Improving the Grant Management Process
Improving the Grant Management Process

Author: Barry Leonard

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2009-11

Total Pages: 9

ISBN-13: 1437916058

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The Dept. of Justice¿s (DoJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) Audit Div. conducts internal audits of DoJ granting agencies and external audits of grant recipients. The OIG Investigations Div. investigates allegations of fraud related to DoJ-funded grant programs. These investigations have led to criminal convictions, civil recoveries, administrative recovery of funds, and debarments of individuals and grantees. This report contains ideas and practices that granting agencies should consider adopting to minimize opportunities for waste, fraud, and abuse in awarding and overseeing the $4 billion in DoJ funding contained in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Effective Grants Management
Effective Grants Management

Author: Deborah Ward

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers

Published: 2010-11-15

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 1449617603

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MORE...Grantees must understand that managing grants effectively is a critical step of the grantsmanship process. The only book of its kind, Effective Grants Management covers the grants management process that begins when an applicant has been awarded private or public funding. If it is not done properly, grantees may find that it is impossible to secure continuation or new funding from a grantor. In the worst case scenario, grantees may be asked to return grant funds due to mismanagement. This valuable guide also contains key terms, case studies, examples of grants that were not managed effectively, and useful sample forms and templates.

Grant Management: Funding for Public and Nonprofit Programs
Grant Management: Funding for Public and Nonprofit Programs

Author: Jeremy Hall

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 0763755273

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Much more than a book on compiling grant proposals, Grant Management: Funding for Public and Nonprofit Programs presents grant writing in its broader organizational management framework. This text takes a comprehensive approach to external funding for public and nonprofit agencies. The book begins with an introduction to grants, their types, their history and their key characteristics to inform the next stagethe search for funding. A key part of any management process, an entire chapter considers the purpose and approaches to evaluation that should be considered in conjunction with grant-funded programs. The book concludes with a chapter that considers the process in reversehow to go about distributing funds as a grant maker rather than a grant seeker. This text leads the reader through the technical steps of preparing an application, explaining the process used to make decisions, key aspects of grant management, and includes a summary of important factors directly pertaining to grant funds. Written from the perspective of community development, With information drawn from core theories and tools of public administration, Grant Management: Funding for Public and Nonprofit Programs addresses overarching theoretical issues for public management as well as offers an applied perspective of grant funding and management. This is an ideal text for students and public and nonprofit managers alike.