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ORSP Guidelines: Letter of Support

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While letters of support do not win a grant by themselves, good letters of support can

make a grant more competitive. They demonstrate broad-based commitment to a project,

from the range of stakeholders. The letters of support show that the planned

collaboration is both appropriate and genuine.

These are the two elements to a persuasive letter of support: (1) enthusiasm and (2)

convincing details.

That is why this document is intended as a guideline only: writers should tailor the details

in their letters to their unique positions, entities, mission, and goals. The details should

illustrate how the work of the grant affects their entity’s ability to achieve its mission

and/or goals.

There are multiple types of letters that come under the general rubric of “letters of

support.” For most grant applications, letters fall into two main categories: (i) letters of

support from high-level stakeholders such as legislators (senators or members of

congress) or the President of Fresno State, and (ii) letters of support from mid-level

stakeholders such as community organizations or partners on the application. These two

types of letters usually have different addressees:

All letters from high-level stakeholders must go to the same person: the chief officer of

the sponsoring organization:

Examples

Secretary Shaun Donovan

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban

U.S. Department of Education

Development

400 Maryland Avenue, SW

451 7th Street S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20202

Washington, DC 20410

All letters from mid-level stakeholders should go to the head of the program:

Examples

Shelley R. Poticha, Director for Office of

Eduardo Ochoa, Assistant Secretary for

Sustainable Housing and Communities

Postsecondary Education

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban

U.S. Department of Education

Development

Office of Postsecondary Education

451 7th Street S.W.

1990 K Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20410

Washington, DC 20006

Sample Letter Of Support