Deadline: March 11, 2020 COPS Hiring Program (CHP) provides funding directly to law enforcement agencies to hire and/or rehire career law enforcement officers in an effort to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. 2019 CHP grants will cover up to 75 percent of the approved entry-level salary and fringe benefits of each […]
Deadline: March 11, 2020 Community Policing Development (CPD) Micro-grant funds are used to advance the practice of community policing in law enforcement agencies through training and technical assistance, demonstration projects, the development of innovative community policing strategies, guidebooks, and promising practices that are national in scope and responsive to the solicitation topic requirements. Applicants are […]
Deadline: February 18, 2020. 5:00pm Eastern Time. Under the Small Shipyard Grant Program, $19,600,000 is currently available for grants to: (1) Make capital and related improvements to qualified shipyard facilities that will be effective in fostering efficiency, competitive operations, and quality ship construction, repair, and reconfiguration, and (2) provide training for workers in shipbuilding, ship […]
Federal grantees are required to have written financial and management controls to safeguard public funds. Control systems are a good business practice in general regardless of whether an organization receives federal grants. These controls, or checks and balances, over expenses ensures funds aren’t misspent or embezzled. This case study, “ripped from the headlines,” illustrates the […]
Why wait for press releases or media reports to tell you what’s happening in DC? Go straight to the source. Congress.gov is an amazing resource to keep tabs on pending bills and your elected officials.
For your consideration: a few of the issues that trip up new federal grant seekers. In no particular order. Starting too late. Most federal grants have an application window of 30-45 days and you’ll need all of it to prepare a competitive proposal. If you start too late—either because you took too long to decide […]
Federal grant applications, and the funding process, can be overwhelming—even for veteran grants professionals. Take a deep breath, focus on the things you can control and your proposals should be pretty darn competitive. Let’s start with the short list… Things you can’t control Amount of funds appropriated by Congress. This is related to the program(s) […]
Is your organization at the point where you want to formalize your grant seeking efforts with a dedicated full-time employee? Wonderful! You can only get so far with someone going after grants in addition to their other responsibilities. If you want to take grants to the next level, you need to start a grants department—even […]
Local governments (i.e., counties, cities, towns, school districts, water districts, etc.) are not always eligible to apply for private grants. Many local government employees believe they work for a nonprofit organization. Sort of—but not really. Local governments are a special animal; they’re political subdivisions of their states. When private/corporate foundations say they accept proposals from […]
Don’t be afraid to apply for funds outside of your primary field. That is, if you’re a housing agency, it’s okay to apply for Department of Justice funds or Education funds (or whatever) so long as the funding’s purpose is a match with your mission. As we get deeper into our professional life, we get […]