Resources

Frameworks for smarter funding decisions

Practical guides on evaluating grant opportunities: eligibility, hidden requirements, capacity, and risk. The same logic the GrantFit engine applies, written for your team.

Glossary · Grant Terms

Grant terms glossary for nonprofit teams

Plain-language definitions of the words funders use: eligibility, NOFO, matching funds, indirect costs, logic models, restricted funds, and more.

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Guide · Finding Grants

How to find grant funding opportunities

Where grant funding opportunities are published, how to filter the noise for fit, and how to build a search routine that surfaces the right grants for nonprofits before the deadline closes.

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Guide · Grant Strategy

How to build a Grant Go/No-Go Checklist for your nonprofit

A four-phase framework covering eligibility, strategic alignment, organizational capacity, and deadline logistics, so your team only pursues grants you can realistically win.

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Guide · Budgets & Allowable Costs

Program costs: what grants will and won't cover

Allowable vs unallowable costs in plain language: salaries, rent, equipment, indirect rates, food, travel, lobbying, and the budget lines reviewers question first.

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Guide · Post-Award Management

Grant compliance: what happens after you're awarded?

The reporting deadlines, financial controls, prior approvals, and closeout steps that begin the day you accept an award, plus where compliance most often fails.

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Guide · Grant Agreements

Grantor requirements vs. grantee responsibilities

A clause-by-clause look at grant agreement terms: incorporation by reference, prior approvals, match, termination, IP, indemnification, and what you are really signing.

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