Call me a #grantnerd, but I love sharing “lessons learned” grant spending stories! In a past case study, I wrote of the major areas of non-compliance revealed by the Department of Justice when over $20 million dollars of grant spending earmarked for mentoring at-risk youth through Big Brothers/Big Sisters (BBBS) of Philadelphia did not get documented […]
Training and Development
3 Tips: Don’t Get Blindsided by Program Income
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 […]
7 Ways to Spot a Subrecipient Relationship
One of the grant management questions we get the most emails on is, “What is the difference between a subrecipient and a vendor?” Subrecipient vs. Contractor: What’s in a Name? The distinction between the terminology causes no end of confusion because the terms subrecipient, subgrantee, subawardee are used interchangeably by federal grant recipients and federal […]
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 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 […]