Is Your Organization Government Grant Ready?

Is Your Organization Government Grant Ready?

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...

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Simplifying Subawards

Simplifying Subawards

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...

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Let’s Explore the Inflation Reduction Act

Let’s Explore the Inflation Reduction Act

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

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Government Grants and Other Funding for Small Businesses

Government Grants and Other Funding for Small Businesses

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.

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Let’s Get Grant Ready

Let’s Get Grant Ready

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...

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An Overview of SAM

An Overview of SAM

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.

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Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund

Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund

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.

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A Summary of OMB Memorandum M-21-20

A Summary of OMB Memorandum M-21-20

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.

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A Summary of Appendix 3 of OMB Memorandum M-21-20

A Summary of Appendix 3 of OMB Memorandum M-21-20

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.

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Learn About Federal SBIR/STTR Funding

Learn About Federal SBIR/STTR Funding

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...

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A PEPFAR Primer

A PEPFAR Primer

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.

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Uniform Guidance – The Final 2020 Edition

Uniform Guidance – The Final 2020 Edition

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...

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Grant Reporting Dos and Don’ts

Grant Reporting Dos and Don’ts

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...

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Proposed Changes to Uniform Guidance

Proposed Changes to Uniform Guidance

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...

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What is the GREAT Act?

What is the GREAT Act?

The GREAT Act and 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...

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(Updated) – The UEI is Coming

(Updated) – The UEI is Coming

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...

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My Grants Story

My Grants Story

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...

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