31 Mar

Posted at 01:02h in Competency Five, Courses, Federal Grants, GPCI Competencies, Grant Writing, How-To, Julie Alsup, Uncategorized

  Federal Grant Management - Non-Financial Requirements Session 12 of the Federal Grant Development Series While most people think of the financial management of a federal grant as the area with the greatest challenges or newest requirements, there are also many non-financial requirements that must be considered when managing...

27 Mar

Posted at 00:59h in Competency Five, Competency Four, Courses, Federal Grants, GPCI Competencies, Grant Writing, How-To, Julie Assel, GPC, Uncategorized

    Federal Grant Management - Financial Requirements Session 11 of the Federal Grant Development Series The most common concerns related to federal grant management are around the financial requirements. These requirements include paying staff, contracting for services, travel, and purchasing materials. This session will discuss the most common policies...

27 Mar

Posted at 00:53h in Competency One, Competency Seven, Courses, Federal Grants, GPCI Competencies, Grant Writing, How-To, Julie Assel, GPC, Uncategorized

    Becoming a Federal Grant Reviewer Session 13 of the Federal Grant Development Series Did you know that most competitive federal grant opportunities are reviewed by a team of peer reviewers? Federal agencies are looking for specific, documented experience in areas related to current grant opportunities. Going through something...

09 Mar

Posted at 22:42h in Budget Narratives, Budgets, Competency Four, Courses, Federal Grants, Funding, GPCI Competencies, Grant Writing, How-To, Julie Assel, GPC, Uncategorized

    Federal Research Grant Budget Justifications Session 10 of the Federal Grant Development Series The budget justifications for research have unique requirements which surprise many grant professionals used to foundation grants and even some grant professionals used to writing federal implementation or demonstration grants. This session will talk about...

03 Mar

Posted at 10:16h in Competency Four, Courses, Evaluation, Federal Grants, Funding, GPCI Competencies, Grant Writing, How-To, Julie Assel, GPC, Uncategorized

    Standard Federal Budget Forms Session 8 of the Federal Grant Development Series Many foundation grants allow you to provide your project budget in your own format, but not federal grant agencies. All federal agencies have their own form which must be used to convey the costs associated with...

03 Mar

Posted at 10:03h in Competency Four, Competency Three, Courses, Evaluation, Federal Grants, Funding, GPCI Competencies, Grant Writing, How-To, Julie Assel, GPC, Uncategorized

  External Evaluators: When is it Required and What to do When it is Required Session 7 of the Federal Grant Development Series Many, but not all, federal grants require project evaluation to be completed by someone other than the project director. The reason for this requirement is...

03 Mar

Posted at 09:40h in Budget Narratives, Budgets, Competency Four, Courses, Federal Grants, Funding, GPCI Competencies, Grant Writing, How-To, Julie Assel, GPC, Uncategorized

  Federal Budget Justifications: Reasonable, Allowable, Allocable Session 9 of the Federal Grant Development Series Federal budget forms are not the only part of federal budgets which are different. The information expected in a federal budget justification is also more specific. All of these budget justifications must meet the...

23 Feb

Posted at 10:45h in Competency Four, Competency Three, Competency Two, Courses, Federal Grants, Funding, GPCI Competencies, Grant Writing, How-To, Julie Assel, GPC, Research, Uncategorized

  Evidence-Based Programming Session 6 of the Federal Grant Development Series More and more grants are asking questions about how you know the services you provide will have the impact you claim will result. These questions may be worded similar to this: What is the evidence-level of your program,...

21 Feb

Posted at 10:24h in Competency Four, Competency Three, Competency Two, Courses, Federal Grants, Funding, GPCI Competencies, Grant Writing, How-To, Julie Assel, GPC, Research, Uncategorized

  Managing the Development of a Federal Grant Proposal Session 5 of the Federal Grant Development Series Many nonprofits are not successful with federal grants because they do not have the time or expertise to run effective project design meetings. This causes proposals to become rushed at the end...

21 Feb

Posted at 10:16h in Competency Four, Courses, Federal Grants, Funding, GPCI Competencies, Grant Writing, How-To, Julie Assel, GPC, Research, Uncategorized

    Federal Grant Registrations and Portals Session 4 of the Federal Grant Development Series Diverse funding streams are the key to many organizations’ financial sustainability. The complexity and high accountability of federal funding deters many organizations until they are more advanced along the grant readiness continuum. One of the...