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Grant guidelines and decision making framework for granting ARPA funds
Our organization is partnering with our county to support their grantmaking efforts for APRA (American Rescue Plan Act) funding for nonprofits. They would like to grant us $500,000 to then create a Nonprofit Economic Recovery fund. We will provide unrestricted funding to our local nonprofit organizations from this fund to…
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Influencing Funders to fix their forms. What should they fix next?
Have you heard about the initiative to #FixTheForm? What annoys you most about filling out grant applications? Chime in and let us know. And help give @KariAanestad and team feedback on what should be next! Fill out their survey to give input on what you think should be the next focus:
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First Pass Evaluation
Does anyone have a good resource for evaluation questions for a first pass evaluation? Looking to simplify process with a few simple questions that allow us to rank recommendations before taking a deeper dive in the review process through the 2nd evaluation.
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Evidence-Based Programming
There is so much talk about using research and evidence to show that our programs are likely to achieve the outcomes we claim, but many people who write grant proposals are still looking for the best way to do that in different types of grant applications. What grant funders do you think explained what they wanted…
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Capital Projects- Payment After Work has Already Been Done
Good morning, We are encountering nonprofits who are completing grant applications while work is in process, and requesting funding after work has been completed. Does anyone have experience dealing with this? We have a policy that states we will not pay for work that was done prior to the grant award, but it seems to be…
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Rewriting your grant proposal for 2021
Hi community! I am excited to lead the webinar next Tuesday, January 19 on a very timely topic: updating your grant proposal for 2021 to be successful at winning grants in the "new normal." With all that has changed, and 2020 behind us, you can't count on last year's narrative to win this year's grants. Grant funding is…
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Foundation Applications- Board & employee giving
Hi everyone! In your experience, what percent of foundation applications ask if Board members donate to the organization employees donate to the organization? Thanks in advance! Ephraim
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Grant Extensions due to pandemic - What steps are you taking?
Hi, I'm looking for suggestions for how other Foundations have been handling grant extensions in Foundant (such as a note within the original signed grant agreement, a new follow up form or application, etc.? We of course want to have documentation in writing for our Community Foundation audit. How are others handling…
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General operating support grants
Hi all, We are just starting out with Foundant and at the same time starting to offer operating grants. If you provide general operating support grants based on an application process, would you be willing to share your grant application. Thanks, Sheila
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Grant Reports
Looking for some great examples of Grant reports as follow-up documents. I've got my paper grant report forms that I've been planning to integrate into the GLM as a follow-up. But I'm always looking to see if any one has a better report form, especially now that I'm doing this electronically for the first time. Thanks for…
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Thank you Weston Paul and Elsie Thomson
Dear @WestonPaul and @ElsieThomson , I just wanted to let you know how smooth everything went on opening morning for two of our grant cycles. We went live today and so far so good! I don’t think others on the team felt we would be up and ready to go in such a short time-frame, especially with me having no experience with…
