July 24, 2011
Smooth Words and Savvy Research Can Help Grant Proposals Succeed
Angela C. Pitts
Raeline Nobles (left) of AIDS Arms, and Laura Smith, of the Dallas Foundation, look at blueprints of a new clinic that the fund supports.
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Angela C. Pitts
Raeline Nobles (left) of AIDS Arms, and Laura Smith, of the Dallas Foundation, look at blueprints of a new clinic that the fund supports.
When Raeline Nobles approached the Dallas Foundation last year about a grant to build an outpatient medical clinic for impoverished Texans with HIV, the executive director of AIDS Arms knew she was taking a chance. With charities still struggling amid the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, many foundations were focused on providing money to help hard-hit groups pay for basic operations.
“We had to convince them that this was exactly the right time for a capital
