Course curriculum

Unlock the power of strategic grant decision-making with the Decision-Making Matrix strategy! This proven framework empowers grant professionals to identify, prioritize, and maximize high-return funding opportunities effectively. By evaluating key criteria such as alignment with organizational goals, funding potential, and community impact, professionals can make informed decisions and craft compelling grant proposals. Overcome common hurdles, build consensus, and drive clear grant strategy direction with this essential tool for grant success.

    1. Welcome

    1. Notes Page

    2. Crafting Your Grant Strategy Handout

    3. Sample Decision Making Matrix

    4. Crafting Your Grant Strategy The Decision-Making Matrix

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About this course

  • $75.00
  • 7 lessons

Course Objectives

This course equips grant professionals with a structured approach to evaluating and prioritizing grant opportunities, enhancing their ability to make strategic, informed decisions that align with their organization's goals and maximize their funding potential.

  • Understand the Decision-Making Matrix: Define the Decision-Making Matrix and explain its importance in evaluating grant opportunities.

  • Identify Key Components of the Matrix: Recognize and define key criteria for evaluating grant opportunities, such as mission alignment, funding amount, project complexity, community impact, and timeline alignment.

  • Assign Weights and Scores: Learn how to assign weights to each criterion based on its importance to their organization and how to score grant opportunities accordingly.

  • Implement the Matrix in Practice: Gather information on potential grant opportunities, evaluate each one using the Decision-Making Matrix, and assign scores to determine the most suitable options.

  • Overcome Common Hurdles: Address common challenges in using the Decision-Making Matrix, such as lack of consensus and limited data, by employing strategies for open communication and informed decision-making.

  • Build Consensus Among Stakeholders: Facilitate discussions among stakeholders, ensuring all perspectives are heard and using the matrix as a visual aid to guide and prioritize funding opportunities.

  • Make Impactful Decisions: Use the scores from the Decision-Making Matrix to identify high-priority grant opportunities and allocate resources strategically to pursue those with the highest potential return on investment.

Instructor(s)

Allison Boyd

Founder and Principal Writer

Allison Boyd, Founder and Principal Writer for Boyd Grants, has almost twenty years of experience in grant writing and project management. As an active member of the Grant Professionals Association, she is one of only 24 Grants Professionals Certified in Texas. Allison has the skills and background in all sides of development, from co-chairing successful fundraising campaigns to proposal development and implementation. This robust history creates the ability to present applications that are thorough, concise, and most importantly, conscious to the cause at hand.

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