The Framework Behind
Fundable Organizations.
The TGP Grant System is built on five pillars plus NICRA, each with its own in-depth guide covering the systems, strategy, and compliance infrastructure that local governments and nonprofits need to pursue and manage competitive funding.
Grant Readiness
Understanding where your organization stands before pursuing funding, and what it takes to compete. The most-built-out pillar in the TGP system, with worksheets, guides, assessment tools, and a full workbook to take you from unclear to ready. If you are not sure where to start, start here.
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Get free access to the tools The Grant Project uses to assess and build grant readiness for local governments and nonprofits across the country. Ten interactive worksheets, four Financial Foundations guides, and the proven pathway behind $1.25 billion in competitive grants.
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Local governments and nonprofits building real grant readiness, one step at a time.
Grant Strategy
Building a funding approach that is proactive, not reactive. How local governments and nonprofits identify the right opportunities, position competitively, and make deliberate decisions about what to pursue and what to decline. A strong strategy means fewer applications, better results.
Read the GuideGrant Compliance
Managing federal awards the right way from day one. Covers 2 CFR 200, award management, audit readiness, and the regulatory changes that local governments and nonprofits need to understand before the next award arrives. Compliance is not optional, and it is not static.
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Federal grant compliance is not static. The rules change, the thresholds shift, and the organizations that stay ready are the ones that know what is coming before it arrives. Get the analysis that keeps your local government or nonprofit one step ahead.
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Negotiated Indirect Cost Rates
One of the most misunderstood tools in federal funding. What a negotiated indirect cost rate agreement is, who should pursue one, how the rate is built, and how to use it to strengthen your organization's federal funding position. Includes the Indirect Cost Rate Calculator.
Read the GuideFunding Strategy
Building a durable funding mix so the organization is not dependent on any single source. Portfolio thinking, diversification, and long-term planning for local governments and nonprofits navigating a shifting funding landscape. Sustainable funding is built by design, not by luck.
Read the GuideCapacity Building
Strengthening the internal systems and skills that sustain grant funding over time. The people, processes, and infrastructure that allow local governments and nonprofits to pursue, manage, and retain competitive funding for the long term. Capability outlasts any single grant.
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