English to Lithuanian Bus/Financial International Org/Dev/Coop public organisations, EU Commission, project application

DEFINITION:

A letter of support is an outside testimonial that backs up a nonprofit's claims of success and promises to deliver. Letters of support usually accompany a proposal or application for grant funds. These testimonials show that other people, businesses, and organizations believe that the nonprofit can get the job done.

A letter of support can come from a partner organization, a major donor, another foundation, a congressional representative, an outside business, or a key stakeholder. A support letter might be from community leaders who believe in your program, or it might be from people who will receive the services you propose providing.

Letters of support may include a commitment to help the project. This type of letter might indicate that a certain business not only supports a nonprofit, but it wants to provide a gift-in-kind to support the project. A donor could use their letter of support to commit a specific amount of money to the project. A business's letter of support could include a pledge to loan pro bono volunteers to your project.

CONTEXT

Organisation A has sent a support letter to Organisation B for its project application, which helped it to succeed and to have the project selected by the EU Commission.