Blackbaud

MARCH 25, 2025

Your finance team, especially your CFO, controller, and staff accountants, will work closely with your auditor to provide access to the documentation, be available for walk-throughs of processes, and answer any questions. Your auditor will test your internal controls and verify balances with third parties, such as banks and creditors.

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PKS Grants & Accounting Solutions

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

A Grant Manager's Guide to Internal Controls Did you know, $600 billion is awarded each year in federal grants?? How do they impact your grants and your organization? They assure adherence to Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal awards. So, what are they?

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Allied Grant Writers

JANUARY 25, 2025

Heres a breakdown of the various kinds of financial aid you can explore: Grants : Grants are a form of financial aid you dont have to repay. They are often need-based and can be awarded by the federal government, state governments, or private organizations.

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The Fundraising Coach

JULY 29, 2024

School grants are an opportunity that you may not have experience with. Instead of soliciting individual donors to make gifts to your school, you’ll submit a grant application to a grantmaker or grantmaking organization. They’ll review it and then approve or deny your request for their grant. Choose grants wisely.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

AUGUST 3, 2022

At our most recent Grant Writing Made Easy workshop, we did a deep dive into nonprofit program budgets. Indirect Expenses: These include administrative and overhead costs, all the costs of all departments outside of the program department, such as finance, human resources, and development. Step 3: Make calculations. Join the waitlist!

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Think and Ink Grants

APRIL 27, 2021

We all can't afford to hire a grant writer. Some of us will have to write the grant ourselves until we can afford to do better. Assemble a team of folks to have input or write sections, even if one person is responsible for leading the grant writing effort and establishing one voice. Don't beat yourself up over it.

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Allied Grant Writers

MAY 17, 2021

For years, government grants have boosted a wide variety of programs that have had a positive impact. Federal or government grants involve money given to an individual by a government entity to provide support that benefits the public. However, there are just four primary forms of grant funding in the sea of grant programs.

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Allied Grant Writers

MAY 17, 2021

For years, government grants have boosted a wide variety of programs that have had a positive impact. Federal or government grants involve money given to an individual by a government entity to provide support that benefits the public. However, there are just four primary forms of grant funding in the sea of grant programs.

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Blackbaud

APRIL 26, 2024

To alleviate the need for adjusting entries during the audit, we devised a plan to work with the finance and development departments of the organization whenever a substantial contribution was received to ensure it was recorded appropriately in the organization’s general ledger.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 18, 2024

Guest post by: Jeff Bauknecht | Grants Manager | The Museum of Flight Who decides which grants to pursue or to let pass by? Who determines which projects will receive grant-funded support? For the last 15 years, I have held the role of grant writer/manager/follower-upper and sometimes magician at my current organization.

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Grant Consulting Services

AUGUST 31, 2023

The grant lifecycle is an all-encompassing process that needs to be properly managed in order for all parties involved to be successful. Consider the grant award to be a partnership between the funder and your organization. So, how do we manage grants? What is Grant Management? So where do you start? When should it begin?

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Maybe your organization doesn’t have the internal expertise or time to conduct a program evaluation yourself, or a grant funder requires a third-party evaluation. As a result, evaluation costs fluctuate, and the conventional guidance to devote 10% of the program budget to evaluation isn’t always accurate, at least for federal grant programs.

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Grant Money for Women Entrepreneurs Understanding the Importance of Grants for Women-Owned Businesses Grants provide essential financial support for women-owned businesses, allowing them to grow and enhance their operations without the burden of repayment. For tips on navigating the process, visit how to apply for grant money.

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Grant Money Benefits Unveiled Understanding the vast opportunities provided by government grants is essential for individuals and organizations seeking financial assistance. Government grant money benefits can significantly impact projects and initiatives, allowing for growth and development in various sectors.

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Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

If you have ever flinched at the mention of policies and procedures, conflict of interest, or grant reporting, we may be able to help take the fear out of grant management. Too often, grant management is seen as scary and messy, with staff hesitant to learn because they may uncover more than they know how to handle.

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Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

By now, I hope you are realizing grant management doesn’t have to be a scary web of confusing topics and rules. With this grant management series, I aim to outline some of the commonly seen issues and provide resources to learn more. NGMA divides the grant lifecycle into three phases: pre-award, award, and post-award.

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Allied Grant Writers

APRIL 15, 2021

Are you an organization in need of a grant? Almost every organization has now embraced expanding their funding base through grant proposals. However, you have to ensure that you do not harbor unrealistic initial expectations of what grants and funding agencies can provide. If yes, then have you ever wondered where to begin?

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Allied Grant Writers

APRIL 15, 2021

Are you an organization in need of a grant? Almost every organization has now embraced expanding their funding base through grant proposals. However, you have to ensure that you do not harbor unrealistic initial expectations of what grants and funding agencies can provide. If yes, then have you ever wondered where to begin?

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Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Too often, grant management is seen as a scary, messy aspect of grant funding, and we have a vague understanding of the requirements or components. In the nonprofit field, it’s common for staff to be put in a role where they manage grants but might not have the knowledge or resources to understand what that entails.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Cynthia Adams, CEO of TechSoup donor partner GrantStation , recently did an important online training webinar on how rural charities and libraries can get grants. If your charity or library happens to be located in rural America, it's not your imagination that it is harder to get grant funding in rural locations.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 16, 2024

When handling your nonprofit’s finances in any capacity, a professional’s expertise is always your best bet for getting it right. This involves: Removing unused accounts: Let’s say your nonprofit includes a category in its COA for federal grants, but you realize three years later that you haven’t applied for any.

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Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 28, 2024

Diversifying a portfolio of funding opportunities can be more than seeking foundation and federal grants. For both of these opportunities, organizations will also have to fulfill eligibility requirements for funding that each federal agency issues for regular grants.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 13, 2016

Manage Your Finances with QuickBooks. Find Grants with GrantStation. While many religious charities rely on community donations to do their good work, grants can be another important source of funding. GrantStation offers a comprehensive set of online grant research tools to find local, state, and federal grant opportunities.

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Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Our blog posts typically focus on grant strategies for nonprofit institutions. Through our work in grant development, we’ve met many faculty members who have not received training on how to find funding or write grant proposals. Creating a Realistic Timeline for Preparing Your Grant Proposal a. Key Budgeting Concepts VI.

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Blackbaud

MARCH 17, 2025

With the recent federal administration changes, there is a lot of uncertainty in the nonprofit and philanthropy sectors. Federal grant recipients, subrecipients, and contractors face shifting priorities, new executive orders, and evolving funding practices.

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Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

OCTOBER 27, 2024

We get many calls from nonprofits and public agencies seeking federal grants to build or buy and renovate a building*—the proposed uses could be anything from a youth center to a SUD treatment facility to affordable housing. A similar process unfolded for many other federal grant programs for funding facilities.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MARCH 26, 2025

Whether your school is looking to innovate in its curriculum, provide access to additional learning resources, offer professional development for teachers, or increase support for special education students, grant funding can pave the way. Strategically apply for grants.

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