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Dave Farley

Safeguarding personally identifiable information

I’m noticing a trend in recent federal grant audits: agencies are looking at how grantees are protecting personally identifiable…

Nov 1, 2017

Safeguarding personally identifiable information

Nov 1, 2017

Dave Farley

Ouch. How would you explain to your boss why your organization needs to return $10 million to Uncle…

I enjoy reading federal grant audit reports. Yes, I do. One way to become a better professional grant manager is to learn from others’…

Oct 26, 2017

Ouch. How would you explain to your boss why your organization needs to return $10 million to Uncle…

Oct 26, 2017

Dave Farley

Unwritten tips for managing federal grants

Here’s some of the good stuff they don’t teach you in workshops. These are my ten favorites. Send me yours and I’ll include them in future…

Oct 24, 2017

Unwritten tips for managing federal grants

Oct 24, 2017

Dave Farley

Plan plan plan!

When it comes to federal grants, organizations do a poor job planning ahead for future funding.

Oct 11, 2017

Oct 11, 2017

Dave Farley

Know when to say no

Had a great conversation with a client. We decided to pass on a funding opportunity that initially looked promising. The RFP was poorly…

Sep 19, 2017

Know when to say no

Sep 19, 2017

Dave Farley

Federal grants are not like fine wine

They expire.

Sep 14, 2017

Sep 14, 2017

Dave Farley

Grants are not “free money”

If there’s one expression I could erase from grant-seekers’ (and even some consultants’) vocabulary, it would be free money.

Sep 12, 2017

Grants are not “free money”

Sep 12, 2017

Dave Farley

If you don’t invest in yourself, why should anyone else?

I receive at least ten Emails and DMs per day from people wanting a grant to start their new business.

Sep 5, 2017

Sep 5, 2017

Dave Farley

It’s time to reinvent the federal indirect rate

When the Uniform Guidance went into effect, organizations that never had a negotiated indirect rate with the federal government finally had…

Aug 22, 2017

It’s time to reinvent the federal indirect rate

Aug 22, 2017

Dave Farley

Federal grants: Is your nonprofit ready?

Federal grants are an excellent option for nonprofit organizations; they should represent a portion of every nonprofit’s annual revenue…

Aug 17, 2017

Federal grants: Is your nonprofit ready?

Aug 17, 2017

Dave Farley

Dave Farley

CEO of @thegrantdoctors, trusted government grants and contracts advisor to local governments, LEAs, nonprofits/NGOs and small businesses since 1995.

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