HayDay Services is bringing you a series of “how-to” articles related to successful grant management. Part 11: Davis Bacon, DBE, and More I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before. The day I was told I was the City of Morrow’s first grants administrator; I had all of one...
Any experienced grant professional will tell you: if you don’t have a need for the grant, there is no need to write the grant. A needs assessment (or problem statement) requires data from reputable sources to show community need for your proposed program or project....
“Your squad is a small group of people you can trust without question. First and foremost, they must be people who fundamentally wish you well and want you to succeed, not just in work, but in life. They must be able to celebrate and be genuinely happy for your...
2025 has been a year, and it’s only June. For those working in the nonprofit space, it’s time to unite our voices and lead with courage. Today we’re speaking with organizer Vanessa Priya Daniel about her recently published book, “Unrig the Game: What Women of Color...
HayDay Services is bringing you a series of “how-to” articles related to successful grant management. Part 10: Site Visits, Audits, and the OIG As a grant manager with the biggest Type A personality, my worst nightmare is having to scramble for a funder’s site visit...
Today’s guest said that her career culminated during the pandemic when she was working on her doctorate around nonprofits and organizational resilience during disruptive times. Dr. Brandi Rae Hicks has worked for and with United Way, Georgia Department of Juvenile...
HayDay Services is bringing you a series of “how-to” articles related to successful grant management. Part 9: Budget Documentation If you’ve listened to any of the Fundraising HayDay Podcast episodes about grant fraud, you’ll notice a pattern. The majority of people...
What’s the first step of the grant writing process? In what might be a shocking turn of events, it’s not grant writing. So many organizations skip the grant readiness step, and that is to their detriment. If your agency wants to find success in grant seeking and grant...
Collaboration comes in so many shapes and sizes, especially when grant professionals are involved. You can sub-contract for consultants, develop a joint grant proposal, co-author journal articles, co-present workshops and webinars, and so much more. We’re joined by...
Are you a fan of awards, and maybe even awards shows? I totally am. I used to attend an Oscar best picture marathon with friends. The two Saturdays before Oscar night, you’d find me at the local AMC, watching five movies a day, because it was so much more fun to watch...
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