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Fourteen tools built for local governments and nonprofits. Save your progress, print to PDF or paper, and reuse them as your organization builds the systems to write competitive grants that get funded.
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It is the state of your financial house, your policies, your compliance posture, and your application assets before a funding opportunity ever opens. The Grant Readiness Worksheet Series is the same framework The Grant Project uses with consulting clients. Every tool in this library is designed to identify gaps in your organization's readiness and give you the small, actionable steps that move the needle on your results.
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Ten interactive worksheets covering the readiness factors that determine grant outcomes. Work through them in order or go straight to where you have gaps. Complete all ten and you will have a clear, specific picture of exactly what to build next.
Does your project flow directly from your mission, or are you reaching to make a funding opportunity fit?
Your project fits your mission. Does it also fit your strategic plan or community priorities?
A brilliant idea is not enough. Can your organization actually deliver if you win the award?
Reviewers want proof the problem is real. Pair the numbers with the story that brings them to life.
Credibility is built one outcome at a time. Document what you have done and the lessons you learned.
A letter of support is a sentence. A partnership is a commitment. Map yours before you need them.
Your budget tells your project's story in numbers. Make sure the two stories match.
Funders ask: what happens when the grant ends? Have an honest, specific answer ready.
Winning is the start. Managing it well is what gets you the next one. Audit your systems.
Leadership without commitment is just permission. Funders can tell the difference.
Four reference guides that go deeper on the accounting and budget mechanics that help grant personnel understand financial systems, build stronger budgets, and write more competitive applications.
Cash, accrual, or hybrid? What your organization uses shapes every budget you build and every grant you manage.
The questions to ask your finance team so grants can be tracked, reported, and reconciled cleanly.
How shared costs get distributed across programs and grants, and why grant managers need to understand the basics.
A practical audit of whether your budget tells the same story as your narrative, with the right indirect cost treatment.
The Grant Project has secured over $1.25 billion in competitive grant funding for local governments and nonprofits across the United States. These are the tools behind that track record.
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