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These are the questions to ask. If you answer no, you need to work with the board of directors to help turn any no’s into yes’s. Also, don’t panic at the amount of no’s you end up having when you’re done with the checklist; just focus on one no at a time. It’s important to estimate a timeline for your anticipated grant readiness. Okay, let’s get started with the questions:

1 Does your organization have a staff member or volunteer assigned to grant writing? Remember, it’s important to get at least one person trained in how to research grants and write grant proposals. Having a consistent person assigned to these tasks is necessary for grantseeking continuity.

2 Does your organization subscribe to grantfunding alerts about public-and private-sector grantfunding opportunities? If you are truly serious about scoring grant awards, you absolutely need to keep updated on the type of available funding, what you need to write, and the deadlines for each application.

3 Do you have all of your organizational documents in a cloud folder so they can easily be accessible from any technology device at work, home, and elsewhere? When you find a grantfunding opportunity that has a close deadline (such as 48 hours from your discovery of the availability of new money), can you quickly prepare a funding request and attach the mandatory documents from your cabin in the mountain? Oh, by the way, did you know that grant professionals (grantwriters with experience, grit, and speedreading skills) never leave their homes without their laptops or tablets in the event they will have to prepare a grant application from the seating area of an airport gate, a hotel room, or the beach? Yep, grantwriters are in high demand and if they want to keep their jobs and clients, they must be able to be attentive, responsive, and ready to write anytime, anywhere.