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What the Midterms Change for Federal Grant ApplicantsNo FY2027 appropriations bill has been enacted and the stopgap ends December 11. How to tell which law pays for a funding notice open now.November 6, 2026TD Charitable Foundation: What It Funds and How MuchA $10 million annual housing competition closing this month, plus a smaller regional program decided in rounds. What the open records say about both doors.November 4, 2026How to Find Your State's Share of a Federal Grant ProgramTen open records show how federal formula money reaches applicants through a state office, and why the posted deadline is rarely the one that matters.October 30, 2026OMB's 2 CFR 200 Rewrite Is on Hold Until December 11. What It Would ChangeOMB's grant rule rewrite adds political review of discretionary awards and national-interest terminations. Congress has paused it until December 11.October 27, 2026The Second Deadline Is Not a Second ChanceEight open records run several rounds off one pot. Whether a later round is funded, exclusive, or already abolished decides which deadline to aim at.October 24, 2026Eligible Organization, Ineligible ProjectFour open records test the funded activity, not the applicant: purpose, access, primacy, principal beneficiary. Which test you face decides your evidence.October 24, 2026The Grant Limit Is on Asks, Not AwardsFour open records cap how many applications an organization may file — two per track, one per cycle, one per calendar year — before a dollar is ever judged.October 21, 2026A Reimbursement Grant Spends Your Money FirstTen open records pay only after you pay. One funder publishes the division: a $20,000 award means a $40,000 project, every dollar of it fronted by you.October 21, 2026Grant Match Requirements Start Below the CeilingTen open records show the match obligation switching on far below a funder's top award — including one where asking a dollar more adds a $1,001 match.October 20, 2026Capital Grants Test How Long You Will StaySix open capital records gate the money on duration — fifteen years left on a lease, twenty years of affordability, twelve months in the director's chair.October 16, 2026Multi-Year Grant Awards Are Written to EndMulti-year programs that put the end of the money in the terms: a 100/67/33 step-down, a two-tier ladder, a renewal grant whose deliverable is an exit plan.October 14, 2026Corporate Grant Maps Are Drawn in Miles, Not BordersFive corporate community funds draw eligibility on the company's own map: a named list of plant towns, a 100-mile radius, and 20 miles from a moving project.October 14, 2026The Roof Qualifies, the Desk Does NotSeven open records where eligibility turns on how often a cost recurs — not on whether it is capital or operating, and not on whether the asset is new.October 5, 2026The Foundation Is One Door. The Money Is Not.At a community foundation the money is split by donor intent. Ten records show two opposite architectures: one application, or twenty-one deadlines.October 3, 2026Prior Funding Is a Tier, Not a Yes or NoNine open records sort applicants by their own grant history: a $40,000 newcomer tier, a $150,000 incumbent tier, and a cycle with no door for new orgs.October 3, 2026Renewal Is a Competition, Not a FormalityNine open records show what a renewal listing really is: a mandatory recompete, a smaller second grant, or a competition with one eligible applicant.October 2, 2026The Grant You Qualify For by Losing MoneyEleven open records make a funding loss the eligibility test, then forbid the recurring costs that loss created. What this family can and cannot repair.October 1, 2026Your County Decides Who You Compete AgainstSix open records show funders splitting one program by place — same purpose, different field size, different ceiling, sometimes a different calendar.September 29, 2026Winning One Grant Can Disqualify You From AnotherSeven open records show a funder's programs behaving as lanes, not a menu — one award ending eligibility for a second, and a rejection routing you elsewhere.September 28, 2026When the Maximum Award Is the Whole ProgramA listed ceiling can be the whole program budget, a minimum request, a per-category cap, or a service you never bank. Nine records show the difference.September 24, 2026The Bond Passed. The Money Has Not Arrived.A climate bond passed two years ago and is still arriving in pieces. Ten conservancy records show what sits between a vote and an open application.September 23, 2026You Can Miss a Grant Without Missing Its DeadlineMandatory notices and letters of intent close weeks before the published date. Eleven open records show which ones you can already no longer enter.September 23, 2026A Grant You Can Only Get by BorrowingTwelve Maryland records indexed the same day show why the words grant and loan on a listing tell you almost nothing about what you owe later.September 19, 2026The Eligibility Test You Already PassedTen open records where an approval a household already holds — SNAP, energy assistance, a tax credit — is itself the eligibility test for the next program.September 18, 2026