Grant Writing For Dummies, 7th Edition

Chapter 2

Preparing for Successful Grantseeking

IN THIS CHAPTER

Assessing your organization’s grant readiness

Determining your governing board’s grant readiness

Creating a grantfunding plan

Increasing your chances for success

Managing your plan on an ongoing basis

Typically, new and/or small nonprofit organizations that want to apply for grants are not always grant ready. Grant readiness is the foundation or framework for successful grantseeking. In this chapter, I show you how to determine if your organization is grant ready. In addition, I show you how to build your governing board’s capacity, assess your organization’s capacity, create a grantfunding plan, and most importantly, how to increase your chances for successful grantseeking.

Grantseeking Readiness Priorities for Nonprofits

These are the questions to ask. If you answer no, you need to work with the board of directors to help turn any no’s into yes’s. Also, don’t panic at the amount of no’s you end up having when you’re ...