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Free PDF · 9 pages · updated October 18, 2026The Small Nonprofit Grant Checklist + 2026–27 Deadline Calendar
Get grant-ready once, screen any grant in five minutes, and plan a year of applications from a calendar of deadlines we verified on each funder's own site.
- Grant-readiness checklist. The documents funders ask for again and again: 501(c)(3) letter, budgets, 990, board list, outcomes and more, on one page.
- 5-minute fit check. Ten yes/no questions that tell you whether a grant is worth writing.
- Month-by-month deadline calendar. 70 dated deadlines and recurring cycles from funders in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California, South Dakota and nationwide, plus 18 programs that take requests any time.
- Finding grants with free tools. Grants.gov, ProPublica 990 lookups and your community foundation, explained.
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