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Grant Distribution Best Practices: 5 Tips for Funders

Blackbaud

Consider recommending methods, like electronic transfers over paper checks, to help speed up the process. Establish Clear Internal Controls for Grant Distribution Any time you have funds moving to or from your organization, its important to have clearand if possible, automated internal controls to provide transparency and mitigate risk.

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In it to Win It: Building the Grants Audit-Planning Team

Grant Professionals Association

Every grant professional will face an audit at some point, whether it’s part of the annual nonprofit tax filing or a formal public grant audit from years past. Often, the finance department handles the process, leaving grant managers unaware until after the fact. When the auditor calls, it’s an all-hands-on-deck moment.

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3 key ways to streamline the medical affairs grantmaking process

Bonterra

Create a single source of truth When your medical grants programs are tracked in multiple systems, it’s difficult to gain a holistic view of your impact and understand where your dollars are going. With CyberGrants, all activities are centralized, easing program management and ensuring compliance.

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How to Streamline Your Grant Management Process with Technology

Blackbaud

Having a predictable and consistent grant cycle will ensure your team members are able to evaluate each request efficiently and effectively. Here are a few things you can expect for each step of the grant management process, including some best practices on how to ensure the entire cycle works smoothly and effectively.

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Best Practices for Creating New Opportunities with a Grants Management System

AmpliFund

We know many grant makers publish new funding opportunities in the spring, and using purpose-built tools to create and manage them saves organizations a lot of time and effort. Grants management software like AmpliFund gives you unlimited application forms, sections, and questions that you can use to build out applications.

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How to Kickoff Your Federal Grant Project

RBW Strategy

Whether you track th e various deliverables in a spreadsheet, project management system, or grant management system, you’ll need to designate an individual (or team of people) to track and make updates as required to ensure that you are maintaining deadlines and making updates as needed. The same goes for grant management.

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Taking the Fear out of Grant Management: Time and Effort by: Kellie Brungard, GPC

Assel Grant Services

If you have ever flinched at the mention of policies and procedures, conflict of interest, or grant reporting, we may be able to help take the fear out of grant management. Too often, grant management is seen as scary and messy, with staff hesitant to learn because they may uncover more than they know how to handle.