Funder Evaluation Checklist
Start Here to Evaluate Whether Further Investigation is Worthwhile:
Funder Name:
Opportunity Name:
Subject/aims of the opportunity:
Geographic Area:
Other eligibility restrictions:
Dollar range of funded projects:
Is Match required? How much?
Project type(s) invited:
Evaluation criteria provided?
Narrative outline provided?
If you Find a Propsect, then Track the Details and Evaluate the Fit:
CONTACT INFORMATION
- Web addresses of the funder and the submission opportunity (form or instructions):
- Submission Contact person:
- Submission procedure (general):
- Contact email:
- Contact phone:
- Questions you want to ask (only after a thorough review of materials already made available!!):
FUNDS
- Maximum funds available:
- Average award size:
- Misc. funding information:
DATES
- Submission deadline:
- Notification date:
- Award date:
- Potential start date:
REQUIREMENTS INFORMATION
- What is requested initially (letter of inquiry, full proposal, proposal summary)?
- Restrictions on funds use?
- Summary of additional requirements and information (pg and word count, attachments) – how ambitious is this proposal?
INTELLIGENCE GATHERING
- Other grantees:
- Emphasis areas based on pattern of awarded funds:
- Key words to use in your proposal:
- Funder publications – perspective, commitments:
- Other program areas they fund in (interpret culture, patterns):
- What do their word choices and language tell you about their slant, interests?
- Check your abstract out with a program officer. What questions do they ask you? What are they saying implicitly as well as explicitly about your proposed project, or about how you’ve presented it?