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Grant strategy, funding guides, and product updates from GrantCue — the grant management platform.
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Grant Proposal Example: An Annotated Section-by-Section Walkthrough
A complete proposal with margin notes on why each choice earns points or loses them, section by section.
Grant Budget Proposal Examples: 3 Samples With Full Line Items
Three grant budgets at different scales, from a $25,000 request to a two-year $156,912 one, with the narrative for each.
Nonprofit Grant Proposal Template: Every Section Explained
A ten-section Word template to fill in, with reviewer notes, a worked example and a suggested length for every section.
The Grant Management Process: 8 Steps From Finding a Grant to Closeout
Eight steps from screening to closeout, each with a trigger, an owner and an output, plus a RACI grid.
Grant Lifecycle Stages Explained: All 8 Stages, Start to Finish
Eight lifecycle stages with the deliverable, owner and checkpoint for each, and where teams lose time.
Nonprofit Funding Models: Examples and How to Choose One
Funding models from individual giving to endowments, compared in a table, with a method for choosing and mixing them.
Nonprofit Project Proposal Template: Complete Sample and Examples
A template for asking a board, donor or sponsor to approve one project, with a worked example and budget table.
Grant Management Software for Government: What Public-Sector Teams Need
Why an agency that both receives and passes on federal money needs more than a tracker, and what to ask vendors.
Funded Grant Proposal Narrative Example and Template
Where agencies post funded grant proposal narrative examples, the seven-part skeleton, an annotated composite sample, and what to cut first at the page limit.
How to Find Grants for Nonprofits: Free Ways and Paid Tools Compared
The five places grant money sits, the free ways to search each one, what a paid grant database adds, and a weekly routine that keeps the pipeline full.
Sustainability Plan for a Grant Proposal: What Funders Look For, With 2 Examples
What funders look for in a grant sustainability plan, two worked examples, a fill-in template, and honest wording for when continuation is uncertain.
Indirect Cost Rate for Federal Grants: De Minimis, MTDC, and NICRA Explained
The 15 percent de minimis rate, why the MTDC base excludes more than most budgets assume, and a worked calculation.
Grant Proposal Timeline: Example, Template, and Writing Schedule
Two timelines in one guide: a 24-month project schedule for the proposal and an 8-week backward writing plan.
Federal Grant Compliance Checklist: Thresholds and Audit Prep
A checklist in award-phase order, from SAM.gov registration to the Single Audit, with current 2 CFR 200 thresholds.
Federal Grant Deadlines: How the Fiscal Year Calendar Works
Federal grant deadlines follow the fiscal year, not one national date. See how September 30, standard due dates and rolling cycles work, with NIH and SBIR examples.
Grant Reporting Requirements: What Funders Expect and a Progress Report Template
The three reports most awards require, when each is due under 2 CFR 200, and a progress report you can fill in.
GrantKeep Alternative: An Honest GrantCue vs GrantKeep Comparison
GrantKeep tracks grants you already know about for $29 a month. See where it wins and where GrantCue fits better.
Donation Proposal Template for Nonprofits: Examples, Letters, and Follow-Up
A fill-in donation proposal with two full examples, an in-kind request and a sponsorship request, plus a short letter.
Free Foundation Directory: 127,983 Grantmakers, Built From IRS 990-PF Filings
Free profiles of 11,279 private foundations from IRS 990-PF filings, drawn from 127,983 foundations in the source data: what each paid, to whom, and typical size.
Letters of Support for Grants: Three Full Examples, a Template, and How to Ask
Three complete sample letters, a fill-in template, and the request email that gets a busy partner to reply.
AI NOFO Summarizer: How to Turn Grant Notices Into Application Briefs
A prompt and a review method for turning a long funding notice into a brief of deadlines, eligibility and scoring.
Grant Tracking Spreadsheet Template for Excel: Columns, Formulas and When to Upgrade
A grant tracking spreadsheet you can rebuild in Excel: three tabs, the core columns, the three formulas that matter, and the two limits that justify moving to software.
Grant Proposal Review Checklist, Plus Where to Get Free Review and Feedback
Free grant proposal review and feedback routes, with the limits of each, and the checklist to run on your own draft before you submit it.
Pennsylvania Grants for Nonprofits: Where to Search and How to Build a Grant Pipeline
Where Pennsylvania nonprofits search: PA.gov, DCED, local foundations and regional funders, with a tracking routine.
Grant Funding Statistics 2026: State Portals Now Hold $11.5B, More Than Grants.gov
State portals now hold $11.5B in open grants against $9.5B on Grants.gov. The August 2026 data behind that shift.
Grant Closeout Checklist: How Nonprofits Finish a Grant the Right Way
Confirm the final report rules, reconcile expenses, archive records and capture outcomes before the grant closes.
First-Time Grant Writing Guide for Nonprofits
A beginner workflow: pick the right grant, gather source material first, draft in order, then review before submitting.
Post-Award Grant Management Checklist for Nonprofits
Set up the award, review its restrictions, track spending and reports, and prepare for closeout after you win.
Grant Proposal Library: How to Reuse Winning Nonprofit Grant Language
What to store in a library of approved language, outcomes and budgets, who governs it, and how AI should use it.
How to Write a Grant Proposal: Every Section, Step by Step
Every proposal section in the order reviewers read it, from qualifying the opportunity to the evaluation plan.