Due diligence
The checks a funder runs on an organisation before awarding — legal status, financial health, governance, sometimes a site visit. On foundation grants it usually happens after a decision in principle and before the money moves.
Part of the GrantTrove grant funding glossary — one entry for every field the catalogue stores.
Also called Grantee due diligence · Pre-award review
In detail
The requests are predictable: audited financials, a board list, a determination letter, a current budget. An organisation that keeps those to hand shortens the gap between decision and payment considerably.
It is also where a funder discovers problems that change the terms rather than the answer — a first payment held back, a shorter first period, more frequent reporting.
Against eligibility
Eligibility is a published rule about who may apply, and it is what our eligibility columns carry. Due diligence is a private examination of one organisation after it has applied. Passing every filter on this site says nothing about what a funder will find, and we make no assessment of any applicant.
How GrantTrove stores it
- The eligibility columns hold the notice’s published rule, with `elig_note` for wording the vocabulary cannot express.
- Funder records carry `ein`, `type`, `website` and the giving figures from connected filings, each with its year — which is the diligence a reader can do on a funder, published rather than implied.
Common questions
What do funders ask for?
Financials, a board list, exempt status evidence and a budget, most commonly.
Can diligence change the award?
Yes — terms, timing or conditions, more often than the decision itself.
Do you assess applicants?
No. We hold no data about applicants at all.