Everything you need to assess your readiness, build the systems funders look for, and put your organization in a position to win.
Ten fill-in worksheets covering the readiness factors that determine grant outcomes. Work them in order, or jump to where you have gaps. Each takes about twenty minutes.
Does your project flow directly from your mission, or are you reaching to make a funding opportunity fit?
Open Worksheet →Your project fits your mission. Does it also fit your strategic plan or community priorities?
Open Worksheet →A brilliant idea is not enough. Can your organization actually deliver if you win the award?
Open Worksheet →Reviewers want proof the problem is real. Pair the numbers with the story that brings them to life.
Open Worksheet →Credibility is built one outcome at a time. Document what you have done and the lessons you learned.
Open Worksheet →A letter of support is a sentence. A partnership is a commitment. Map yours before you need them.
Open Worksheet →Your budget tells your project's story in numbers. Make sure the two stories match.
Open Worksheet →Funders ask: what happens when the grant ends? Have an honest, specific answer ready.
Open Worksheet →Winning is the start. Managing it well is what gets you the next one. Audit your systems.
Open Worksheet →Leadership without commitment is just permission. Funders can tell the difference. Document the commitment.
Open Worksheet →Four companion resources for organizations ready to strengthen their financial infrastructure. These are reference guides, not fill-in worksheets, and they go deeper on the accounting and budget mechanics that determine whether your organization is truly fundable.
Cash, accrual, or hybrid? What your organization uses shapes every budget you build and every grant you manage.
Open Guide →The questions to ask your finance team so grants can be tracked, reported, and reconciled cleanly.
Open Guide →How shared costs get distributed across programs and grants, and why grant managers need to understand the basics.
Open Guide →A practical audit of whether your budget tells the same story as your narrative, with the right indirect cost treatment.
Open Guide →All ten worksheets and all four Financial Foundations guides, professionally designed and bound into one 88-page workbook. Real examples from both government and nonprofit contexts, red flags, and action steps built into every section.
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