One trend that is becoming more noticeable in the grant arena is the limitation of grants to current and former recipients, as in the case of the Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation Announces Oral Health Request for Proposals which is limited to current and former recipients. Sometimes grantmakers do this to reduce the work required to screen potential grantees, and sometimes it is a way to work around having limited funding for the current year.

If you run across one of these grants that your organization sounds perfect for, but you don’t qualify based on the recipient status, contact them anyway to find out why they have the limitation and when they may be making new grants. You could also partner with a previous recipient to apply for a grant for a specific project. Just because there is a restriction, doesn’t mean you should ignore the opportunity!

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