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This is a page for brainstorming ideas about improving the grants approval process. | This is a page for brainstorming ideas about improving the grants approval process. | ||
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| + | ==Verifying the contact's association with an organization== | ||
| + | 1. Do they have an organizational e-mail? | ||
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| + | 2. Is their name on the website? | ||
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| + | 3. If the answer to both of the above questions is "no", call another contact from the website if possible. Can they vouch for the person who contacted Free Geek? | ||
==Options For Verifying Grants== | ==Options For Verifying Grants== | ||
There are two parts to verifying an grant's eligibility. The first is to verify the eligibility of the organization. Options for doing this are: | There are two parts to verifying an grant's eligibility. The first is to verify the eligibility of the organization. Options for doing this are: | ||
*Check business registry. | *Check business registry. | ||
| − | *Check website. | + | *Check website. |
*Check contacts from website: like board members, other people in positions of leadership. | *Check contacts from website: like board members, other people in positions of leadership. | ||
*Ask for paperwork like brochures, etc. | *Ask for paperwork like brochures, etc. | ||
*Ask to see organizational plan. | *Ask to see organizational plan. | ||
| − | *Interview them about projects, past, present, and future. | + | *Interview them about projects, past, present, and future. |
*Ask them about what they intend to use the equipment for | *Ask them about what they intend to use the equipment for | ||
*Check in Guidestar or Charity Navigator | *Check in Guidestar or Charity Navigator | ||
*Ask them to produce their Certificate showing that they are a 501(c)3 organization (only works if you are a 501(c)3 organization) | *Ask them to produce their Certificate showing that they are a 501(c)3 organization (only works if you are a 501(c)3 organization) | ||
*Use whois command in commandline to figure out who owns the website. | *Use whois command in commandline to figure out who owns the website. | ||
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==Red Flags== | ==Red Flags== | ||
Revision as of 17:12, 20 January 2011
This is a page for brainstorming ideas about improving the grants approval process.
Verifying the contact's association with an organization
1. Do they have an organizational e-mail?
2. Is their name on the website?
3. If the answer to both of the above questions is "no", call another contact from the website if possible. Can they vouch for the person who contacted Free Geek?
Options For Verifying Grants
There are two parts to verifying an grant's eligibility. The first is to verify the eligibility of the organization. Options for doing this are:
- Check business registry.
- Check website.
- Check contacts from website: like board members, other people in positions of leadership.
- Ask for paperwork like brochures, etc.
- Ask to see organizational plan.
- Interview them about projects, past, present, and future.
- Ask them about what they intend to use the equipment for
- Check in Guidestar or Charity Navigator
- Ask them to produce their Certificate showing that they are a 501(c)3 organization (only works if you are a 501(c)3 organization)
- Use whois command in commandline to figure out who owns the website.
Red Flags
These signs should make us look more closely at a grant. They do *not* mean that a grant is in ineligible.
- Non-organizational e-mail
- No extra contacts provided
- Not in the business registry or not listed as "Public Benefit"
- Shipping materials overseas
- Vague purpose for equipment
- Vague purpose of organization