A Grant Proposal’s Most Common Pitfall
Accurately identifying the problem or need your organization wants to tackle is the single most important factor in developing a powerful grant proposal.
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Investing in Grants Professionals
With a rock-star proposal writer on staff, why spend precious dollars priming the pump? The grant awards are rolling in and all is right with the world. But getting too comfortable with the successful status quo is risky.
Feds Change Grant Resources, Websites, And Requirements
Federal resources and systems for grantseekers have been changing. If your organization participates in the federal grants process or plans to, it’s imperative to stay on top of developments at Grants.gov, SAM.gov, and the federal agencies with which you are most involved.
Policies, Procedures, and The Grants Professional
It’s a well-accepted best practice that the development of grant proposals should be well coordinated with the administrative, financial, human resources, and programmatic functions of the organization.
Grants: Who’s in Charge
Supervising any high-level staff member is a balancing act. Star performers need leeway, appropriate decision-making authority, and a degree of flexibility about when and how they work. Hold the reins too tight and you’ll stifle them. But if you hold the reins too loose, you can lose control of the organizational functions they handle.