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The Go/No-Go Grants Assessment is a practical, structured tool designed to help individuals and organizations evaluate grant opportunities with confidence and clarity. By breaking down key factors into a weighted scoring system, the tool simplifies complex decisions, ensuring your organization pursues only the opportunities that align with your mission, capacity, and strategic priorities.
This assessment includes 14 thoughtfully crafted questions that address critical aspects of grant evaluation.
What's inside:
Mission Alignment: does the funder's mission resonate with your organizational goals
Strategic Fit: is the project part of your strategic plan or a new but essential priority
Capacity Assessment: do you have the expertise, staffing, and time to execute and report on the project effectively
Financial Considerations: does the potential funding outweigh the effort required to apply, and can you meet matching requirements or indirect cost recovery needs
A 0-4 scoring scale per question, with critical factors weighted more heavily
Clear decision thresholds: Go (40-56 points), Neutral (28-39 points), No-Go (0-27 points)
The assessment is collaborative by design, allowing teams to discuss each factor and ensure no single person bears the full responsibility for the decision. By engaging in this process, your organization can save time, focus resources, and increase your chances of success with grants that truly fit your mission and capacity.
Whether you're an experienced grant writer or new to the field. Downloadable Word Doc (.docx). Built by a grant writer, for grant writers.
The Go/No-Go Grants Assessment is a practical, structured tool designed to help individuals and organizations evaluate grant opportunities with confidence and clarity. By breaking down key factors into a weighted scoring system, the tool simplifies complex decisions, ensuring your organization pursues only the opportunities that align with your mission, capacity, and strategic priorities.
This assessment includes 14 thoughtfully crafted questions that address critical aspects of grant evaluation.
What's inside:
Mission Alignment: does the funder's mission resonate with your organizational goals
Strategic Fit: is the project part of your strategic plan or a new but essential priority
Capacity Assessment: do you have the expertise, staffing, and time to execute and report on the project effectively
Financial Considerations: does the potential funding outweigh the effort required to apply, and can you meet matching requirements or indirect cost recovery needs
A 0-4 scoring scale per question, with critical factors weighted more heavily
Clear decision thresholds: Go (40-56 points), Neutral (28-39 points), No-Go (0-27 points)
The assessment is collaborative by design, allowing teams to discuss each factor and ensure no single person bears the full responsibility for the decision. By engaging in this process, your organization can save time, focus resources, and increase your chances of success with grants that truly fit your mission and capacity.
Whether you're an experienced grant writer or new to the field. Downloadable Word Doc (.docx). Built by a grant writer, for grant writers.
