June 18, 2020 United Way of Greenville County will receive $2.5 million over the next five years through the U.S. Department of Education’s Full-Service Community Schools grant program to support OnTrack Greenville, a collaborative effort to keep under-resourced youth on the path to high school graduation and post-secondary success. In partnership with Communities In Schools […]
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Negative employees are a cancer to organizations. I’m not talking about the ones that occasionally play devil’s advocate or who ask a lot of questions during strategy or planning meetings. I’m talking about the ones that are constantly negative; the ones that try to undermine a manager’s decision once it’s been made; the ones that […]
“Listening is a purposeful act requiring effort and 100 percent attention. There’s nothing casual or automatic about it.” -Tom Peters
June 12, 2020 A grant will enable Tuskegee University to have a further reach and impact in the rural, underserved and socially disadvantaged areas of Alabama. The land-grant institution has received $1.6 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture for its Center for Innovation and Sustainable Small Farms, Ranches […]
Before your organization can apply for federal grants, you first need to register with the System for Award Management (also known as SAM). Pro tip: don’t register with your primary Email address. Create a new Email account exclusively for SAM notifications. Your SAM contact information is a public record and advertisers take advantage of it. […]
June 14, 2020 SAN MARCOS, Texas - Texas State University’s Forensic Anthropology Center has been awarded a $280,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to use drones to locate human remains. Texas State says the grant addresses the difficulty of finding bodies in potentially large search areas. “How do you search a large ranch?” said FACTS […]
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June 14, 2020 The novel coronavirus pandemic has led to a severe economic downturn and thwarted fundraising opportunities for numerous organizations. Among other projects, a community center proposed by the Watertown Family YMCA remains in limbo. The facility would include aquatics, racquet sports and a wellness center. Raising the $16.7 million needed for the proposed […]
When someone leaves your organization, make sure to collect their company credit card and all other property on their last day. Don’t let them walk off with a grant-funded laptop or a cell phone or a tablet or allow them to run up a bunch of credit card charges. You’re on the hook for those […]