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Saturday, June 11, 2011

What a Grant Writer Needs From You

To be sure to save your organization time and dollars I have created a list for you to use before you hire a grant writer. Gather all these materials to present to your grant writer at the time an agreement is entered into. The grant writer may not need all the information for every grant but they surely will need all the information as they write several grants. It is very time consuming for a grant writer to start and stop to retrieve organizational information. Both you and the writer will save loads of time by having everything at the grant writer's fingertips. Enjoy!

Grant Writing Check List

___ Description and History of your organization
___ Problem or Needs statement
___ Measurable Goals and Objectives
___ Time-line for project
___ Plans for suture funding AKA sustainability plan
___ Project Budget
___ Organizational Budget
___ Resumes/job descriptions of project key employees
___ List of Board members and their affiliations
___ Organization brochure
___ Mission Statement
___ Fact sheet
___ List of grant received in the past
___ Most recent IRS 990
___ latest Financial Audit
___ Articles of Incorporation
___ Current by-laws

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