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Grant Writing Tip: Using federal grants to fund building or purchasing/renovating a building

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

We get many calls from nonprofits and public agencies seeking federal grants to build or buy and renovate a building*—the proposed uses could be anything from a youth center to a SUD treatment facility to affordable housing. A similar process unfolded for many other federal grant programs for funding facilities.

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Peer Review Panels and the Federal Grant Application Evaluations Process

Grants.gov

When preparing your federal grant application, you would do well to put yourself – and your team – in the shoes of the people who will be evaluating it. In this post, we will look specifically at grant opportunities that are evaluated (at least in part) with the aid of a peer review panel (Note: Not all are evaluated in this way).

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How to Budget for an External Evaluator by AGS Grant Staff

Assel Grant Services

As a result, evaluation costs fluctuate, and the conventional guidance to devote 10% of the program budget to evaluation isn’t always accurate, at least for federal grant programs. There are three primary factors that influence the evaluation budget: program, evaluation design, and reporting/dissemination.

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Searching for Grant Opportunities Using Google

Peak Proposals

Search for government grant websites. Government agencies at all levels offer grants to nonprofits and other organizations. To find government grant opportunities, Google for keywords like "federal grants," "state grants," or "local grants." Search for foundation websites.

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Finding Funding for Research

Peak Proposals

Understanding Proposal Budgets a. Budget Preparation and Review b. Key Budgeting Concepts VI. Creating a Realistic Timeline for Preparing Your Grant Proposal a. How Long Does It Take to Write a Grant Proposal? Either way, you can write journal articles on your work that can be published in peer-reviewed journals.

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Questions to Ask Before Responding to a Funding Opportunity

Peak Proposals

The areas where questions typically come up tend to fall into one of six buckets: (1) eligibility, (2) formatting, (3) scope, (4) personnel, (5) budget, and (6) partnerships. Still others may provide level-of-effort guidelines, such as “Key personnel must be budgeted for a minimum of x% FTE [full-time equivalent] on the grant.”

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The Federal Government is Learning, and Why You Should Care

ProposalPRO

Federal agencies are working on structural issues that will affect grant-making, grant management, and grant-writing for many years to come. Its goal is to facilitate the use of data and evidence in policymaking and program evaluation across the federal government. Federal Grants Management: Improving Outcomes