Building Capital

Where Do I Start?

Post-Awards Management

Diversified Funding Strategies

Types of Government Procurement
Plan to spend 10-100 hours on a response
Competitive Grants

– (Discretionary funding)
– Most “promoted” grant type
– Seeks many respondents for
the best pool of responses.
– Applicants’ proposals include: project scope, problem/solution, budget, and expected outcomes.

Formula Grants

– (Non-competitive grants)
– Often funded to Cities/States
by the Federal government.
– Funding is determined by
percentage based on disparity
calculations.
– Census participation dictates
grant funding for a City/State.

Pass-Through Grants

Usually center around
programmatic decision-making and administrative support, not goods or services rendered to community.

Continuation Grants

Also known as renewal grants.
These are for organizations
that have already received
Federal funding and need more
funding to complete
the project.

Plan to Spend 2-10 hours on a response
Bids/Task Orders

Register on bidder portal

Bidder portal is usually
managed by a City, State,
Academic Institution,
Major Company, etc.

Post-registration,
opportunities are emailed
direct or notified in portal.

Types of
Bids/Task Orders

IDIQ
(Indefinite Delivery
Indefinite Quantity)

BPA
(Blanket Purchase Agreement)

Types of Funders
Types of Funders

You Create the Ask

  • For these, be creative with your ask and be specific in the cash to benefit for the funder.
Personal Contributions (one-time or recurring)
  • Often cash donation/cash equivalent
  • Be ready to provide a tax deductible receipt.
  • Often marketing sponsorship for event based ask
  • Be ready to provide invoice to corporation and W9 signed/completed

Grantmakers make the ask

  • For these, a rigorous process is defined by the funding agency, the grantmaker, requesting responses from eligible entities.
  • Always review the eligibility first before preceding with a grant response.
  • Ex: Lilly Endowment, Ford Foundation, Bill
    & Melinda Gates Foundation
Typical Response Components
Entity Type

Eligibility centralizes on having 501(c) nonprofit designation

Pre-Registration

May include some or all of the following:

Letter of Intent,
Application Portal Registration,
Informational Webinar Participation,
Pre-proposal Conference Attendance

Proposal Response
Required Documents
Average Award
Total Staff Time
Entity Type
Pre-Registration
Proposal Response
Required Documents
Average Award
Total Staff Time

Eligibility centralizes on having 501(c) nonprofit designation

May include some or all of the following:

Letter of Intent,
Application Portal Registration, Informational Webinar Participation,
Pre-proposal Conference Attendance

This can include:

About Your Organization,
About Your Experience,
About Your Team,
About Your Project/Solution,
Letters of Support & Agreement,
Impact to Date

This can include:

About Your Organization,
About Your Experience,
About Your Team,
About Your Project/Solution,
Letters of Support & Agreement,
Impact to Date

Organizational Chart, Audited Financial Statements,
Proposal Narrative, Budget,
Budget Narrative,
Letters of Support/Collaboration

Organizational Chart,
Audited Financial Statements,
Proposal Narrative,
Budget,
Budget Narrative,
Letters of Support/Collaboration

Variable but can include:

$5K – 50K for Private & Corporate Foundations

$75K – $500K for State &
Local Grantmakers

$300K over 3 years for Government Grantmakers

Variable but can include:
$5K – 50K for Private & Corporate Foundations

$75K – $500K for State &
Local Grantmakers

$300K over 3 years for Government Grantmakers

5-15hrs for Private & Corporate Foundations

25-50hrs for State &
Local Grantmakers

50-100hrs for
Government Grantmakers

5-15hrs for Private & Corporate Foundations

25-50hrs for State &
Local Grantmakers

50-100hrs for
Government Grantmakers

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