Grant Onboarding
When Braver Angels wins a restricted grants for projects managed by volunteer-led teams, such as an Alliance or State, our employees support the volunteers managing these projects in the grant stewardship process. This is critical for ensuring that grant utilization conforms with our finance and audit standards, and to support the ongoing relationship with the donor. When a new grant is won, Braver Angels conducts a Grant Onboarding meeting that includes representatives of the Finance, Fundraising, and Field Operations teams, along with the volunteers who will be utilizing the grant, to review:
Finances:
Amount of funding awarded
Eligible expenditures
Process for submitting receipts
Quarterly finance report process from the Finance team
Reporting:
Key grant dates, such as the date that reports are due
Reporting requirements, such as the questions that will be asked on the grant reports
How the Fundraising team will submit reports in coordination with the Volunteer team
Timeline of check-ins for reporting
Programmatic Activities:
Nature of the grant-funded programmatic activities
Unless otherwise determined, the Fundraising team will submit grant reports and maintain credentials for the grants portals. An employee must sign any received checks.