Nonprofit Management All-in-One For Dummies

Chapter 13

Checking Off the Mandatory Requirements for Compliance

IN THIS CHAPTER

Confirming the contents of your grant application package

Assembling the mandatory attachments

Submitting your funding request in a timely manner

Before you can call your application a done deal, you need to look at what goes into finalizing your grant application package. Putting on the finishing touches is so important because if you fail to adhere to the funder’s packaging (meaning how it wants to receive your grant application) and formatting guidelines, you may lose technical review points. (Read about this peer review in Chapter 7 of this minibook.) And if you lose sacred review points, your grant application may be eliminated before it starts the race for a competitive monetary award. This chapter shares the final steps you must take before submitting your grant application for funding consideration.

Triple-Checking All Required Components

Practically all government grant applications and even a few foundations and corporations are now using an application package or online upload checklist — a list of everything you need to prepare and submit a complete application package. Use this checklist ...