Grants Readiness Assessment

Innovative Funding Partners’ (IFP) Grants Readiness Assessment provides your team with the necessary insights, tools, and strategy to establish a successful grants program. Understanding your organization’s strengths for pursuing and managing grants and ways to improve readiness will result in long-term return on investment, positioning your organization for success in an increasingly competitive funding environment. 

Our experts will guide your organization’s leadership and other key staff in a comprehensive process to identify your organization’s funding needs and form a strategy to improve your grants program. IFP will conduct in-depth interviews with your leadership, staff, and other strategic partners and will review your current grant-seeking efforts, programs, and processes. Throughout this process, we consider:

• External factors impacting the funding landscape,

• Alignment between funding needs and available grant funding,

• Commitment and capacity of leadership and staff,

• Internal infrastructure for grant implementation and management, and

• Existing and potential community partnerships.

Our detailed final report will outline short- and long-term strategies with actionable steps to maximize your organizational capabilities, increase the success of your grants program, and improve long-term sustainability. Additionally, IFP’s Grants Readiness Assessment includes a comprehensive funding strategy, highlighting grant opportunities best suited for your organization. For information on this component, please see the Grants Prospect Research page.

Contact us today to learn more about how our Grants Readiness Assessment can further your organization’s grants strategy.