An Evaluation of the Bexar County Women’s Felony Mental Health Court Program

An Evaluation of the Bexar County Women’s Felony Mental Health Court Program Submitted To: Bexar County Women’s Felony Mental Health Court Program, Bexar County Department of Judicial Services Submitted By: Tacit Growth Strategies (“TGS”), LLC December 31, 2021

Grant Writing is a Misnomer

Grant writing is the misnomer of all misnomers. The term grant writing is inaccurate, incorrect, and just flat out wrong. When organizational leaders speak on wanting to hire for grant writing talent, whether the talent be several staff members or an external consultant or consulting firm, they usually do so when they are looking to… Continue reading Grant Writing is a Misnomer

Grant Writing Capacity Building & Innovation | White Paper by La Juana (LJ) Chambers Lawson

As you read this whitepaper, grant seeking entities are responding to a global coronavirus pandemic with no clear end in sight. Earlier this year, Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) published Philanthropy and COVID-19: Measuring one year of giving. Key findings from the report included:  Candid tracked some $20.2 billion in funding from corporations,… Continue reading Grant Writing Capacity Building & Innovation | White Paper by La Juana (LJ) Chambers Lawson

ETF Wrap: Putting your money where your mouth is, and we have a winner(s)!

What just happened? What a world: after four years of teasing, it’s finally Infrastructure Week! And after months of preparations — inflation scares, ETF positioning, sector rotations — the market largely yawned through the White House’s proposal. MarketWatch and ETF Wrap will, of course, continue to track all the developments with the spending package, and keep you updated on the best… Continue reading ETF Wrap: Putting your money where your mouth is, and we have a winner(s)!

3 Lessons Learned: Grant Auditing

Preparing for a grant audit can be quite intimidating. I can recall spending countless hours at work, sometimes even staying the night, creating new report templates, performing data quality checks, reading last minute updates to the Federal Register, finalizing budget narratives, and updating performance measures. Grant writing professionals are generally regarded as first-line technical assistance… Continue reading 3 Lessons Learned: Grant Auditing

3 Tips For Developing a Grant or Project Budget

Here are some tips to help you develop a competitive and creative grant or project budget. Many of these tips apply to nonprofit organizations, to include those organized as charities, membership or trade associations and chambers of commerce, and private businesses alike. This list is published, in part, to provide a fresh perspective and to… Continue reading 3 Tips For Developing a Grant or Project Budget

The Impossibility of Grant Project Success

Here are some tips to help you prevent common elements of breach to most grant contract awards. Often, the environment that may have once fostered the innovation of a grant project changes and instead works against that innovation and jeopardizes a grant project’s success. The reality of the impossibility of grant project success comes when plans do… Continue reading The Impossibility of Grant Project Success

San Antonio Black Entrepreneurs, Experts Who Can Speak at Your Next Event

What will it take to improve diversity at conferences? We know diversity in teams is the key to innovation and makes us smarter. This panel with Tiffany Haddish discussed ways to incorporate diversity into conferences and other public events.  We must acknowledge the systematic barriers holding back people of color from being recognized as experts. It has long been evident… Continue reading San Antonio Black Entrepreneurs, Experts Who Can Speak at Your Next Event

Agile SM(A)RT Goal-Setting

SMART goal-setting is attributed to George T. Doran, a consultant and author of “There’s a S.M.A.R.T. Way to Write Management’s Goals and Objectives” (1981). In the paper, he offered SMART in the following way:  Specific – target a specific area for improvement.  Measurable – quantify or at least suggest an indicator of progress. Assignable –… Continue reading Agile SM(A)RT Goal-Setting