MOU’s Matter!

When applying for federal grants, they will often ask for MOUs, or Memoranda of Understanding to show that project partners are indeed on board. While it may be tempting to treat MOUs as an afterthought, your grant maker WILL notice.
Grant makers want to see that your organization has forged partnerships to accomplish shared goals through the project for which you are seeking funding. Partnerships are essential to providing deliverables and achieving program objectives.
The right MOU includes a description of your partner agency along with background on the history of your partnership to give context. The MOU must also include specific services the partnering agency agrees to provide, and confirms each party’s commitment the collaboration.
It can be helpful to treat MOUs like letters of support in that there is a lot you can do to make it easy on your partnering agencies to get the letters signed and returned to you on time. There is a variety of MOU templates online that cover all the bases. We can also help you draft your MOUs that cover all compliance and due diligence at www.boydgrants.com. As with the rest of the grant, MOUs have a lot of moving parts, and this portion of the grant application means a lot to the funder. You need to be able to show that you have garnered committed partners willing to see your project through.