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Pre- and Post-Award is like PB&J

RBW Strategy

Thinking through the post-award experience from a pre-award vantage Picture this – you work at a nonprofit and have a big, audacious project that you are looking to get off the ground. For those who have spent countless hours preparing federal grant applications, you know that this isnt easy. SM-24-013).

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Go from Rejected to Accepted: 9 Reasons Your Grants Get Rejected (and How to Fix Them) w/ Teresa Huff | Instrumentl

Instrumentl

I've had that many people go through my program or my podcast is now in a ton of countries, which is so cool, but it took a little bit of figuring and looking at it differently of how could I reframe some of these facts about myself that were right there the whole time. But how many grants have you written in your career?

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How to Evaluate Grant Opportunities: When to Say No to a Grant

Grant Writing Made Easy

When you evaluate grant opportunities first through the lens of alignment, you protect your organization’s integrity and ensure that funding supports your mission rather than distracts from it. In both cases, passing and finding a better- aligned opportunity is more strategic. Is the grant renewable or one-time only?

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Surviving the Trump Administration’s Grant Review Process

Grant Professionals Association

Former President Barak Obama once said: Elections have consequences and this is certainly true for recipients reliant on federal grants and loans. 20, 2025), Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government (Jan. through OMB Memo M-25-13 issued on January 27, 2025.

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Federal Grant Funding Update for Nonprofits (Q2 2025)

Grant Writing Made Easy

The federal grant funding update for Q2 2025 reveals intensified volatility across the nonprofit landscape. Executive orders, delayed disbursements, judicial interventions, and administrative overhauls have left grant writers navigating what experts are calling a “ tsunami of uncertainty. ”

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How to Kickoff Your Federal Grant Project

RBW Strategy

The key elements you want to have in place when you are awarded a federal grant project Congratulations! You have been awarded a federal grant. Whether you are a recipient, pass-through entity, or subrecipient, you have been given the unique responsibility of becoming a steward of federal grant funds.

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I Signed up for What?! A Primer for Pre- and Post-Award Grant Readiness

Blackbaud

In the last five years, nonprofits have witnessed a significant upswing in the availability of federal funding. Initiatives like the American Rescue Plan, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, and other pass-through funding to states and local governments have spurred a surge in nonprofits seeking federal funding.