Grant Management and Fundraising Course

This course is comprehensive on grants management and fundraising, spanning the grants lifecycle from pre-award through grant closeout. The course provides the Federal, pass-through, and recipient workforces with the knowledge and skills they need to improve program and public accountability, efficiency, and outcomes for beneficiaries.

Course Objectives

• Identify and understand the critical terms and conditions of grant aid for donor-funded projects
• Ensure compliance with donor terms and conditions
• Understand the donor requirements in relation to supporting documents, correct procurement of goods and services and meeting financial reporting requirements
• Managing multiple-funded programmes
• Understand proposal writing, project planning and problem analysis
• Prepare a donor financial report to match with a project narrative report
• Describe the phases in the grant management cycle clarify key responsibilities and routines needed for successful grant management
• Identify the requirements for closing off a donor grant
• Manage the relationship with donors, head office and implementing partners with greater confidence
• Appreciate the contribution of the different functions within the organization (program and project staff) and cultivate good work relationship between the teams, finance and programme staff working closely for Successful grant management
• Develop Grants management planning implementation and reporting tools
• Develop Proposal writing skills, project Planning and Project problem analysis

Course Content

• Basic concepts in grant management
• Key challenges in grant management
• The grant management life cycle
• Project Planning
• Project problem analysis
• Grant Award Contract
• The flow of donor funds
• Assessing the terms and conditions in grant agreements
• Grant agreements, and accounting and procurement systems
• Complying with donor reporting requirements
• Cost Share/ Matching costs
• Procurement Procedures
• Grant Reporting,
• Financial Documentation and Reporting
• Documentation, Internal Controls; Audit, Narrative Reporting, Partnerships and consortia management, Donor Compliance