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Case-for-Support Builder.

Turn your through-line into a written case for support that is compelling, honest, and ends in a clear ask, the document your fundraising and grant work will draw on.

In Build Your Case for Support, after the Need-Approach-Impact-Ask Frame.

Write the case

Open with why it matters, the need and the stakes, not your founding date or your org chart. Lead with the human reality

Move to your approach: what you do and why it works

Show the impact: the demonstrable difference, brought to life with a real story where you can

Close with the ask: specific, and tied to what it makes possible

Keep it honest and human

No inflated need, no impact you cannot show, no promises you cannot keep

Sound like a person who cares, not like a grant robot or a glossy brochure

Pressure-test it

Put it in front of a board member and a trusted outsider. Ask: does this make you want to back us, and do you believe it?

Fix what rings hollow, what feels exaggerated, or what they did not believe

A strong case makes someone want to act, not just understand. It is honest enough to survive a hard question and human enough to be felt. If your testers were informed but unmoved, the case is describing rather than persuading; find the human stakes and lead with them. The real stories that bring it to life come from Tell Your Impact Stories with Dignity; the asks it supports live in your contributed revenue and grants work.

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