Grantmaking Toolkit
The smart way to build, review or refresh your grants program
This toolkit is designed to walk you through the process of building, reviewing or refreshing a grants program. The easy-to-follow stages will provide you with the necessary knowledge and systems to build and administer grants programs for maximum impact.
The toolkit will help with:
Key policy and operational decisions
Identifying key tasks, decisions and methods
Identifying (and avoiding) common problems
Building your own grants manual
Expressing unique elements of your grants program
Please click on the relevant PDF link above to download your PDF copy of the SmartyGrants Grantmaking Toolkit.
Stages and templates to guide your way
The toolkit takes you through nine crucial stages when it comes to an effective and efficient grants program including
Plan and design
Record keeping
Identifying outcomes agents
Assessment and decision-making
Notification
Agreements
Monitoring
Closing grants
Evaluation
You also get access to 24 separate templates helping you tailor each of those stages to your organisation, from developing that program overview to a strategy to help you learn the lessons from each round.