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News to Use! What Fundraisers Can Expect from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Expiration

Gail Perry Group

This was followed by an expected dip in 2018's giving growth rate. And here's the exciting part: some proposals suggest restoring charitable deductions for non-itemizers at levels that would make the COVID-era $300/$600 allowances look tiny we're talking about possible deductions up to $4,600 for individuals and $9,200 for joint filers.

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Stormy to Calm: Thoughts on Navigating the Federal Grant-Writing Waters After NLFGT

Grant Professionals Association

Even locating the expectations for the proposal narrative within the sea of eligibility criteria and requirements felt overwhelming. Prior to taking NLFGT, I lacked confidence in my ability to decode the nofo so that I could take the lead in navigating a federal grant proposal for a client or an organization.

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Want Changes to Federal Grants? How to Make Your Voice Heard

ProposalPRO

In the grants space, federal law requires that the public be made aware of proposed (i.e., You’ll be able to read the proposed rule as well as others’ comments, which also are publicly shared. For example, Costa et al (2019) conducted an in-depth analysis of comments on a major proposed U.S. How Does it Work?

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Do Reviewers’ High Scores Predict the Best Grant Projects?

ProposalPRO

If you’re won a federal grant, you know you owe your good fortune to the independent grant reviewers who highly rated your proposal. Reviewers also have issues with the process, including “reviewer fatigue” from having too many proposals to review and too little time in which to do it (Bendiscioli, 2019). What other options are there?

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Grant Writing: 3 Tips for Crafting Need Statements in Federal Grant Proposals

Grants.gov

Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources & Services Administration ’s grant writing guide, titled “ Tips for Writing and Submitting Good Grant Proposals ”. IMLS has an excellent collection of proposals that are worthy of review – especially for new federal grant applicants.)

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Creating Better Concrete

HSF House

Finally, in the 2018 Zhai et al. A 2018 study, Shagaleh et al, further studies how biological cellulose, including cellulose nanofibers, can be used to synthesize other carbohydrate-based polymers (polysaccharides) that can be used as medicines and health-screening devices. 2, 2018, pp. Credit to Berglund et al. Materials , vol.

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To bot or not to bot: Using generative AI in grantwriting

Candid

Here is just one example using common AI applications such as ChatGPT and Bard that shows the range of capabilities these tools offer as well as what to watch out for. Generating content : Suppose you’re writing a grant proposal for an arts organization and want to explain why the arts are essential for youth development.

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