I take it seriously when I am hired as the contract grant writer for a nonprofit. I see it as my personal responsibility to do everything I can to ensure the maximum amount of grant funding.
So when a grant funder emails asking for additional information or wants to schedule a Zoom call to evaluate a grant application or determine continued funding for next year, I jump at the opportunity.
When I receive an email requesting additional info, I see this as a great sign of funding to come. I quickly gather the requested information and send it along with an offer to provide anything else they may need.
Yesterday, I received an email from a current funder requesting a Zoom meeting to discuss our final report and next year’s funding allocation. I was grateful they sent a short list of the items they wanted to discuss.
I immediately sent the items on the list to the appropriate departments within the nonprofit so they could compile the necessary information.
I also scheduled a quick call with the Program Director and Executive Director to get a quick crash course on any new developments they want me to share.
Some grant writers feel that these types of meetings are outside their work scope. I deliberately include these meetings and grant follow-ups in my scope of work and my fee because I feel that I am the most qualified to answer questions about it since I wrote the grant and grant report.
Tomorrow I will dive in deeper about my exact planning process for a grant follow-up meeting with a grant funder.
Until next time,
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