Government Grant-Making

The Nonprofit Sector and Government: Clarifying the Relationship
The Aspen Institute
An overview of key principles for government-nonprofit relationships
The Aspen Institute

Guide to Opportunities for Improving Grant Accountability
Domestic Working Group, Grant Accountability Project
Ideas and best practices for grants management at government agencies
Grant Accountability Project

Grants: Additional Actions Needed to Streamline and Simplify Processes
Government Accounting Office
Reviews progress made on P.L. 106-107 and additional actions needed
Government Accounting Office: Actions to Streamline and Simplify Processes

Grants: Grantees’ Concerns with Efforts to Streamline and Simplify Processes
Government Accounting Office
Federal grantees’ views of streamlining efforts and suggestions for further action
Government Accounting Office: Concerns with Streamlining and Simplifying Processes

Accelerating Grants Streamlining
National Grants Partnership
Recommendations for grants streamlining at Federal agencies
National Grants Partnership

Evaluation

Guide to Preparing a Risk Assessment
Minnesota Management & Budget, Internal Controls & Accountability Unit
A useful guide to preparing risk assessments, including an example for a state grant program
Guide to Preparing a Risk Assessment
State Grant Risk Assessment Example

W.K. Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
A useful basic guide to designing and conducting basic program evaluations
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Evaulation Handbook

Guidelines and Framework for Designing Basic Logic Model
Authenticity Consulting
A basic guide to creating logic models
Guidelines and Framework for Designing Basic Logic Model

What is Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement?
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
A broad overview of program evaluation, with useful links to other resources
EPA/ESD - What Is Program Evaluation?

General Grant-Making

Grantcraft
The Ford Foundation
A collection of guides, cases and videos on the art and the science of grant-making
Grantmaking & Philanthropy: GrantCraft – Practical Wisdom for Grantmakers, Foundations & Philanthropic Organizations

Improving Grant Application and Reporting
Project Streamline
Ideas for how funders can streamline application and reporting requirements
Project Streamline

Grant Reviewer Handbook
Minnesota Office of Higher Education
Instructions for grant reviewers
Reviewer Handbook

State Grantee Focus Group Synopsis
Office of Grants Management
Report from three focus groups held with state grantees
State Grantee Focus Group Synopsis