HOW LONG YOUR GRANTMAKER LIST SHOULD BE
Like a miner panning for gold, a grantseeker uses the four-filters-plus-one method to find the golden nuggets, those funders that are most likely to fund your agency and its work. How many potential funders will you be able to identify? The short answer is: it depends.
How many bona fide grantmakers you will uncover depends on many factors, such as where your agency is located, how long it has been in existence, and whether the subject matter is currently popular with funders. Certainly, nonprofit agencies in large urban areas will have more possibilities than agencies in less-populated rural communities. Well-established agencies, those that have been serving their communities for several years, are ...