In this webinar, nonprofits learned how to delve into the minds of funders, unveiling what they truly seek in qualified grant applicants, and tools for success. Learn more about the Grant Readiness Review service by Remy Consulting at TechSoup to help you gather, organize, and assess the strength of documents required for grant applications.

1. Grant
Readiness
101
Brough to you by Techsoup &
Remy’s Consulting
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2. Let’s Talk $
Grant Funding Landscape
How much $ is Available
Funding Challenges
Real Stories
Funders Lens
Funders Checklist Revealed
Scoring Proposals
Check points
Plan of Action & Next Steps
Team Collaboration
GRR Process
Collaboration for charity success -
TechSoup & Remy’s Consulting

3. Grant Funding Landscape
Government Private Corporate

4. Government
26 Federal Grant Making Agencies
Awarding over $1.1 Trillion in funds
Largest is to State Programs (i.e. Medicaid)
$500 billion goes to nonprofits and select for profits
Trickel down effect

5. Private

6. Corporations provide different types of
funding including:
Traditional grants
One time gifts
Sponsorships
In-Kind
Volunteer
=$21.08 Billion in 2022, of 3.4% since 2021
Corporate

7. Trillions of $ Available and
Rising!!!!

8. Let’s Take a Poll!

9. Challenges to
Accessing Funding
Inefficient processes (80%)
Wasted time on administrative tasks (66%),
Overwhelm with communications (46%),
Difficulty reporting on results (29%)
Struggling with the quality or quantity of applications (14%)

10. Real Stories
Client A -
Educational
Superstars
Client B -
Healthcare
Changemakers
Who Will YOU Be?

11. Funders Lens
Scoring
Proposals
Funders
Checklist
Checkpoints

12. Scoring Proposals
While board of directors and
grant managers create the
funder’s initiatives, they are NOT
the ones who “grade” or “review”
most proposals
To eliminate bias, external
reviewers are brought in
Your audience is not part of the
funders!
Reviewers are not experts and
may never have read a grant
proposal before!
Then how does this work? They
use a scorecard...

13. All directions are followed exactly as
requested
Documents are readable and
uploaded correctly
The right document is in the right
place
Applicant provides ONLY what is
requested
File names are correct
Documents easily represent the
organization’s
management/processes/flow
Programs and Services Make Sense
Data and Statistics are supportive
Budget and Narrative Match
Narrative answers questions
correctly and clearly
Funders' Checklist Revealed

14. Organizational Documents
1.
Legal Documentation
2.
Financial Documentation
3.
Programs & Services
4.
Population & Demographics
5.
In-Kind
6.
Funding Historical Data
7.
Outside Support & Partnerships
8.
Media
9.
Evaluation Methods
10.
Check Points

15. Next Steps for Success!
Takeaways Solutions TechSoup &
Remy’s

16. Takeaways ...
After being in the field 15+ yrs, we found a huge gap between charities
who apply for grants and those who get them
Regardless of size, staff size, and income - all charities who struggled
with grants had the same issues
This issue is the same across the board, with big and small charities
struggling with the same problem
What is that problem?
Grants are treated as “last minute” “on the fly” activities, leading to
unnecessary stress and inconsicientcy with application submissions
There is no unified method or process in place to apply for grants
Ineffective communication between team members is common

17. This led us to create the GRR - grant readiness
review - who provide two key supports for nonprofits
1. A grant funding based framework including
guides, video, audio and template to help charities
understand and create quality documents funders
are looking for
2. A professional review of those documents by our
team, to give you real feedback on areas
improvement to save you time and energy and
make sure you are grant ready
Together, these two parts of the GRR tackle the
issues we see with charities lacking grant funds.
Solutions

18. Benefits of the GRR
Provides access to grant activity framework based on funder’s checkpoints
Provides guides and templates to help charities create the documents
funders are looking for
Review process provides personalized feedback on areas of improvement
for grant applicants
GREAT way to prepare organization for a grant writer - saves time and
money!
Shows your firsthand the real process of apply to grants - demystifying the
process

19. TechSoup & Remy’s Collaboration
TechSoup and Remy’s Consulting have a shared vision of supporting
charities in their goal of acquiring consistent grant funds for their projects
and programs
Through this partnership, we are able to expand the reach of the GRR -
giving charities access to a proven framework that will help organizations
become 80% grant ready
By giving charities an insider view of what funders are looking for along with
guides/templates and a professional review of their documents completed
by grant funding specialists, charities who complete the GRR will be
significantly more qualified for the funds they apply to

20. Q&A

21. www.remysconsulting.com
GRR@RemysConsulting.com
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to help!
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