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\n How to Develop and Write a Grant Proposal Congressional Research Service 13
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\nFor federal grants, it is also important to become familiar with grants management requirements. The CFDA identifies in the program description OMB circulars applicable to each federal  program. Applicants should review appropriate documents while developing a proposal budget  because they are essential in determining items such as cost principles, administrative and audit requirements and compliance, and conforming with government guidelines for federal domestic assistance. OMB circulars are available in full text on the Web at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/grants_circulars.html. To coordinate federal grants to states, Executive Order 12372, “Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs,” was issued to foster intergovernmental partnership and strengthen federalism  by relying on state and local processes for the coordination and review of proposed Federal financial assistance and direct federal development. The executive order allows each state to designate an office to perform this function, addresses of which may be found at the OMB website at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants_spoc. States that are not listed on this Web  page have chosen not to participate in the intergovernmental review process. If the applicant is located within one of these states, he or she may still send application materials directly to a federal awarding agency.
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\nProposal Appendix
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\nLengthy documents that are referred to in the narrative are best added to the proposal in an appendix. Examples include letters of endorsement, partial list of previous funders, key staff resumes, annual reports, statistical data, maps, pictorial material, and newspaper and magazine articles about the organizations. Nonprofit organizations should include an IRS 501(c)(3) Letter of Tax Exempt Status.
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\nAdditional Proposal Writing Websites
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\nProposal Writing Short Course (Foundation Center; English and Spanish) http://fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/prop1.html Where can I find examples of grant proposals? http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/faqs/html/proposal_writing.html Sample Proposals (SchoolGrants.org) http://www.k12grants.org/samples/ Selected Proposal Writing Websites (University of Pittsburgh) http://www.pitt.edu/~offres/proposal/propwriting/websites.html Tips on Writing a Grant Proposal (Environmental Protection Agency) http://www.epa.gov/ogd/recipient/tips.htm Writing a Successful Grant Proposal (Minnesota Council on Foundations) http://www.mcf.org/mcf/grant/writing.htm Writing a Winning Grant Proposal (Education Money) http://www.educationmoney.com/federal_write_proposal.html
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