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California Governor Releases Utility Shut-off Prevention Grants

On Monday, March 29, Gavin Newsom, the Governor of California, announced that the state will distribute $50 million in Community Power Resiliency grants. Those grants will be administered by the California Gover...

Tuscon Fire Department Receives Federal Grants

Tuscon, Arizona has one of the biggest fire departments in the nation, as this dry area is always at risk of fire. Although they don't have the natural forestland that California does, Arizona is at perpetual risk of fire more ...

Personal Grants that Small Business Owners Can Apply to Grow their Ventures

Getting funding to grow your business can be difficult because most financial institutions require you to give collateral in exchange for cash. For instance, you will have to pay interest for an...

Thoroughly Research Grant Opportunities to Increase Your Benefits

If you find that grant funds are highly competitive, insufficient to meet your needs, pay on an irregular basis, and subject you to sometimes unreasonable reporting requirements, Nolo of Berkeley, California, o...

Office of Management and Budget Relaxes Some Federal Requirements for Grantees in Response to COVID-19

In an attempt to ease the burden on recipients of federal grants that has resulted from the coronavirus, the Office of Management and Budget issued a memorandum on March 1...

These Organizations are Providing Significant COVID-19 Relief with Grants

One of the bright spots of the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis is the number of companies and organizations that have stepped up to award grants to those in need. Global brands from every corner of the...

CARES Act Grants to College Students Have Been Held Up

The CARES Act made provisions to help college students who were affected by COVID-19. However, like many programs that were a part of the stimulus package, these educational grant programs have been plagued with difficul...

University of Virginia Agrees to Pay the Government $1 Million for Mistakes in Invoicing against Federal Grants

When grant recipients get money from the federal government, it does not come without strings attached. There is an entire body of law laid out in both government-...

Creating a Roadmap to Launching a Career as a Successful Grant Writer

If you are a freelance writer, there is a good chance that you are always on the lookout for consistent and well-paying writing gigs. One of the most steady subsets of freelance writing is in the grant in...