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AFP eWire June 14, 2011	Before You Leap: Weighing the Benefits of Grants Here is some helpful perspective on the world of grants that might save your organization valuable time and resources.
AFP eWire April 28, 2008	New Study Recommends Ways to Address Flaws in Grant Application and Reporting Nonprofit organizations and foundations alike are beginning to stagger under the weight of a grant application and reporting system that needs fixing.
Foundation News & Commentary May/Jun 2005 Wing et al.	Paying for Not Paying for Overhead Many nonprofits are sacrificing organizational infrastructure needs to tell foundations what they want to hear about overhead costs.
Chemistry World February 1, 2013 Rebecca Trager	Duplicate grants could be costing US science agencies millions The US's premiere science agencies may be inadvertently awarding tens of millions of dollars to scientists who submitted the same grant proposal multiple times and accepted duplicate funding.
AFP eWire May 21, 2007	Foundations Don't Support Overhead Costs, Do They? A new study suggests that foundations are more likely to support overhead expenses and award unrestricted gifts than most nonprofits realize.
Foundation News & Commentary Sep/Oct 2005 Lee Draper	Funder's Little Shop of Horrors Grantees look to funders for support in overcoming entrenched financial and management challenges, but they also want to be acknowledged for their expertise in running organizations, delivering services and relating to their constituencies.
AFP eWire February 26, 2007	Panel Recommends Fundamental Reform in Canadian Grant System An independent blue-ribbon panel commissioned by the Treasury Board has recommended substantial changes in how the Canadian government administers its federal grant and contributions program.
AFP eWire April 11, 2005	Foundation Giving Declines, Key Issues Gain Support in 2003 Despite the decrease in giving across most fields, funding of specific issues, including arms control, disaster preparedness, national security and voter education, grew substantially.
AFP eWire September 5, 2006	Canadian Government Seeks Comments on Grant Programs The Canadian federal government is asking nonprofit organizations and other interested parties to submit their comments and opinions about how to make the current system of grant and contribution programs less burdensome and more efficient.
Foundation News & Commentary Jan/Feb 2005 Lee Draper	Where the Money is: Tapping Overlooked Sources of Support for Nonprofits Where will the funding come from to enable nonprofits to serve more people? How can nonprofits find the capital to reorganize for greater efficiency and economies of scale or to invest in new ways to address growing social needs?
Foundation News & Commentary Jul/Aug 2005 McCracken & Roth	Funding Success Foundations can follow the lead of the healthcare industry toward better evidence-based practice grantmaking.
Chemistry World June 28, 2013 Maria Burke	Science 'ecosystem' needs diversity to flourish How should research grants be allocated? Are large grants to a few elite researchers more effective than small grants to many researchers? A new study has concluded that targeting diversity rather than 'excellence' may be more productive.
Entrepreneur August 2004 Paul & Sarah Edwards	No Such Thing as Free Money? Will your wish for free money be granted? Don't count on it. There are grants, but they are few and far between.
T.H.E. Journal January 2004 Weaver & Fernley	Tips for Getting Your Educational Technology Projects Funded Two points are important no matter what grant or source of funding you are looking at.
AFP eWire August 2, 2004	Grant Applications and Reporting Made Easier The Uniform Grant Guidelines Coalition, is requesting comments from all interested parties about its new proposed guidelines on consistent and uniform definitions and data elements in grant making.
Searcher Jul/Aug 2009 Nancy K. Herther	Grantsmanship: Information Resources to Help Researchers Get Funding There are actually many different types of support available to researchers
AFP eWire March 14, 2005	Website Back to Basics: Core Content Think a solid, interactive and even innovative website is just for the bigger charities? Think again. Here begins a five-part series on how smaller and mid-size organizations can get back to website basics and develop sites that resonate with donors.
AFP eWire August 9, 2011	What is Your Funding Strategy? Find out how your organization fits into these models so you can better articulate your funding strategy to funders and constituents.
Foundation News & Commentary Sep/Oct 2006 Arthur M. Sussman	Making Grants to Governments Providing foundation funds to government entities for specific initiatives can bring about substantial reform.
Chemistry World April 2, 2013 Laura Howes	Funding boost for PhDs UK research funder, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, has announced 84.2 million for doctoral training grants, stipends awarded to institutions to fund PhD students.
Foundation News & Commentary Jan/Feb 2006 Jane C. Nober	Discretionary Grants Foundations reviewing an existing or proposed discretionary grant program should keep some of these basic legal principles and operational guidelines in mind.
AFP eWire September 25, 2006	Congress Approves Database of Federal Grants, Contracts Congress has passed legislation (S. 2590) that would create a searchable database of all federal government spending, including grants to charities.
AFP eWire May 17, 2004	Report Reveals What Grantees Value in Foundations A new report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy has identified several key areas that charity grantees most value in the foundations that fund their programs.
Foundation News & Commentary Sep/Oct 2004 Lee Draper	Achieving Impact Without Giving Cash Grantmakers are trying to stretch dollars, but there are limits to their budgets' elasticity. How can we achieve broader impact with limited dollars?
T.H.E. Journal March 8, 2010 David Nagel	i3 Innovation Grant Program Opens The United States Department of Education has released final priorities and opened the application process for the Investing in Innovation Fund, also known as "i3," a $650 million grant program.
InternetNews April 15, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Regulatory Tug-of-War for Broadband Stimulus With more than 1,400 comments for how the broadband stimulus grants should be awarded, agencies have their hands full in setting rules for application period.
Foundation News & Commentary Jan/Feb 2006 Egbert & Hoechstetter	Mission Possible: Evaluating Advocacy Grants In an effort to more accurately reflect the outcomes of policy-related grants and promote more support for nonprofit advocacy, the Alliance for Justice teamed with The George Gund Foundation and Mosaica to fashion tools for grantmakers that show the effectiveness of nonprofit advocacy work.
AFP eWire April 28, 2009	Foundations Plan to Shrink Grants The number and size of foundation grants will likely decrease this year, and grants for upstart organizations will be hard to come by, according to a study by the Foundation Center.
AFP eWire March 3, 2008	Alberta Enacts Tax Credit, Donation Grants Program As part of its Community Spirit Program, the government of Alberta has instituted two new initiatives designed to help increase charitable donations in the province.
Chemistry World January 14, 2014 Maria Burke	Funding sharing model would see grant proposals ditched A Google-inspired crowdfunding system for evaluating and funding research could provide a better alternative to peer review, US researchers claim.
Foundation News & Commentary Sep/Oct 2004 Allison H. Fine	Blending the Bottom Line Nonprofits and grantmakers must meet each other halfway to move toward outcomes-focused approaches to collaboration.
AFP eWire July 3, 2006	House Passes Bill to Create Federal Grant Database The bill, H.R. 5060, would require the government to disclose information on a website about all grants, as well as other types of payments, within 30 days of the money being awarded.
AFP eWire November 17, 2008	Foundations Not Likely to Change Funding Priorities Despite Economic Distress U.S. foundations are not going to suddenly or drastically change their funding priorities in the present economic downturn, judging from historical trends.
AFP eWire July 31, 2012	Grantsmanship as a Profession Good grant professionals work between grant seeker and funder, using their skills to ensure a match between the seeker's capacity and the funder's mission.
AFP eWire March 29, 2004	Foundations Focused on Missions in 2002 Foundations have made adjustments reflecting the economic climate. "Given declining endowments, foundations shied away from making as many major capital commitments and tried to shore up grantees with increased operating support," Renz said.
Searcher Nov/Dec 2003 Bill Becker	Library Grant Money on the Web: A Resource Primer What if a library -- a public, academic, school, government, special, private/corporate, or research library -- seeks corporate, foundation, individual, or government grants? How can a professional searcher help?
AFP eWire November 29, 2010	Charities Seeing Slight Recovery in Giving, But Not Enough to Keep Up With Demand or Budget Cuts The small rebound hasn't been enough to help many nonprofits that are grappling with staff and service cuts even as demand for their services has increased.
AFP eWire May 19, 2008	Advice to Grant Seekers: Never Believe Your Own PR Grant seekers should remember to bring their data and a level head -- not a sales pitch -- when they approach a foundation for grant money.
T.H.E. Journal April 2006	Online Education News Nimble Press has launched Grant Wrangler and Grant Wrangler Bulletin to help teachers, principals, and parents find available funding for K-12 schools in the US.
T.H.E. Journal September 2005	Polycom Enhances Grant Assistance Program Polycom Inc. has enhanced its Grant Assistance Program in order to help its customers purchase the video, voice, data, and Web communication solutions they need.
AFP eWire August 7, 2006	New Charity/Government Working Groups in Canada Following on the work done at the federal level by the Voluntary Sector Initiative, the Alberta Nonprofit/Voluntary Sector Initiative will encourage collaboration between the sector and the provincial government to ensure sustainability of the sector.
AFP eWire September 25, 2012 Mary Deacon	Developing Effective Nonprofit -- Corporate Relationships The world is facing challenging economic conditions. Charities are proliferating to meet the needs created by less funding from governments and traditional philanthropic sources and are faced with more competition for seemingly fewer resources.
Inc. September 2003 Amy Gunderson	Grants for Rural Biz States with lots of farms and fields are making more grants available to businesses.
Chemistry World April 21, 2015 Fiona Case	Gender bias in US research funding investigated At the request of three Congresswomen the US Government Accountability Office has launched an investigation into whether gender bias is influencing the awarding of research grants, which would be illegal under US law.
Information Today May 7, 2012	CrossRef Announces FundRef Pilot CrossRef has announced FundRef, a pilot collaboration between scholarly publishers and funding agencies that will standardize the names of research funders and add grant numbers attributed in journal articles or other scholarly documents.
T.H.E. Journal October 2007 Charlene O'Hanlon	Follow the Money Federal largesse only goes so far. So to support their technology programs, districts are pursuing funding sources in the state, local, corporate, and taxpayer ranks.
InternetNews March 10, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Broadband Stimulus Grants Taking Shape Agencies overseeing $7.2 billion in federal grants for expanding high-speed data networks vow to disperse funds quickly.
AFP eWire March 5, 2007	Giving Circles Provide Opportunities, Challenges for Fundraisers A new study has found that while giving circles have much to offer charities, in some cases the funding relationships can be uneven and have yet to reach their full potential.
T.H.E. Journal October 6, 2009 David Nagel	i3 To Fund 'Cutting Edge' School Reforms The program is designed to encourage and reward innovations in education that close achievement gaps, improve proficiency levels, improve graduation rates, or work to recruit and retain high-quality teachers and principals.
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