Resources

• 2007 Salary Survey
  Grants Managers Network (PDF, 44 pages)
   
• Best Practices in Grants Management
  Council on Foundations; $55 ($45 COF members)
  This guide, a project of the national Grants Managers Network, takes you step-by-step through the entire grants administration process, from developing policies before you issue your first grant to closing the files when the grant is over. Includes a CD-ROM with sample documents.
       
• MCF Sample Documents Center: Grants Management
  Download sample approval and decline letters; grant agreements; receipt of proposal letters and more
       
• Staffing Grants Management: Defining the Standards for Philanthropy (PDF, 8 pages)
  Grants Managers Network, January 2004
  This booklet defines the numerous roles played by grants managers and highlights the extent to which foundations have come to rely on the position to ensure a smooth and efficient grantmaking and management operation. Download the report at the link above.
      
• Overcoming Feelings of Powerlessness in Your Work (PDF, 1 page)
  Tips from MCF's Grants Managers Network

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