Sponsor Letter

[Cynette]

Have you checked out the FIRST Fundraising Toolkit? http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...aising-toolkit

There are several examples of fundraising letters there. They appear to be less wordy than yours and still get the message across.

Two points I have on your letter: 1. It should be a follow-up letter. Always try to make a personal contact the first contact with a potential sponsor. 2. Be specific in your request. What are you asking for? Are you hoping for one sponsor to cover it all? Then ask for that. Your final request was actually for a meeting, but that was the whole way at the bottom. If that's what you want the initial step to be, put that at the top.

Good luck! And be sure to be on the look out for grants and other sources of funding!

[Chinmay]

Looks very good, you have some well written parts that I think will effectively convey your point. If possible, include a link to a 3-4 minute FIRST related video. It can be a match video or a recap video of a regional, or even another teams chairmans submission. Nowadays a lot of these letters go around via email, and a video can be an easy way to excite a sponsor. Perhaps a link to the first website would also be appropriate. Finally if you have any tax benefits that may or may not be appropriate for the letter, but is something to consider putting on there. You will likely get a lot more small donations if your organization is listed for being able to receive tax deductible donations