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10 Things to Look for When Evaluating a Grant Proposal

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The application process is an organization’s first real look at how you work with grantees. A 10-page application doesn’t make sense—for the applicant or the reviewer—but you need enough information to know if you are making a good decision. In other words, is the nonprofit already thinking about what happens after this grant?

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What is Grant Management?

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Grant management is the comprehensive process of overseeing all activities related to grants: from identifying recipients, to awarding funds, to reporting on outcomes all while maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements. Table of Contents Grant Lifecycle Who Handles Grant Management for Grantmaking Organizations?

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. Our intention is to understand whether grants have had the impact we envisioned. Who manages the monitoring and evaluation? Who decides what is measured?

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A Checklist To Determine If Your Organization Is “Grant Ready”

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Grants can be a wonderful vehicle to fund a new program or expand an existing one; however, if your organization is new to the “grant world,” you may be unfamiliar with the work involved with both applying and managing grants. In other words, let’s look at the readiness to apply for grants and readiness to manage grant projects.

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Need a New Grant Management System? 5 Tips for Selecting the Best GMS for Your Foundation

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But inertia is not an option when your grant programs outgrow your current solution, or your vendor sunsets the software you use, like Salesforce is doing with their grant management software, FoundationConnect. Include who is involved in those application reviews and how decisions are made. What reports do you pull regularly?

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13 Foundation Grant Writing Tips for Nonprofits

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Finding the right foundation to write a grant for is confusing, especially if the organization has no prior relationships to build on. Some foundations have open RFIs (Request for Information), open LOIs (Letter of Inquiry), RFPs (Request for Proposal) and others have open calls for applications around a campaign.

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Mastering Next Year’s Budget With Revenue Projections and Donor Attrition Analysis

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This is especially true when it comes to budget projections that will help inform the strategy of your organization in the coming year. First use this year’s revenue to establish a baseline for all your expected revenue, including but not limited to individual giving, major gifts, events income, expected pledges, and grants.