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After you have communicated with a potential funder, if the foundation’s director or program officer does not invite you to submit a letter of inquiry or grant application on behalf of your nonprofit organization, wait at least 3-4 weeks after the encounter. At that time, you can pick up the telephone and call to inquire if it’s okay to submit a letter of inquiry or a grant application and ask for the suggested grant request range. Make sure to confirm which one of your programs they are most interested in reading more about.

If the potential funder says they are not able to support your nonprofit organization at this time, politely thank them and ask if it’s okay to circle back to them in the next funding cycle or the next fiscal year. Count to ten and start the initial contact process with the next funder in your funding plan. This is a rinse and repeat process until you hit the jackpot and are invited to submit a request for funding.