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The Drawdown
Once a week, the federal funding and grant rule changes that matter to a nonprofit finance office, each with a plain-English line on what it means for yours. It's written for executive directors and finance directors whose organizations spend federal grant money.
It never names any organization's audit problems.
In each issue
- New funding and closing soon
- Federal grants a nonprofit can apply for, with the award size, any match, and the deadline that actually counts.
- Rules and guidance
- Changes to the Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200) and the Compliance Supplement, plus guidance from ACF programs like Head Start and CSBG, from HUD and from USDA.
- Still waiting on
- Proposed rules that aren't final yet, so you know which version still applies.
- Single audit calendar
- Which fiscal year-ends are due to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse soon, and how far out June 30 is.
- Finance tip
- One practical item for the week, with the regulation it comes from.
Who writes it
I'm Matt Hebron, a fractional CFO for grant-funded nonprofits. Each week I go through Grants.gov, the Federal Register and the agency guidance pages and keep what a finance office would act on. Every item links to its source so you can check it yourself.
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