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HRSA’s Service Area Competition (SAC) Soaks Up Some Sun in Miami, While Brownfields Grants Are Available in California
This week's Grant Alert e-mail newsletter has a curious RFP: a single HRSA Service Area Competition (SAC) grant is available…Why nonprofits are more like businesses than you realize
In a Hacker News thread, "guylhem" asked a (very) common question, in the context of firms that specialize in providing…Time Banks, Barter, Community Gardens and More: Economic Misery Provides Opportunities for Nimble Nonprofits
As we've written about before in "What Budget Cuts? The RFPs Continue to Pour Out," "One, Two, Three* Easy Steps…August Grant Writing Links: Abstinence and Comprehensive Sex Education, the Stimulus Bill, Charter Schools, Entitlements, and More
* Parents Just Don’t Understand: A sociologist says American moms and dads are in denial about their kids’ sexual lives.…Race to the Top-District (RTTT-D) is Finally Here
Back in June, we got excited about the imminent announcement for the Department of Education's Race to the Top-District (RTTT-D)…How I track needs assessments and other grant proposal research
Bear with me. I'm about to discuss a topic that might recall horrific memories from high school history or college…Job Training Grant Programs: An Enigma Wrapped in a Riddle
Two Wall Street Journal articles on job training grant programs caught my eye. The first, "U.S. Faces Uphill Battle in…Behind the Article: Las Vegas’s Clark County and Race To The Top—District (RTTT-D)
In a press release masquerading as a news article, The Las Vegas Sun claims that the Clark County School District—the…President Obama Would Likely Make a Good Grant Writer, as He Recognizes the Value of Telling a Compelling Story
In a recent Charlie Rose interview, President Obama said this about his first term: The mistake of my first couple…Have you seen a Federal agency request a low-quality program? And The Language of the Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) Program
The Department of Education's Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) Program RFP begins by saying that IAL "supports high-quality programs designed…