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Grants Management
An Expert’s Quick Look at the 2020 OMB Compliance Supplement
Understanding Capacity Building Grant Proposals
Working From Home? Prepare Now to Rebuild
By: Barbara Floersch
The Board’s Role in Securing Grants
To Win Grants, Mix it Up
Funders want to hear your story–the narrative of what your organization does and how that work improves lives and strengthens the community. The story may be the hook, but unless you can back-up feel-good anecdotes with cold hard numbers your case for support won’t result in a grant.
5 Internal Controls for Stronger Grants Management
Put yourself in the funder’s shoes—who would you choose to fund? These tough decisions are complex and include assessing an organization’s ability to deliver on the promises made in the grant proposal.
The Power of Consistency
For many nonprofits, the term “grants management” conjures up visions of navigating an ever-changing labyrinth of rules and regulations. While there is a learning curve when managing regulation-heavy grants from various levels of government, it’s nothing diligence and determination can’t conquer.
Government Grants—Tame the Red Tape
Before you can manage government grants successfully, you’ve got to untangle a snarl of red tape.
Who Will Do It?
The ubiquitous use of “we will” in grant proposals paves the way for grant-management nightmares. When the grant proposal does not assign tasks to specific positions, those tasks usually fall by the wayside when the intense work of program start-up gets underway. Here are a few examples of important tasks that often end up unassigned.