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How to Kickoff Your Federal Grant Project

RBW Strategy

Whether you are a recipient, pass-through entity, or subrecipient, you have been given the unique responsibility of becoming a steward of federal grant funds. Through these policies and procedures, you’ll want to answer the following questions: Has management designed policies and procedures to handle a wide variety of circumstances?

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I still have challenges with clients not getting information to me on time, resulting in some last-minute panic.

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

I’m wondering if you have a resource you can pass along? Embedding language within contracts that underscores the importance of adhering to mutually agreed-upon deadlines serves as a proactive measure, emphasizing to clients the critical role their timely cooperation plays in the success of the grant proposal. Thanks so much!

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Untangling the New Uniform Grant Guidance

RBW Strategy

I co-led a session through MyFedTrainer in which we discussed these topics more in-depth. The new guidance states that cognizant federal agencies will uphold these indirect rates and pass-through entities (PTEs) must do the same. Let’s examine each one. The rate will increase from 10% to 15% which is a 50% increase.

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Fees: The Four-Letter Word in Fundraising Software

GiveSmart

And what fees are companies using to nickel and dime an organization, making their “free” contract actually too good to be true? With GiveSmart, whether an organization raises $1 or $1 million, their software contract and credit card fees are fixed, and we don’t add on more and more fees like some others do.

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Navigating Expertise and Ethics Balancing Professional Growth with Integrity

Grant Professionals Association

The GPA Code of Ethics is a tool to help you resolve professional dilemmas with integrity and encourages you to focus on honesty and competency building through continuous professional development. How will you remain honest with yourself when an opportunity feels too good to pass up?

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Taking the Fear out of Grant Management: Conflict of Interest By: Kellie Brungard, GPC

Assel Grant Services

However, many state and local government grants are pass-through funding from federal agencies and held to the same rules and regulations. Foundation and corporate grants may not be as stringent as federal or pass-through funding, but the principles of grant management still apply. Subscribe to our blog to follow along!

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What It Means to be a Connected K–12 School

Blackbaud

When a software provider has an extensive network of partners, you can be confident they have done the work to build critical integrations that allow data to pass through the systems, like single sign-on, class rostering, profile updates, etc. How are you managing contracts and automatic payments? How easy is that for families?

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