The grants office does not offer funding directly to students; those services are provided by the TTC's Financial Aid office or the TTC Foundation. When pursuing grants, the grants office coordinates a grant development team for planning, data retrieval in conjunction with Institutional Research, development of goals, objectives and outcomes, and is the single point of contact for the grants submission process. Maintaining strong relationships with the community is an important function of the grants office, particularly in terms of forming collaborative partnerships with community organizations to support joint proposals.