Playbook / Lessons / Applications: accelerator, grant and lender
Cash-flow businessShow funders you are not leaning only on them
A programs manager at a funding-information nonprofit explains that many funders read the budget first and judge your credibility from it. Numbers that add up, a complete list of costs and several other supporters make the project look sustainable.
“Funders usually do not want to see you fully reliant on them for support.”— Tracy Kaufman, What do funders look for in grant proposal budgets?, May 2021
Do this
List this week every other source that will pay part of your project, such as your own cash, customer revenue or other funders, and show them as separate lines in your grant budget.