Demystifying Grant Seeking: What You Really Need to Do to Get Grants

step five

Evaluate Your Results, Methods, and Opportunities

Now that you have worked through a complete grant proposal, you evaluate how all the previous steps worked and how your methods can be improved. Why did you or didn't you get the grant? Was your work efficient enough to make getting the grant worthwhile? At this point you also strategize for the future. What are your next opportunities, and how should you pursue them? Armed with self-knowledge, you head into Step One again, ready to learn about any changes in your program, your community, and your next prospective funder's mission, before you invite them to invest in your organization. ...