What is a Good Success Rate for Submitting Grant Proposals?
In this article, Amy Clinton identifies success rates for grant proposals. Although Clinton doesn't site her source for the data, I found the information consistent with success rates I have experienced. It may seem cliched, but to achieve success, "you must be in it to win it"- or in other words build your pipeline with well researched funding sources. According to the Spring 2018 State of Grantseeking Survey, βonly 11% of [nonprofit] organizations that submitted three to five applications won no awards,β demonstrating that funding success increases with the more applications you submit!