What determines if Responsive Grants proposals are funded?
Based on the program officer’s due diligence summary, the trustees give each proposal a full evaluation and fair consideration during discussion at the trustee meeting. Decisions are made during the meeting and communicated to the assigned program officer, who notifies the applicant of the decision. The Trust must be highly selective in making grants since there are far more requests than can be funded. Applicants should understand that a decision by the Trust to decline funding does not necessarily mean that the Trust disapproves of the proposed project or fails to appreciate its merits. Because the grantmaking policies of the Trust continue to evolve, grants made during previous stages of development should not necessarily be taken as precedents for subsequent decisions. Applicants should always seek other sources of support since the Trust will be able to fund only a small percentage of the proposals it receives and almost never funds 100% of any proposal. Moreover, the Trust will v
