On October 5, 2023, the Office of Management and Budget released proposed changes to revise several sections of OMB Guidance for Grants and Agreements to integrate statutory requirements and administration priorities, reduce agency and recipient burden, clarify and...
An experienced and effective federal grant manager or grant consultant with post-award expertise is the light you follow, the lighthouse that beams the light miles away, and the lightkeeper that lights the beacon.
A passthrough entity (PTE) is a non-federal entity that provides a subaward to a recipient to carry out part of a federal program. If you are a PTE of a federal grant, there are prescribed requirements you must adhere to.
While our company’s mission is to help organizations find, obtain, manage, and comply with government grants, our broader mission is to help historically marginalized communities navigate the federal funding landscape so they can also access and be able to comply with...
If you are a federal grantee and you have subawardees, you may have questions about how to select, manage, and monitor subawardees. If you are a subawardee of a federal grant, you may want to know more about your responsibilities.What is a subaward? According to...
The Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law on August 16, 2022 and it was written with the intended goals of reducing the federal deficit, lowering prescription drug, health care, and energy costs, and making significant investments in clean energy and environmental programs
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) of 2021 (P.L. 117-58), commonly known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will provide $973 billion in funding over the next five years from fiscal years 2022 through 2026.
There are a growing number of government grants and other funding programs to support small businesses. Some come in the form of stimulus funding through the American Rescue Plan Act, others are state grants to help businesses export products to overseas markets, and there are the well-known federal programs that fund small business innovation and research.
As it aims to support inclusive entrepreneurship in the innovation ecosystem, the U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Investment and Innovation (OII) coordinates an annual competition for the nation’s most innovative and promising small business accelerators, incubators, and business catalysts.
Grant readiness is more than an exercise in checking items on a checklist. It is the organization’s readiness to competitively apply for grants, finalize the awarding process, and manage the grant. Instead of you having to peruse multiple sources to determine if the...
While there may currently be flexibilities for this requirement, an organization typically must be registered in SAM to apply for and receive local, state, or federal government grants.
To address the gap in revenue and shore up “on the ground” services, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 allocates $350 billion in emergency funding directly to each eligible state, county, city, territorial, and Tribal government and to non-entitlement units of local government.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury Department) is responsible for administering over $1 trillion of American Rescue Plan (2021) funds.
While much has been written about the broad scope and unprecedented nature of ARP, it is important to keep in mind that it is the sixth law that funded pandemic relief programs.
What some people may not know is that grant writing is much more than writing. In fact, before any writing begins, and if the organization is “grant ready,” the grant writer will gather a wide range of information and data about the organization.
A key part of writing a government grant is the ability to advocate, in narrative form, why the prospective grantee should be awarded the grant.
OMB Memorandum M-21-20 was broken into five sections that either underscore the federal government’s need for a swift response to the public health crisis, outline its commitment to accountability and transparency of ARP spending, or ensure that all Americans are supported through the advancement of racial equity and that underserved communities are supported.
On March 19, 2021, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published Memorandum M-21-20 to outline the Administration’s approach to “effective implementation and stewardship of American Rescue Plan funds.” This post will summarize the twelve flexibilities outlined in Appendix 3.
President Biden’s “Executive Order on Ensuring the Future is Made in America by All Americans” is crafted to help American businesses compete in “strategic industries,” help American workers thrive, and promote accountable and transparent procurement policies.
Read Grants Works overview of city, county and state government grants and how to find them. The post includes links to several localities’ grants pages.
Do you own a business in the US with a technological innovation that could use an infusion of research and development (R&D) investment to meet its commercial potential? If you do or know someone who may be, continue reading to learn about federal SBIR and STTR...
PEPFAR has been described as the US government’s global effort to fight HIV.” Read Grants Works brief overview to learn the basics of this US-funded program.
The August 13, 2020 issue of the Federal Register included the final guidance for the revision of 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). All revisions except amendments to two...
If you operate or plan to operate a permanent or transitional housing program and you are not familiar with the Continuum of Care program, keep reading to learn more about the community-driven collaborative process that steers HUD funding to organizations that serve...
Grants Works has been sharing details on social media about COVID-19 funding relief being offered by regional funding collaboratives. Funding collaboratives are not new. However, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw the impressive speed, efficiency, and...
Let’s face it—grant management is often undervalued. The focus tends to center on acquiring new grants with little thought on carefully managing an existing grant portfolio as one way to increase funding from current funders and sustain grant-funded projects year...
Over 600 US and international foundations pledged to increase their grants and loosen restrictions on current grants. Read to learn more about the eight shared principles.
This post was updated on June 23, 2020 to include the extension of expiration dates for two areas of administrative relief as outlined in M-20-26 released on June 18, 2020. On March 19, 2020, the Office of Management and Budget released M-20-17, Administrative Relief...
What is Uniform Guidance? Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200) is the culmination of extensive collaboration between the Office of Management and Budget and federal awarding agencies to improve the transparency, oversight and performance of federal awards to non-federal...
The GREAT Act & Its Impact On Your Federal Grants The Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency Act was signed into law on December 30, 2019. It calls for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to partner with the federal agency that awards the...
Recently, an executive director who runs a two-person nonprofit that goes to motels to help homeless and economically disadvantaged people shared that she was at her wits end trying to get additional funding for her program. Someone suggested she look into whether her...
What is the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI)? The federal government's transition from the D-U-N-S number to the Unique Entity Identifier will now be effective in April 2022 instead of December 2020. Organizations that plan to apply for a grant will need a Unique Entity...
How I "Fell" Into Grants Earlier this week, I participated in a webinar hosted by a well-known federal grant trainer, and she commented that everyone has a “how I fell into grants story.” That statement resonated with me because I have previously contemplated how I...