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5 Mistakes New Federal Grantees Should Avoid federal grant compliance federal grant consultant federal grant management training federal grants foundation grants government grants grants Jul 21, 2025

As a new federal grantee, there are certain pitfalls you must avoid. One of the pitfalls is focusing solely on the programmatic output of the funded project without ensuring your organization's financial management systems are reinforced. Below are five of several mistakes some new federal grantees ...

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Navigating Federal Grants with the Right Crew Onboard federal grant compliance federal grant management federal grant management training federal grants grant consultant grant writing Jul 13, 2025

Imagine you’re surrounded by darkness as you’re steering a ship at night and suddenly you see a light in the distance. You maneuver the ship toward the light and as you approach, it gets brighter and brighter. You realize the light is from a beacon atop a lighthouse. Because of the light, you avoid ...

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Your Role as a Pass-through Entity of a Federal Grant federal grant management federal grant management training pass-through entity requirements subawardee Jul 13, 2025

Let's start by defining a passthrough entity.

A passthrough entity (PTE) is a non-federal entity that provides a subaward to a recipient to carry out part of a federal program. If you are a PTE of a federal grant, there are prescribed requirements you must adhere to.

In addition to meeting the fun...

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Simplifying Subawards federal grant management federal grant management training federal grants grant compliance grant training grant writing pass-through entity requirements subrecipients Jul 13, 2025

If you are a federal grantee and you have subawardees, you may have questions about how to select, manage, and monitor subawardees.

If you are a subawardee of a federal grant, you may want to know more about your responsibilities.

What is a subaward?

According to Uniform Guidance, a subaward is “an...

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