Edit Right Advisors guides walk nonprofit and NGO teams through one task at a time, such as deciding whether to bid, building a theory of change, or writing a MEL plan. Each guide sets out the steps, the common mistakes, and the outputs, based on our own frameworks and recognized practice.
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Guide to the Bid or No Bid Funding Opportunity Checklist
How to run a fair, fast bid or no bid meeting: who to invite, a suggested agenda, how to score each criterion honestly, and how to turn a Go with conditions into a clear decision.
How to run a planning session that settles the problem, the people, the evidence, and the partners before writing starts. Shows where each answer belongs in the proposal.
How to choose, define, and cost indicators funders trust. Covers baselines, milestones, means of verification, disaggregation, reference sheets, and learning questions.
How to check a budget against its narrative, section by section, with a plain-language comparison of US, EU, and UK cost rules and examples of strong budget notes.