Grants Explained Around the World

Ep 22: How NGOs Around the World Access Grants: EU, Private Funders, Subgrants & What Replaced USAID

Grants Explained Around the World

Show Notes

In Episode 21, we covered how countries access grants.

Now it's time to explore the organizations doing the work on the ground — NGOs, nonprofits, and civil society — and the funding mechanisms they actually use.

Join me, Patrice Davis, founder and CEO of GrantWin Consulting, as I break down nine grant and funding types available to NGOs globally — including the models most US grant professionals have never encountered, and one they know by a completely different name.

IN THIS EPISODE (Part 2 of 2)

- EU Project Grants (Call for Proposals)

- Core and institutional support grants

- Small grants and micro-grants

- The Canada Fund for Local Initiatives

- Humanitarian pooled funds

- Subgrants, subawards, and pass-through arrangements

- Capacity-building and project-preparation grants

- The Gates Foundation's invitation-only model

- Challenge funds, prizes, and results-based grants

- What happened to USAID funding and where it landed

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Before starting the firm, I obtained and managed multimillion dollar federal and other government grants for nonprofits and managed grants as a research program manager at a top research university. I'm also a former CDC employee who worked with grantees.

I'm one of approximately 313 Certified Grants Management Specialists (CGMS) in the US, a member of the Thompson Grants Expert Panel, and the creator of a 4.7 out of 5 star rated federal grant management training series for a federal agency.

I'm a mom of three who enjoys international fiction and foreign films, and I'm a world travel enthusiast.

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GrantWin is a grant consulting and training firm based in Atlanta, GA that provides pre- and post-award services to support our clients as they find, obtain, manage and comply with federal grants. For over six years, we have provided a range of services for our nonprofit, university, for profit, and local government clients.

Our staff has a combined 80 years of experience, and we have obtained and managed federal grants from the perspectives of a recipient, subrecipient, passthrough entity, and compliance monitor from over 20 federal and other government agencies.

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