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How to Kickoff Your Federal Grant Project

RBW Strategy

Adequate technology or systems to manage the grant and track key elements like expenses, deadlines, procurement requirements, and other items. Do those documents provide a path for handling the unexpected? This document also outlines key deadlines and requirements, which can be turned into a project plan for ongoing review.

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Untangling the New Uniform Grant Guidance

RBW Strategy

This is a natural consequence when several different administrative requirements documents and cost circulars are consolidated into one document, and meant to be universally applied. This allows for more domestic labor and promotes inclusivity in the procurement process.

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New Rules in Procurement – Managing the Award towards the Finish Line

Grant Professionals Association

When it comes to post-award grants management, a huge focus area (and an area ripe with single audit findings) is procurement. Procurement is the oversight process for ensuring compliance with applicable federal requirements related to subrecipient and contractual partnerships. First off, why is procurement so important?

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How to Minimize Risk Throughout Your Grant Cycle

Blackbaud

To mitigate risk throughout your grant cycle, you need to know your grantees through relationships and documentation, support their internal controls, and set up a process for whistleblower complaints. What are your procurement standards? Do you have tiered approvals for different amounts? How do you track time and effort?

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How to Run a Silent Auction: 11 Essential Planning Steps

Qgiv

To run a silent auction, you’ll need to plan many logistics, such as how guests will bid on items, what items you’re procuring, and how you’ll process donations. In addition to your fundraising tools, in-person venue, and auction entertainment, you must consider the price of procuring items and paying staff. Procure auction items.

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The Development of Competitive Bids is an Art and Science

Grant Training Center

Win strategies are devised, value propositions are offered, the science case is conceptualized, solutions are engineered, graphical depictions of funder visions are created, and win themes and discriminators are sprinkled throughout the proposal – all carefully developed from the issues surrounding the procurement.

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Choosing the Right Path: ERP + GMS

AmpliFund

An ERP system serves as the backbone of an organization — integrating various business processes such as finance, human capital management , and procurement. These are capabilities that just aren’t available with an ERP system’s grant management functionality and are imperative to maintaining compliance and maximizing drawdown.

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