prevention program is needed more in the South Bronx than in any other part of the city. Fifth, decide whether you can demonstrate that your program addresses the need differently or better than other projects that preceded it. It is often difficult to describe the need for your project without being critical of the competition, but you must be careful not to do so. Being critical of other nonprofits will not be well received by the funder.