By Lisa Cirincione, Joining Vision and Action More glimpses, but nothing concrete. Despite hopes that President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress on February 28, 2017, would illuminate what to expect from the federal budget, we still have very little clarity. The big, concerning thing that we did hear the president say before his speech is [...]
Lisa Cirincione, Joining Vision and Action Will the federal grant programs that support our organization’s critical safety net projects be included in President Donald Trump’s budget? That’s the multi-trillion dollar question that JVA is very concerned about. As background, the U.S. spent $4 trillion dollars last year, and about $2.5 trillion of that was used [...]
By Lisa Cirincione, Joining Vision and Action Nearly every hour it seems, some new and shocking information comes out that will hurt Americans. Here is what you need to know as of 10 a.m. Wednesday, January 25, 2017. Federal grants On Monday, January 23, 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) froze all of its federal [...]
By Lisa Cirincione, Joining Vision and Action At JVA, we are anxiously speculating about what will happen to critical federal funding in the coming years. While there is no absolute certainty, I am going to try to summarize what we do know. Trump Nominees First, President Donald Trump has nominated people to serve in his [...]
By Janine Vanderburg, President/CEO, Joining Vision and Action How does our changemaker team at JVA stay on task and accomplish so much for our clients? You’ve already heard from Collin and Nora; here are some favorite changemakers productivity hacks from the rest of our team. Jill Iman, director of research and implementation science In [...]
By: Lisa Cirincione, Senior Resource Development Associate, Joining Vision and Action When I discover that a grant application requires constrained grant writing (i.e., has word/character counts), a feeling of dread washes over me. Does that happen to you too? I get this feeling because I know that it’s going to take a lot more time [...]
by Lisa Cirincione, JVA Consulting To fund community and social change, many of us write grant proposals for our organizations. I personally have written hundreds of grant proposals for JVA Consulting’s nonprofit, government and foundation clients. Over the years, I’ve learned that there are three critical questions that need to be asked and answered for each [...]
By Julia Alvarez, JVA Consulting Last Thursday, JVA hosted a panel to discuss the federal sequester and the current budget situation, and to learn what they mean for nonprofits. While the information shared by Congressional panelists left many participants feeling uncertain (at best) of the future of federal funding, I also left the panel feeling [...]
By Collin Lessing, JVA Consulting It’s difficult to believe we are already in the second month of 2013. For many organizations, this means you have already begun to get your first grant proposals of the year out the door. Whether you’re already off to a sprinter’s pace, or you’re still reworking your attachments and boilerplates, [...]
As our 10th Executive Director Academy draws near we ask our expert trainers how their sessions can benefit today’s busy nonprofit executive director. Here is what Lisa Cirincione, senior associate, grantwriting and resource development, had to say about our grantwriting session. […]
