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Is your nonprofit organization ‘grant-ready’? 

Candid

General operating support, or unrestricted grants, can be used to meet any organizational need, but those grants are largely the exception, rather than the rule. One of the first things you need to do, then, is to detail your expenses in a budget and determine what is eligible for grant funding.

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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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Grants: A Winning Formula

Sharpshooter Communications

Are you grant ready? As a 35+ year veteran of nonprofits, including the last 17 years as a full time grant consultant, I have celebrated many successes and cried over some spectacular failures. There are some specific reasons and I break them into two main categories: Grant Readiness and Grant Strategy.

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Standing Up a New Grants Management Function

Grant Professionals Association

To get started: Before applying for grants, assess your organization’s level of grant readiness. Grant readiness is your organization’s ability to apply for, manage and report on funding. Travel budgets are tight, but webinars often feature industry experts who offered terrific advice and insights.

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My secret recipe for writing grants only using free AI: FREE TRAINING 

Grant Writing Made Easy

Our secret AI recipe introduces a new, efficient, and effective approach to grant writing, and it’s proven to increase your chances of securing the necessary funding. In this FREE training, you will: 1. Learn our revolutionary AI recipe for grant writing. Understand how this AI recipe can boost your grant writing success.

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Small Nonprofit Building Block Series: Tips for Staying Organized by Megan Campbell, MPA, GPC

Assel Grant Services

For example, a master GRANTS folder might have multiple folders within it, each labeled by the funder name. Then, each of those grant funder folders will have subfolders organized by year. Within each year’s subfolder, create folders labeled application , budget, attachment , correspondence , and reporting.

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Small Nonprofit Blog Series: Grantsmanship: Being a Responsible Grantee by Megan Campbell, MPA, GPC

Assel Grant Services

After reviewing your award letter or agreement: Make sure you and all staff or volunteers who will be working on the grant project understand the project goals and proposed implementation plans. Review the project budget and how your grant fits into that financial structure.

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