What goes into a strong mission statement?
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“Sometimes you’ve got to let everything go—purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything… whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you’ll find that when you’re free, your true creativity, your true self comes out.”
Early in the game, I was blessed by a wonderful CEO named Joy Lindsay who not only gave me my first grant writing gig, but gave me resources to grow.
Authors Ellen Karsh and Arlen Sue Fox state that a mission statement is a:
“brief, focused statement of an organization’s [or business’s] reason for being;
its overall purpose. The mission is the context in which all the organization's/business’s programs/initiatives operate and for which the programs/initiatives exist.”
Basically, it’s a cute ass sentence telling us what you do, how you do it, and who you doing it for.
Now, let’s dive deeper (click the image below):
Resource : The Only Grant-Writing Book You’ll Ever Need
The first resource I was given when entering the grants and development world, and a vital one.
The Only Grant-Writing Book You’ll Ever Need by Ellen Karsh and Arlen Sue Fox is expert-guidance on grant seeking, “providing a comprehensive, step-by-step guide for government, nonprofit, and individual grant seekers.” From diversifying funding to hands-on exercises to practice what you learned, this was definitely an amazing first step for me as a novice grant writer.
Action: Strength or Mistake?
You're a grant consultant who has been hired to evaluate the mission statements of several organizations and businesses. Each organization/business has come up with two different mission statements and needs your help deciding which one they should use.
