Organizational Background Statement

What is the main purpose of the Organizational Background Statement? Why do you believe it is important?

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Respond to the following in a minimum of 275 words: 

• What is the main purpose of the Organizational Background Statement? Why do you believe it is important?
• What role do strong writing skills play in grant writing? What are some resources or tools you believe could help you improve your writing skills?

** Include a minimum of 2 academic APA formatted references. **

Organizational Background Statement
The organizational background statement’s primary goal is to create a clear picture of its history and mission. It is also essential in facilitating an understanding of the organization’s long-term goals and ways of facilitating long-term goals. An organizational background statement is essential in an organization since it shows it is well managed hence gains the right public image (Chen & Huang, 2007). This is very crucial since any organization highly values public trust. The public trust shows the organization usually understands the community needs, which are crucial in acquiring more customers.
Moreover, it shows how the organization ideals diversity, making the general public either approve or reject it as tribal or racial, which may negatively impact the organization. Furthermore, the organization’s background statement shows whether an organization is financially stable, making it get grants easily compared to when its background statement is unclear (Slahor, 2014). It also illustrates which services are offered in the organization, thus making individuals understand its objectives and services.
Strong writing skills usually play a crucial role in grant writing; hence, it needs to be taken seriously to showcase through writing why one’s organization is worth receiving a grant. While the organization could be able to receive the grant, without proper communication to those capable of funding the organization, it may not give the grant (O’Neal-McElrath, 2013). To improve my writing skills, the tools and resources that would facilitate that would entail researching anything in the writing field one is unsure of, such as grammar points or punctuation analysis. Moreover, one can identify other people’s pieces in the same field. For instance, while writing a grant proposal, one should research other written grant proposals, see how it was done, and then practice it.

References
Chen, C. J., & Huang, J. W. (2007). How organizational climate and structure affect knowledge management—The social interaction perspective. International journal of information management, 27(2), 104-11
O’Neal-McElrath, T. (2013). Winning Grants Step by Step (4th ed.). Retrieved from https://phoenix.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781118875667/cfi/6/2!/4/4@0:46.8.
 Slahor, S. (2014). GRANT GUIDE 2014. Law & Order, 62(10), 42-44. Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.contentproxy.phoenix.edu/docview/1615295490?accountid=35812