[Date]
Dear [Funder name],
I am writing to ask the [Foundation name] to consider sponsoring [Your organization]’s participation in The CIVIL Executive Series™, a cohort program that strengthens how organizations operate from the inside.
Civil Strategies is an institutional design and implementation firm helping nonprofits and foundations align governance, operations, programs, and communications. The CIVIL Executive Series™ brings that same methodology, The CIVIL Framework™, into a structured cohort program for executive teams.
The Series runs as three twelve-week intensives across about six months, each addressing a distinct part of how an organization works:
Each intensive pairs a structured diagnostic with a two-day executive working session and follow-on implementation support, and leaves our team with a ninety-day plan we can put to work right away. The full series runs about twenty-four weeks, with cohorts forming in cities across the country.
The program is designed to be foundation-sponsored. A sponsoring funder underwrites the full cost of delivery, so participating organizations can focus on the work itself rather than the tuition. A funder can sponsor a single intensive or the full series for one organization, or support several grantees moving through together.
For [Your organization], this would help us [name one or two priorities, for example: clarify how decisions are made, align our programs with our resources, or steady our communications]. We expect the structure it builds to carry well beyond the program itself.
If you are open to it, the next step is a short conversation with Civil. You can review how sponsorship works at civil-strategies.com, and the Civil team can walk you through the details and answer questions directly at Contact@Civil-Strategies.com. I would be glad to make the introduction.
Thank you for considering this request.
With appreciation,
[Your name]
[Your title]
[Your organization]
[Email · Phone]