Prepare a federal or state grant application with eyes open: free registrations, the forms each notice requires, a budget in SF-424A categories with indirect cost options, and a narrative mapped to the review criteria.
9 files · Word and Excel · $49
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US_Government_User_Guide.docx
Your step-by-step guide to this kit, with official sources and the final checklist.
US_Government_Boilerplate_Library_TEMPLATE.docx
Your organization's facts and standard wording, in three lengths, with sources.
US_Government_Project_Narrative_TEMPLATE.docx
Project narrative structured like common NOFO application components, with work plan, capacity, performance measures, a merit-criteria crosswalk and a pre-submission checklist.
US_Government_Budget_Justification_TEMPLATE.docx
Budget narrative by SF-424A object class category, with guidance for each category and for indirect costs.
US_Government_Final_Report_TEMPLATE.docx
Final report structure that compares what you promised with what you delivered, including the financial summary.
US_Government_AI_Prompts_TEMPLATE.docx
Copy-ready prompts that make any AI tool work from your own facts, with ground rules.
US_Government_Budget_TRACKER.xlsx
Budget workbook with formulas: budget lines, totals, checks, a draft justification for every line, and budget vs actual.
US_Government_Logic_Model_TRACKER.xlsx
Logic model, indicators, evaluation plan and reporting log, with example indicators.
US_Government_Grant_Calendar_TRACKER.xlsx
Funder research, application pipeline, deadlines with alerts, reports due and a dashboard.
New to grants? A foundation application is usually a lighter first step: see the Private Foundation or Community Foundation Grant Kit.
Templates and general information only, not legal, tax or fundraising advice. No template can guarantee funding: each funder decides on its own priorities and budget. Always follow each funder's own guidelines.
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No. SAM.gov registration is free. The guide explains the registration and renewal, and warns against third parties that charge fees.
Each notice of funding opportunity lists its required forms, usually the SF-424 family and others. The guide and checklist help you read the notice and prepare each one.
Your negotiated rate if you have one, or, if you have none, the de minimis rate of up to 15% of modified total direct costs under 2 CFR 200.414(f), unless the notice sets other limits.
US funders
From free SAM.gov registration to Grants.gov roles and a line-by-line budget justification built on the SF-424A categories, for small nonprofits.
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