A grant video should read like evidence, not an advertisement. Reviewers watch dozens of applications, so clarity and honesty move them more than polish.
You are trying to reduce a stranger's uncertainty about your work. That framing changes what you film.
Read the application first and build the video to its prompts. If they ask about outcomes, spend your minutes on outcomes rather than on your founding story.
Keep it short. A two to three minute video that answers the exact questions respects the reviewer's time.
Funder reviewers want to see the work happening, not a narrator describing it. Footage of a class, a clinic, or a build site is stronger proof than any claim.
Film on an ordinary day. A staged event can look produced, and reviewers notice.
A grant video is a document with a pulse. It should carry the same facts as your written proposal and none of the extra flourish.
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