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More Than Fiduciary Oversight – How Board Members Can Support the Grant Writing Team by Megan Campbell, MPA, GPC

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According to BoardSource , the board [of directors] is responsible for ensuring that the organization is appropriately stewarding the resources entrusted to it and following all legal and ethical standards. indirect costs, matching funds, supplanting). Understand the issues that could impact their nonprofit agencys finances (e.g.,

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Getting Curious About Ethics By: Kellie Brungard, GPC

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Ethics are moral principles that govern an individual’s or group’s behavior or activities. Within the grant profession, the Grant Professionals Association (GPA) has defined a clear code of ethics for members to abide by and establish boundaries within practice that uphold the integrity of the industry.

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You CAN Evaluate Your Program! How to Gather Data through Observation By: Michelle Dykes-Anderson, Ed. D, GPC, CFRE

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However, this can lead to ethical considerations like a need for informed consent and invasion of privacy. Direct and Indirect Observation In direct observation, the observer watches the event, activity, or interaction as it occurs. In indirect observation, the observer watches the results of the event, activity, or interaction.

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

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Best practices in ethical grantsmanship indicate all nonprofits should adopt a COI/FCOI policy and procedures for ethical and compliant grant management. In addition , some state laws and specific funding agencies include directives on what must be included in a COI policy or how conflicts should be handled.

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The Grants Transparency Act of 2023: Good idea or spitting in the wind?

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

Who knows, but Ive always assumed this means political expediency for the party in power or perhaps spreading the gold among different ethic groups. For example, most RFPs include language along the lines of the secretary reserves the right to make funding decisions based on geographic and other factors. What does other factors mean?