The Letter of Inquiry (LOI) Kit — Get Invited to Apply
A program officer decides in about a minute whether you get to apply at all. Your Letter of Inquiry is that minute. Get it wrong and your best project never gets read.Most LOIs read like a warm-up. The ones that get invited lead with the ask and prove the need in three sentences. That's what's in here.What you get:- A Letter of Inquiry template — the 4-paragraph structure that opens with the ask, compresses your need to a few sourced lines, and closes by inviting the next step. Fully annotated model included.- A grant application cover letter template — the short transmittal that gives a grants office your opportunity number, requested amount, and contents, so nothing bounces back.the ask, mirror a funder's language, red-team like a skeptical program officer, draft the cover letter, and cross-check your ask against your budget. Every prompt blocks invented facts.For grant writers and nonprofits approaching funders that gate a full proposal behind an LOI — or assembling a federal (Grants.gov) package that needs a clean cover letter.Straight talk: these are educational templates with placeholder examples — always use your funder's exact format if they specify one. No letter guarantees an invitation. This one just makes sure yours isn't easy to say no to.Pairs with The Federal Grant Proposal Kit — win the invitation here, then build the proposal it invites.
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