Locating a Grant Provider: The Phone Call
1. Call the organization or business of interest.
2. Request a phone conference with the highest authority available within the organization.
*TIP: Try to build connections with all of the employees, not just the C.E.O: they represent an interconnected team and will influence howyou are received by more powerful figures. Observe secretaries' day for any grant providers that you work with.
3. You can also leave a message for the person you want to speak to. Briefly explain who you are, what you want, and how you can be contacted.
2. Request a phone conference with the highest authority available within the organization.
*TIP: Try to build connections with all of the employees, not just the C.E.O: they represent an interconnected team and will influence howyou are received by more powerful figures. Observe secretaries' day for any grant providers that you work with.
3. You can also leave a message for the person you want to speak to. Briefly explain who you are, what you want, and how you can be contacted.
The Initial Phone Interview
Your initial phone interview with the C.E.O., investment director, or person in charge of delegating grants is essentially a sales pitch for your project, and your ability to orchestrate it.
There are two major preliminary questions that your phone conversation must answer for a business owner:
1. What you want, specifically, what type of support you are seeking.
2. How you are qualified to manage the project in question.
There are two major preliminary questions that your phone conversation must answer for a business owner:
1. What you want, specifically, what type of support you are seeking.
2. How you are qualified to manage the project in question.
At the end of the phone interview...
The Grant Provider will...
1. Express disinterest/dismiss your idea. You should move on to another potential source.
2. Ask you to send him/her a letter of intent, concept paper, or white paper.
3. Schedule an in-person interview.
1. Express disinterest/dismiss your idea. You should move on to another potential source.
2. Ask you to send him/her a letter of intent, concept paper, or white paper.
3. Schedule an in-person interview.