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I Signed up for What?! A Primer for Pre- and Post-Award Grant Readiness

Blackbaud

Strategic: this risk could prevent an organization from accomplishing its objectives or meeting its goals. There are other sustainability measures, but these reflect some ways to maintain the good work that is taking place through the federal award.

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Advancing Knowledge: Knowing your “Why”

Grant Professionals Association

Actions without a bigger picture may seem productive in the short term, but they may not connect with your larger goals or leave you feeling like you haven’t made progress. The foundation of your why helps develop goals that will take you down an intentional path. Identifying your “why” may be the missing piece.

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5 Ways Fund Accounting Simplifies Food Bank Reporting

Blackbaud

You can establish benchmarks for when additional fundraising appeals need to go out and adjust your goals based on where you are compared to those scenarios. For example, if you need to file Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) Reports , you can create a report that shows those expenditures by grant.

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Save Time and Effort by Standardizing Data Collection

AmpliFund

These revisions clarified that if a federal awarding agency determines there is “non-performance” on the part of the recipient of federal funds, they can either cancel the award or reduce the amount of funding. A common notion in the industry is that “my program has unique goals." Define goal types 2.

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So Now What? Finding Funding for Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

Finally, look at the sizes of the median largest awards. This data will give you an idea of reasonable award goals and help you to manage your stakeholder expectations. The federal government was the source of the largest individual award for only 2 percent of organizations with small budgets. Annual Budget.

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Advancing Knowledge: Knowing your “Why” by Kellie Brungard, GPC

Assel Grant Services

Actions without a bigger picture may seem productive in the short term, but they may not connect with your larger goals or leave you feeling like you haven’t made progress. The foundation of your why helps develop goals that will take you down an intentional path. Identifying your “why” may be the missing piece.

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Your Definitive Guide to Government Grants

Allied Grant Writers

Block Grants Block grants give state and local governments money to help them meet broad goals like community development, social services, public health, or law enforcement, and they usually have greater flexibility over how the money is spent than categorical grants.