Push Back on Mission Drift
Use fit language to stop a tempting but off-strategy grant.
Denise D Board Member 1 Acknowledge 2 Show criteria 3 Offer path A board member forwards a grant for opioid-response coalitions. The organization runs youth arts programs, but the award is large and unrestricted-looking. Staff are already overloaded. The conversation matters because grant quality depends on shared constraints, not heroic solo drafting. sections affected by this call misaligned promise can sink the budget Grants.gov grant lifecycle and strategic fit screening Mission fit is a governance and proposal-quality issue. matters because grant reviewers are not reading for effort; they are reading for fit, evidence, feasibility, and compliance under time pressure. Strong…
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