Grant Budgeting and Finance Getting the Most Out of Your Grant Dollar

Grant Budgeting and Finance Getting the Most Out of Your Grant Dollar / by F.E. Sladek, E.L. Stein.

Do you work for an organization that depends on receiving grant funds for sur­ vival? Do you work for one that gives grants? Have you been in the grants busi­ ness a long time? Or a relatively short time? Do you plan to work for a grant­ giving or grant-receiving organization? If you answered "...

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Main Authors: Sladek, F.E (Author), Stein, E.L (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1981.
Edition:1st ed. 1981.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Accounting.
Bookkeeping .
Social sciences.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Stretching the Grant Dollar: The Players and the Process
  • Who Is Responsible for Stretching the Grant Dollar?
  • What Happens to the Grant Dollar?
  • 2 The Proposal Decision: Should You Apply?
  • How Much Will the Application Cost You?
  • What Are Your Chances for Success in Receiving an Award?
  • What Cost Sharing Will Be Required If You Receive an Award?
  • Does the Project Fit with Your Organization’S Mission?
  • Do You Have (or Can You Get) the Resources Necessary to Carry Out the Project?
  • Who in Your Organization Decides Whether or Not You Should Apply?
  • 3 The Proposal Budget: Asking for the Right Amount
  • How Much Do You Need?
  • How Do You Know What They’ve Got?
  • Never Pad a Budget
  • When to Pad a Budget
  • What Do You Include in a Budget?
  • How Do You Develop a Budget?
  • What Are the Characteristics of a Well-Prepared Grant Budget?
  • Who in Your Agency Approves Grant Budgets?
  • 4 The Project Award: Negotiating the Best Deal
  • Negotiation: The Basic Ingredients
  • Observations of Experienced Grants Getters and Givers
  • 5 Grant Procedures: Putting Your Act Together
  • Why Are Grant Policies and Procedures Important?
  • How Do You Monitor the Technical and Fiscal Progress of Grant Projects?
  • What Grant Policies Do You Need?
  • How Can You Develop Grant Policies Effectively and with Minimum Effort?
  • 6 Spending the Award: Getting More for Less
  • The Purchasing Decision: Comparing Alternatives
  • The Purchase Itself: Paying Less
  • Save by Using Grantee Buying Power
  • Save by Using Grantor Buying Power
  • Advice and Examples of Savings from Experienced Grants Spenders
  • Obstacles to Saving and How to Get around Them
  • 7 Expenditures to Avoid: Over-, Under-, Unallowable
  • How Do You Avoid Overexpenditures?
  • How Do You Avoid Underexpenditures, and Why Should You?
  • How Do You Avoid Unallowable Expenditures?
  • Do You Hold Project Spending Meetings?
  • 8 Cash Management: Timing Your Dollars In and Out
  • How Fast Can You Collect the Grant Funds?
  • How Advantageously Can You Pay Out the Grant Funds?
  • How Efficiently Can You Invest Idle Cash?
  • What Are the Obstacles to Effective Cash Management?
  • Does Your Organization Have a Cash Management Policy for Grants?
  • Who in Your Organization Is Responsible for Cash Management?
  • 9 Funding-Agency Contacts: Letting Them Help
  • Let Them Help You Decide Whether or Not to Apply
  • Let Them Help You Write the Proposal
  • Let Them Help You Ask for the Right Amount
  • Let Them Advocate Your Proposal
  • Let Them Give You Advance Information
  • Let Them Create an RFP Based on Your Idea
  • Let Them Solve Potential Problems before the Award
  • Let Them Tell You Why You Didn’t Win
  • Let Them Help You Negotiate the Best Deal
  • Let Them Help You Get More for Less
  • Let Them Help You Avoid Under-, Over-, and Unallowable Expenditures
  • Let Them Help You with Cash Management
  • The “Politics” of Contacts
  • 10 Gamesplaying: An Obstacle to Cost-Effective Grant Spending
  • What Are the Conflicting Needs of Grant Players That Lead to Adversary Relationships?
  • Who Plays the Games?
  • What Are Some Typical Game Scripts?
  • Why and How Should Gamesplaying Be Stopped?
  • 11 Your Role: Organizing for the Grant $ S-T-R-E-T-C-H!
  • Who in Your Organization Is Responsible for Each Grant-Optimizing Activity Mentioned in This Book?
  • Is There Someone in Your Organization Responsible for Each Activity?
  • If Several Persons Share Responsibilities, Are Their Activities Coordinated?
  • Do the Responsible Employees Have the Knowledge They Need to Get the Most out of Your Grant Dollars?
  • Is There a Better Way to Combine Tasks and Positions to Get the Most out of Your Grant Dollar?
  • What Can You Do?
  • Appendix A Definition of Terms
  • Appendix B Sample Purchasing Policy and Forms
  • Appendix C Sample Travel Policy and Forms
  • Appendix D Sample Consultant/Independent Contractor Forms
  • Appendix E Federal Excess Property Program Regional Offices
  • Appendix F Acquisition of Excess Government Personal Property by National Science Foundation Grantees
  • References.

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