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When Grant Documents Are Ready for a Critique – Copy Editing or Mock Review?

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

All types of grant documents that you create should go through a copy edit. Copy editing results in non-permanent suggestions and queries throughout a document that optimize sentences, paragraphs, and storytelling. After considering the mock review results, the grant writer responsively modifies the documents as needed.

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Ensuring Continuity: Succession Planning Strategies for Nonprofit Finance Teams

Blackbaud

While you may have a formal accounting and internal controls manual , documenting how processes should work, what happens in practice may be very different—accommodating workarounds for new technology, staff access, and enhanced compliance reporting. Properly identifying these individuals and processes will make any job succession easier.

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Pre- and Post-Award is like PB&J

RBW Strategy

Do those documents provide a path for handling the unexpected? If you do not have core policies documented, how can the pass-through entity, awarding agency, and/or auditor be assured that you will be a good steward of federal funding? Start with the highest priority policies and then go from there. Were here to help.

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Give Yourself a Strong Foundation: Fill Out the Project Innovator Form

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

The grant innovator form is a simple document I use to organize an agency as it seeks grants. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with this surprisingly valuable document by checking out the link at the end of this article.

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Why Accurate Payroll and Time Allocation Is Crucial for Your Nonprofit Grant Reporting

Blackbaud

Lack of an Audit Trail Spreadsheets are easily editable, and without proper documentation, it can be difficult to maintain an audit trail. Organizations need a system that provides a clear and documented history of changes to ensure transparency and accountability.

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Demystifying Grant Attachments: A Complete Guide to Boost Your Funding Success

Millionaire Grant Lady

When foundations require budgets, tax documents, or even board giving statements, it isnt because they want to know every financial detail of your organizations innerworkings. Prior Years Financial Documents : Foundations sometimes ask for the prior years statement of activities and/or statement of financial position.

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9 Tips to Increase Your Chances of Winning a Grant

GrantNews

Funders will ask for a variety of documentation, including previous tax returns and financial records, so make sure these records are up to date and in compliance. Grant proposals have a greater chance of being awarded if they can offer a compelling solution to a well-documented community problem.

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