Grants 101
This document is where you find the grant requirements and what you should include in your application
What is the RFP? (FOA, RFA, etc.)
RFP
What is “Request for Proposals?”
This attachment document shows how you’ll spend the money when you win a grant.
What is a budget?
This search engine is your best friend when searching for new grants.
What is Google?
Another word for data.
What is information?
This is the most important thing to do when preparing a grant application.
What is carefully read the complete RFP?
DOJ
What is the Department of Justice?
This document explains in detail how you calculated the amounts in your budget, and how you will spend those amounts.
What is a budget narrative?
After alignment with your organization’s goals, this is the next critical thing to determine when considering a grant opportunity.
What is eligibility?
These standards or targets are often measured using percentages.
What are Performance Measures or Objectives or Outcomes?
This section of a grant application is usually worth the most points (or considered the weightiest) by funders.
What is Program Design? Or Plan etc.
FOA
What is a Funding Opportunity Announcement?
Costs included in your budget for overhead and other items not discreetly related to program implementation.
What are indirect costs?
People are key to this method of finding grants.
What is a personal referral? What is a Partner suggestion? What is info from nonprofit friends? What is a lead from your Board of Directors?
This government agency is the best source of publicly available demographic information to help show the need for a grant in your area.
What is the US Census Bureau?
This is the most common mistake people make when preparing a grant application.
What is not following the instructions?
DOC
What is the Department of Corrections? What is the Department of Commerce?
It is critical that your grant budget be aligned with this section of your application.
What is your program design? (Or plan. Or grant narrative.)
This is the most important data set to have on hand when preparing a grant application.
Characteristics of clients served (number, race, gender, etc.)
Your application should be closely aligned with these if you expect the funder to give you their money.
What are the funder’s priorities?
MERN, as in MERN stack
What are MongoDB, Express, React, and Node?
The terms for the indirect cost rate you can claim on federal grants if you do not have a negotiated indirect costs rate agreement (NICRA).
What is the de minimis rate?
This is the largest online clearinghouse for foundation grant opportunities.
What is FConline.com or The Foundation Center?
This type of data includes anything that can be counted.
What is quantitative data?