___You and your organization have decided to establish a mini-grants program ___You have decided on your purpose and your goals for the program ___You know whom you want to reach and what your desired outcome is ___You have developed a planning committee and a review committee ___The guidelines that are developed are as simple as possible ___These guidelines reflect the best interests of your organization and the community ___You have developed a mini-grant application form ___The application is relatively short, but it contains the key questions ___The availability of the grants has been announced and publicized ___When the applications were received, they were reviewed by the committee ___A score was given to each application using a rating sheet ___You have awarded the grant to the best suited applicant ___After the grants have been given out, the monitoring committee has helped to keep the projects on course ___You have received a final report or product by the target date that was originally set ___You have evaluated how well the program went, making changes when necessary ___You are prepared to repeat the grant cycle
