The Insider's Guide to Grantmaking: How Foundations Find, Fund, and Manage Effective Programs

Communicating Requirements with Clarity

The essential first step in managing relations with applicants is to make proper use of paper and pixels. Communicating with clarity is essential to establishing and maintaining good relations with the outside world, so the foundation should print brochures and annual reports, and if possible create videos or websites, all clearly spelling out programming priorities and detailing the application procedure. If these communication tools are not in place, you will spend endless hours imparting such essential but basic information to grantseekers. There are better uses for your time, and all those asking for such information should be politely but firmly referred to such resources.

Writing the copy for the ...