Grants Column: Who Should Be Part of Application Discussions

When your organization, department or municipality begins to talk about grant funding as a way to achieve your specific goals, mission and action plans, who is sitting around the table? Diane H. Leonard, GPC advises.

By Diane H. Leonard, GPC

Is leadership making the decision that grant funding should be pursued?

When your organization, department or municipality looks at individual opportunities and decides they are a fit with a specific project or plan, who is it that’s deciding if the funding opportunity is a good fit?

Are multiple members of the organization being allowed to weigh-in about the fit of a potential specific funding opportunity?

When your organization, department or municipality begins the work of completing an application for the specific opportunity identified, who is involved in helping to create a competitive application?

Is it a team of colleagues, or is the application left to be the sole task of the grant professional (whether internal or external)?

Continue reading the column on GovGrantsHelp.com.