Funder Fit Go / No-Go Checklist
Twenty checks before you spend a dollar on any application — eligibility, revealed funding behavior, the real path in, capacity. The cheapest outcome it produces is “don’t apply.”
Checklists and guides extracted from how AfricaBridge actually runs engagements — free, printable, and honest about what a checklist can and cannot do. The checks find the questions; judgment answers them.
Twenty checks before you spend a dollar on any application — eligibility, revealed funding behavior, the real path in, capacity. The cheapest outcome it produces is “don’t apply.”
The shred discipline: requirements table, Mandatory/Scored classification, evaluation mapping, and the bid/no-bid gates that keep you out of unwinnable pursuits.
Reviewers read the budget first and trust it last. Arithmetic, 2 CFR 200 allowability, indirect rates, and a budget that tells the same story as the narrative.
Scope vs. price, milestone protection, why contingency grant pricing is a red flag, and the three questions that expose quality before you sign.
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