(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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Doubled down on a bad idea
Seen a budget that made you go 🤨
Had to explain your funding decision more than once
Sent an email to the wrong person/list
Abandoned a good idea too soon
Hired the wrong person
Misread the room completely
Changed your mind about what “impact” really means
Avoided a hard conversation longer than you should have
Underestimated how long something would take
Confused someone with your application language
Trusted incomplete data
Said “we don’t fund that” and later wished you could
Funded a project that quietly disappeared
Had a meeting that could have been an email
Realized a reporting requirement made no sense
Learned more from a failure than a success
Had a grant go sideways for reasons outside anyone’s control
Held engagement when decisions had already been made.
Assumed something was clear when it wasn’t
Used the phrase “best practice” and now questions it
Said yes when you should've said no
Realized trust matters more than process
Funded the same organization twice because of staff turnover
Forgot to unmute before speaking
Scheduled two meetings at the same time
Stuck with a bad idea too long
Discovered a form/process was a barrier you didn’t intend
Been surprised by what a grantee actually needed
Ignored red flags from the beginning
Learned something important from a grantee after funding them
