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5 Ways Fund Accounting Simplifies Food Bank Reporting

Blackbaud

Use your fund accounting system to track the details of each grant, including status, amount awarded, and type of grant. Upload the grant guidelines and budget worksheets so they are at your fingertips any time you have a question. Budget and forecast across all programs. Food banks have to be nimble.

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

Blackbaud

There are other sustainability measures, but these reflect some ways to maintain the good work that is taking place through the federal award. Avoid These Common Pitfalls Here are a few common mistakes that organizations new to federal grant funding often make.

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Your Comprehensive Nonprofit Guide to Getting Started with NEA Grants

Cain Nonprofit Solutions

SAM Registration ‘SAM’ stands for ‘System for Award Management’ and like a DUNS number, this is another requirement for applying for and receiving federal awards. Gather program/project information, budgets, memorandums of understanding, support materials, etc. You’ll need your login for the SAM website.

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So Now What? Finding Funding for Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

In fact, you have them all — total, by annual budget, by mission focus, by service area, and by U.S. Is your organization's budget small? Based on years of biannual report analysis, I find that annual budget, mission focus, and service area, in that order, have the most impact on an organization's grantseeking experience.

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A Look at 2024 OMB Uniform Guidance Updates By: Kellie Brungard, GPC

Assel Grant Services

Office of Management and Budget (OMB), an agency within the Executive Office of the President, issues government-wide grants-related guidance for federal departments and agencies and is responsible for the maintenance of this document. Before 2013, federal grant requirements were located in multiple OMB circulars.

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Using Data Effectively in Your Grants Strategy Development

Tech Soup

For example, according to our respondents, the federal government is funding only 2 percent of organizations with small budgets. However, a whopping 46 percent of organizations with extra-large budgets received federal awards.

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Save Time and Effort by Standardizing Data Collection

AmpliFund

When the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) introduced revisions to the Uniform Grant Guidance (UGG) in 2020, there was a notable focus on performance. These are not just inconsequential suggestions.