Federal grant funding FLASHBACK to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) aka the Stimulus Grants. CBS News reported that the U.S. Justice Department froze frozen federal grant funding to Big Brothers, Big Sisters (BBBS) after an audit revealed that BBBS couldn’t account for nearly $20 million dollars of federal grant funds that were drawn […]
Best Practices
The Top 6 Ways to Distinguish Between a Grant Subrecipient and a Vendor
Ah, the grant subrecipient. There is lots of confusion around classifying contractors vs. subrecipients when it comes to federal funding. And as a grant management professional, you probably know there are a lot more compliance requirements concerning spending grant funds with a subrecipient when compared to a contractor (aka a vendor.) Here are just a […]
3 Surprising Reasons for More Grant Management Tools
We asked about grant management tools and boy, did we get an earful! (We conducted a short survey so we could better understand the needs of the grant management community.) Your responses confirmed the trend we are seeing across the grant profession and training industry. The most pressing need is for more grant management tools, not […]
Waste, Fraud and Abuse Cost the Federal Government Billions
Government waste, fraud, and abuse cost taxpayers billions of dollars each year and that’s just on the US Federal level! But do you know what these terms mean when it comes to spending of Federal funds? Here are some examples… What is Fraud? Fraud is any deliberate deception that exists to unlawfully deny the Federal […]
5 Ways to Find Time for Grant Management Training
Is it hard to find time for training? (For example-grant management training-or any type of career development training, if it comes down to it?) Finding Time for Training: #1 Excuse is No Time There is no doubt that COVID-19 has brought a whole new set of challenges into the “time management” dilemma. But consider this: […]
5 Little Known Facts About The Drug-Free Workplace Rules That Affect Your Grant
Reducing grant management risk is not limited to financial fraud; this effort also includes instituting policies and procedures, like the Drug-free Workplace Act. Grant recipients much also provide the oversight necessary to meet specific regulatory requirements that are part of your federal grant. Unfortunately, some federal grantees don’t realize that the Drug-Free Workplace Act of […]