Effective organizations, like effective people, are seldom dogmatic and inflexible. But flexibility is a two-way street. Take the matter of timing. Sometimes there is an overabundance of good grant opportunities in a funding cycle, other times the quality suffers. A good grant in December is also a good grant in March, but perhaps it isn't as fundable because the competition is more intense.
Evaluators have to be flexible enough to adapt their recommendations to shifting contexts.
These are just a few of the vagaries of grant evaluation. After proposals are assessed by staff, they are sent to an active Program Committee of trustees, who read them thoroughly and meet to discuss each in turn. The committee's recommendations are then forwarded to the full Board, which makes the final decisions. St. Luke's Health Initiatives. All Rights Reserved.