Funder panels score every pitch against the same criteria, and weak ones tell the organisation's story instead of answering them. This grant proposal presentation template has eleven slides in the order a panel reads: the need, who is affected, your approach, the evidence, pilot results, the project plan, the budget, the ask and your contacts.

The sample follows Kettleby Group, which asks for £96,000 of a £120,000 budget over 24 months to help 480 children in six schools improve their reading, with £24,000 in match funding. Replace the need statement with local data and its source, rebuild the budget line by line, rewrite the outcomes as measurable results and set your own request.