Your Pre-Application Reality Check

Make Smarter Decisions Before You Apply

Not every grant is a good fit—and that’s okay. The Go–No-Go Grant Application Tool helps you decide if a grant opportunity truly aligns with your organization’s mission, capacity, and priorities before you pour time and energy into the application.

What It Helps You Do:

Evaluate mission alignment, eligibility, capacity, budget, and sustainability

Score your organization’s readiness based on a structured checklist

Get a clear recommendation: Go or No-Go

What’s Inside:

7 evaluation categories with easy scoring

Clear pass/fail thresholds based on eligibility and total score

A printable, fillable format you can reuse for every grant opportunity

Why It Matters:

It’s easy to fall into the “apply for everything” trap. But this tool helps you take a strategic, honest look at whether a grant is really worth pursuing—saving you time, stress, and resources.