Comprehensive feedback accompanying a rejected grant proposal can be hard to come by. Some grant makers would like to change this. A few years ago, when Dave Moss was involved with the Slingshot Fund, ...

The goal is to give the funder “an immediate snapshot of where the project stands,” says grant-writing consultant Bill Bayreuther, who works with the organization. Mr. Bayreuther, who teaches ...

Often, the first contact is via a brief, one- to three-page letter of inquiry (LOI), which many foundations accept on a rolling basis. Alternatively, some funders will ask that you submit an initial ...