Foundation Outreach Checklist
At this point, you’ve set your sights on a specific grant. Perhaps a high-net-worth individual or leadership member has made you aware of a foundation or a grant that would be perfect for your 501(c)3 nonprofit, or perhaps you’ve done your research and have uncovered some promising grants that you’re eager to apply to.
Congrats! Truly, finding an applicable grant is a huge hurdle to securing grant funding. But another challenge is about to commence, and I don’t mean the application. The steps in between finding and applying for a grant are crucial. These are small tasks, but without them, you take a major risk of rejection either because you missed an important aspect of the application, you didn’t make a name for your nonprofit ahead of time and get left unread, or you waste your time with a grant that actually isn’t aligned with your nonprofit or is unable to accept your application.
This checklist will provide you with a list of tasks to the key players who will determine whether you’re approved for a grant.