Welcome to the Little Big Toolkit
The Resolution Project and Little Big Fund are excited to bring you the Little Big Toolkit. Embark on a transformative journey to enhance your fundraising skills and proposal writing knowledge in the realm of social impact. Our self-guided platform offers you with:
Extensive Resources: Access instructional videos, grant examples, and a series of checkpoints for you to share your learning progress with us.
Bite-Sized Learning: Conveniently learn through 5-7 minute videos, fitting seamlessly into your schedule.
Office Hours: Connect one-on-one with Little Big Fund Founders, Gayle Nosal and Abhinav Khanal, for personalized guidance in fundraising and business development.
Engaging Community: Join like-minded individuals in our vibrant community. Collaborate, learn, and participate in monthly mentorship sessions with social impact leaders from around the world. Email us to sign up for our monthly mentorship sessions!
Through this platform, gain the skills, knowledge, and confidence to amplify your impact. Your journey towards driving social innovation and transformation starts here.
Wishing you an enriching and empowering learning experience. Explore, engage, and make a significant difference in the world.
Module 1: Crafting Your Story
Learn the art of crafting a compelling and engaging story for your introduction. Explore techniques to captivate your audience and effectively communicate your vision.
Module 2: Defining Your Mission
Discover the importance of a clear and impactful mission statement. Learn how to define your mission in a concise using the 8-word mission template. Explore examples of powerful mission statements and avoid common pitfalls in mission statement development.
Suggested Read: The Eight Word Mission Statement
Module 3: Identifying Your Assets
Understand the assets that set you apart and contribute to your success. Learn how to identify and leverage your unique experiences as social impact leaders — your strengths, resources, and capabilities.
Checkpoint I
Module 4: Crafting a Succinct Problem Statement
Master the structure and components of a well-crafted problem statement. Explore techniques to succinctly articulate the problem you aim to solve.
Checkpoint II
Module 5: Drafting Project Activities
Learn the process of translating your project goals into actionable activities. Develop skills in creating a comprehensive and well-structured plan to achieve your objectives.
Module 7: Developing an Activity-Based Budget
Learn how to develop a budget that aligns with your project timeline and activities. Gain insights into creating an accurate and realistic budget to support your project's financial needs using a simplified budget template.
Checkpoint III
Suggested read: What’s your endgame?
Module 8: Monitoring and Evaluation
Discover progress of your venture by measuring and evaluating the impact of your projects. Learn how to set up metrics to assess outputs and outcomes.
Checkpoint IV
Additional Resources
Grant Templates and Examples
The following are four sections of the same funding proposal written by another organization. These are not perfect proposals, but rather an opportunity for you to reflect on what works well, and what does not work well when you are the review. We recommend you to use the reflections to incorporate changes into your own written proposals.
You Be The Funder (Part I): Narrative and Introduction
You Be The Funder (Part II): Problem Statement
You Be The Funder (Part III): Project & Budget
You Be The Funder (Part IV): Monitoring & Evaluation
Office Hours
Finished the course, and have questions? Perfect! Connect one-on-one with Little Big Fund Founders, Gayle Nosal and Abhinav Khanal, for personalized guidance in fundraising and business development.