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Is your proposal ready to submit?

Most declined proposals fail on one of six categories: mission fit, funder alignment, evidence, team, budget, or evaluation plan. This five-minute quiz walks through all six and tells you which are weakest. Aimed at small nonprofits — universities and school districts often pursue more narrowly-targeted RFPs where a couple of questions will be less relevant.

An 8-question diagnostic aimed at small nonprofits writing grant proposals. Walks through mission fit, funder alignment, evidence, team, budget, and evaluation plan — the categories reviewers weight most heavily. Be honest; the goal is to find weak spots before reviewers do. (Universities and school districts typically pursue more narrowly-targeted federal RFPs and may find a couple of questions less relevant.)

Question 1 of 8
Is this proposal scaling up work your organization already does well, or starting something new?

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We do paid proposal reviews: one reviewer, one week, written feedback organized by the funder's own scoring rubric.