Goal Worksheet

Turn a dream into a fundable goal with a number and a time. Supports Habit 7. Repeat for each goal.

The three questions

A vague goal cannot fail, which is exactly why funders do not trust it. Attach a number and a time.

The dream, as you would say it out loud 1. How many? (people, events, placements, enrollments) 2. What counts? (the definition a stranger could verify) 3. By when? (and, if durability matters, sustained how long?)

Your finished goal

This builds automatically from the three answers above. Edit it into one clean sentence.

Polished version

Worked example: "I want to help residents find work" becomes "Train five clients, with all five in permanent full-time employment within one year of starting the program, sustained for at least six additional months."

Reality checks

Container check (demonstrable, not just begun, inside the grant period after startup time?) Evidence check (where does the "how many" come from? Habit 3) Sustainability sentence (what remains after the funding ends?)

SMART check

SMART is the name for the result, not a separate method. Tick each once your finished goal satisfies it.

Specific — names exactly what will happen, not a direction

Measurable — carries the number and a verifiable definition

Achievable — the number traces to real capacity, not hope

Relevant — advances your mission and fits what is funded

Time-bound — deadline fits inside the grant period