Approaches to acquiring List of Grantees

Letter to funding source

Phone call to funding source

E-mail request to funding source

Use of congressperson as an intermediary (federal employees required to respond to such a request)

 

Select a grantee that is not in close proximity to you

Call grantee and explain how you got name

Ask to speak to director or person who worked on the proposal

Possible questions to ask:

              --Whom did you find most helpful on funding source staff?

              --How did you use your advocates or congresspeople?

              --Did you use consultants to help you on the proposal?

              --Was there a hidden agenda to the program's guidelines?

              --When did you begin the process of developing your application - contacting the funding source?

              --What materials did you find the most helpful in developing your proposal?

              --Did the funding source come to see you (site visit) before the proposals were awarded?

                After awarded?

               Who came?

               What did they wear?

                How old were they?

                Would you characterize them as conservative, moderate, liberal?

                 Did anything in the process surprise you?

              --How close was your initial budget to the awarded amount? (You can double-check by looking at the

                 proposal via the Freedom of Information Act.)

              --Who on the funding source's staff negotiated the budget?

              --What could you do differently next time?