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Grant-Writing Tools

Marylee Boales writes and supervises grants for a high school district in northern California.  She has developed tools that help her evaluate which grants are most appropriate for her school - based on eligibility, suitability and "supervisability".  She generously shares two of the more generic tools that help her present potential grants to administration for consideration. 

If you have any grant-writing tools you'd like to share with your colleagues, please send them to me at submission@schoolgrants.org. 

Blank Overview (PDF version)
Grant Consideration Rubric (download PDF Version)

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Blank Overview

Grant for Consideration
Title:
  
Purpose:

 

 

  
Funding Source:
  
Beg/End Date:
  
L.O.I. Required:
  
Tech Ass't/Bidders:
  
Application Due:
  
Amount:
  
Match Required?
  
Partners Req'd?
  
Restrictions:

 

  
Web Site:
  
Details:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
Actions:

 

 

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Grant Consideration Rubric

RFP Name: ________________________________________ Due Date: ____________

Funding Source: __________________________________________________________
Consideration Decision Basis Relative Importance Points Assigned
(1 to 5=Highest)
Fits Goals of Board      
Fits Supe. Objectives      
Fits School Objectives / WASC      
Administrative Support      
Appropriate Personnel      
Fit w/ Existing Programs      
Fit w/ Other Grants      
Fit w/ Student Demographics      
Fit with growth direction      
Community Support?      
Probable parent support      
Sustainability      
Odds for Funding?      
Requires Bidder's Conf? or Other preparation cost      

Less than 50=
More than 50=

 very questionable
look at add'l consideration		 TOTAL POINTS:

/ 70 max
Additional Considerations Determination
(Yes / No / Possible)
Can proposal be completed within time frame allotted?   
Does required "collaboration" or "partnerships" require too much time to develop compared to potential results?  
Are signature requirements (Board resolution, etc.) possible within time frame?  
Is "match" amount and type affordable?  
Can we sustain program after funding ends?  
Does sufficient administrative support exist to make it worth pursuing?  
Does this program fit well with others already in place?  
Can these funds or this program be leveraged?  
Are surveying / testing requirements too invasive?  
Are reporting requirements too extensive?  
Does grant writer have sufficient motivation to complete a fundable proposal?  
DECISION: __________________
Date: _______________________

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