Fluxx

JULY 22, 2024

Innovative software for government grants is emerging to transform grants managemen t and enhance processes for more complex pass-through grants.

Grant Management

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Too often, grant management is seen as a scary, messy aspect of grant funding, and we have a vague understanding of the requirements or components. In the nonprofit field, it’s common for staff to be put in a role where they manage grants but might not have the knowledge or resources to understand what that entails.

Grant Management

RBW Strategy

JANUARY 24, 2024

Phase 1: The Pre-Award Phase The pre-award phase includes the grantor announcing the funding opportunity all the way through the application submission and review of grant applications. Once the application is complete, you submit it through Grants.gov. The application is then screened for compliance by the grant-making agency.

Grants.Gov

AmpliFund

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

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.

Grant Management

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

By now, I hope you are realizing grant management doesn’t have to be a scary web of confusing topics and rules. With this grant management series, I aim to outline some of the commonly seen issues and provide resources to learn more. NGMA divides the grant lifecycle into three phases: pre-award, award, and post-award.

Indirect Cost

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

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.

Grant Management

Blackbaud

MAY 23, 2024

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. How will the program continue after the grant concludes?

Grant Readiness

Fundraising HayDay

MAY 13, 2021

With backing by the state’s legislature, this new unit worked with stakeholders, creating a streamlined grant process for all state grant programs, including federal pass through funding. It’s like a dream come true, and Illinois set the standard for the rest of us to follow.

Pass-Through

RBW Strategy

JUNE 11, 2024

The moment you have been waiting for – what are the Top 10 Uniform Grant Guidance Updates and how do they impact your organization? I co-led a session through MyFedTrainer in which we discussed these topics more in-depth. Let’s examine each one. The rate will increase from 10% to 15% which is a 50% increase. Plus, there’s more….

UEI

AmpliFund

JUNE 16, 2023

The Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 2023 Compliance Supplement for Single Audit Act audits has finally been released. OMB worked with federal agencies to provide additional guidelines, clarifications, and expectations for federal grant recipients, pass-through entities, and auditors.

Federal Award

Assel Grant Services

APRIL 29, 2024

Grant Professional is not at the top of the list of jobs to which children, youth, and teens aspire. Many of us find ourselves working as grant professionals by way of degrees in journalism, education, social work, and even the STEM fields. The application phase is often the focus of our work as grant professionals. There are 1.4

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 28, 2024

As fundraising and grant professionals, we ask for money every day. But this was different – I was unsure if I wanted to apply, embarrassed to ask for money for myself, and afraid I wouldn’t pass the exam. To learn more about the Grant Professionals Certification Institute and the GPC, visit www.grantcredential.org.

GPC

Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

Your nonprofit is getting ready to lead an important advocacy campaign: a key bill central to your mission has just been introduced in the state legislature, but the process of getting it passed is fraught with uncertainty. In part 2, we'll walk you through some basic data formats.

CRM

Grant Professionals Association

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The implications of which have rippled through our profession. Passing clouds and rainy days are only temporary. Together, we move through the storms. Question: As a grant professional how can the code of ethics guide you during times of change? We were adaptable, resilient, determined, and committed.

Ethics

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 18, 2023

It is no surprise that with all the fast-moving federal funding that has been distributed over the past few years, those who receive federal awards may not be aware of all of the rules pertaining to award management. When it comes to post-award grants management, a huge focus area (and an area ripe with single audit findings) is procurement.

Procurement

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 18, 2024

Guest post by: Jeff Bauknecht | Grants Manager | The Museum of Flight Who decides which grants to pursue or to let pass by? Who determines which projects will receive grant-funded support? A fellow staff member presented me with a Federal grant proposal she had been working on for a couple of months.

Grants

Grant Professionals Association

OCTOBER 23, 2023

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary the term “Transparency” means : “T he quality of allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen.” Transparency also provides assurance that your grants administration is being carried out appropriately and in accordance with any applicable requirements.

Ethics