Today we’re looking at three tips, so you aren’t blindsided by program income related to conference registration fees when managing your Federal grants. We’ve dug into the grant management “mailbag” for some common problems encountered in the “real-world” by “real-life” grant managers, just like you! A grant manager writes: Question: “Where Do We Put Revenue […]
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3 Areas for Grant Management Improvement
I recently checked back following a shocking report on the condition of federal grant management in the City of Detroit following their bankruptcy. And I was so happy to see how they were turning around their lack of federal award compliance Not only are their efforts bearing fruit from a grant management improvement standpoint–but even […]
$7 Million Repayment Blues: City Readies Payback for Lack of Grant Management
A few years back I wrote a case study about mismanaged federal grant funds from a highly critical audit report criticizing a lack of grant management. The Baltimore Brew reported that the City of Baltimore was preparing to repay nearly $7 million in federal funding from a $9.5 million federal award earmarked to serve the […]
The Shocking Tale of Grant Management: 71 Programs-0- Compliance?
Ready for a grant compliance “comeback” story? A while back, I wrote about troubles that the City of Detroit had with federal grant compliance. The Detroit News reported that the Ford Foundation had donated $127,000 to review the City of Detroit’s federal grant management and recommend how to improve the grant administration process. At the […]
How Does $20 Million of Grant Funds Just Disappear?
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 […]
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 […]