Are We Grant Ready?
Most nonprofits ask "where can we find grant money?" before they ask a better question: are we ready to apply for it, win it, and manage it responsibly?
Are We Grant Ready? walks you through the seven areas that determine whether your organization is prepared for grant funding, and gives you the tools to close the gaps in each one. This isn't a generic checklist. It's a working guide built for founder-led and community nonprofits who need a clear, honest read on where they stand before they invest staff time in an application.
Inside the guide, you'll find:
- A scored self-assessment covering mission clarity, documentation, financial readiness, outcomes tracking, funder fit, implementation capacity, and reporting
- A working tool for every section, built to use immediately, not just read
- Worked examples showing the difference between language that sounds good and language that actually works with funders
- A field-tested pattern of where nonprofits most often lose ground, and how to fix it before it costs you a grant
- A 30-day action plan template to turn your results into next steps
- A grant risk review to run before you submit any specific application
Who this is for: Executive directors, founders, board members, and program staff at small and mid-size nonprofits preparing for their first major grant application, or strengthening their systems before the next one.
Format: Instant-download PDF, designed to print or fill in digitally.
Know where you stand before you spend another hour on a grant application.
