People and organizations that apply to foundations for grants often think there is only one question on the table: Do you win the grant, or not? The framework casts the organization seeking funds as supplicant, and the foundation as all-powerful giver of sustenance. This session, presented by the International Documentary Association, proposes a new paradigm for shifting that dynamic, in which the actual process of writing a grant can offer progress, impact, and outcomes, whether or not it receives funding.