Nonprofit Management All-in-One For Dummies

Chapter 2

Preparing for Successful Grant Seeking

IN THIS CHAPTER

Assessing your organization’s grant readiness

Determining your governing board’s grant readiness

Creating a grant-funding 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 grant seeking. This chapter shows you how to determine whether your organization is grant-ready. In addition, it shows you how to ascertain your governing board’s capacity, assess your organization’s capacity, create a grant-funding plan, and most importantly, how to increase your chances for successful grant seeking.

Grant-Seeking Readiness Priorities for Nonprofits

These are the questions to ask. If you answer no to any of them, you need to work with the board of directors to help turn any no’s into yes’s. Don’t panic at the number of no’s you may ...