https://lextree.ai/resources/topics/grants/Recent content in Grants on Lextree AIHugoenMon, 05 Oct 2026 20:55:47 -0700https://lextree.ai/resources/grant-kickoff-checklist/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:55:47 -0700https://lextree.ai/resources/grant-kickoff-checklist/<h2 id="grant-kickoff-checklist-what-development-hands-over">Grant Kickoff Checklist: What Development Hands Over</h2> <p>A grant kickoff checklist is the list a development team uses for the grant award handoff to program and finance. It collects the dates, payment schedule, match, reporting commitments, and restrictions from the award letter and grant agreement, puts an owner on each one, and ends with a dated sign-off.</p> <p>A grants manager, development director, program lead, or finance lead usually runs it in the first weeks after acceptance, before the first dollar is spent. It has six parts:</p>