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Grant Application Tracker Sheet

A free printable grant application tracker — funder, what the bid was for, amount asked, closing date, outcome, what was awarded and when a report is due.

First page of the Grant Application Tracker Sheet — Stop a deadline or a reporting date slipping past unnoticed, and see at a glance how much of the year's funding is still undecided.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.

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What this sheet is for

Stop a deadline or a reporting date slipping past unnoticed, and see at a glance how much of the year's funding is still undecided.

Who it is for

Small charities, churches, village halls, community groups and anyone applying for grants alongside a day job or in their own time.

How to use it

  1. Open a row as soon as you decide to apply, not when you send it.
  2. Copy the funder's own closing date and reporting date into their columns.
  3. Mark the outcome as soon as you hear, including the refusals.
  4. Record what was actually awarded, which is often not what was asked.
  5. Review the sheet at every committee meeting and chase what is overdue.

What is on the sheet

One page, top to bottom:

Printed under the title: Every funding application in one place — who it went to, what it asked for, when it closes, what came back and what has to be reported afterwards.

The funder's dates, written down. An award almost always carries conditions and a reporting date. Write the funder's own deadline and their own reporting date into the columns for them as soon as the offer arrives — this sheet keeps them in sight, it does not set them.

Write-on lines: Group / charity · Year · Kept by

Applications — one row per application, live and closed alike

Table, 12 rows: Funder / fund · For what · Asked for · Closing date · Sent · Outcome · Awarded · Report due · Notes

Questions

Why keep the unsuccessful applications on the sheet?

Because they are the most useful part of it. A year later the pattern of who said no, and to what, tells you where not to spend another evening — and some funders welcome a second application once something has changed.

Why is there no column for the funder's criteria?

Because they run to pages and differ for every fund. Keep the guidance with the application file; this sheet is the index that tells you what is in flight.

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