Funder Priority Alignment Worksheet.

Learn what each funder actually wants to accomplish and align your ask to the genuine overlap with your work, or walk away where there is no honest overlap.

The third step of building relationships, after first contact. Fill one for each focus funder.

Part A. What they truly care about

From their guidelines, their recent grants, and any conversation, write what this funder is actually trying to accomplish, in their terms

Part B. The honest overlap

Where does your real work meet their real goal? Name it specifically. Shape your ask to that overlap without bending your mission to chase theirs.

Part C. The walk-away test

If there is no honest overlap, and making one would require pretending to be something you are not, take this funder off the list. Overlap real, or walk

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