GMN Partners on New IT Resource
GMN has partnered with the Technology Affinity Group (TAG) on an update to the Grantmakers Information Technology Survey Report. The survey and subsequent report will help grantmakers make more informed, timely, and cost-effective technology-related decisions based on information about new trends, what peer organizations are doing, and your own organization's future plans. Survey invitations will be sent in June.
New Resource: How to Prepare for An Audit Recording 
"How to Prepare for an Audit" provides a unique, side-by side view of an organization being audited and the firm doing the financial audit.
100% Paper-Free: Implementing Electronic Grant Agreements
Adopting an electronic format for grant agreements is often the final step in achieving a paperless award process. Learn how your colleagues are implementing digital solutions to manage this key piece of documentation.
The Best Way to Celebrate?
Need some ideas for your annual distribution celebration? Grant managers share their ideas and recommendations!
Avoiding a Withholding Pitfall
If you are funding international grantees for activity taking place in the U.S., are you aware of IRS withholding regulations? Learn how to manage this requirement while staying on everyone's good side.
Grants Systems Manager, Ford Foundation
Manager, Grants Management and Office Operations, William J. and Dorothy K. O'Neill Foundation
Grant Coordinator, Communities In Schools of Georgia
Grant Administrator, Research Operations, Michael J. Fox Foundation
Grants Manager, Wyss Foundation
Grants Administrator, MSM Initiative, amfAR
Community Philanthropy Manager, Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy
Senior Grants Manager, ASPCA
Grants Assistant, ASPCA
Exploring the Body of Knowledge
GMN’s Body of Knowledge is an outline, connected to resources, which defines everything a grants manager could possibility need to know and do. Use the associated Professional Development Planning Tool to help you identify new learning and sharing opportunities, to help GMN keep the BOK relevant to your development needs, and to help you form new connections with grants management professionals.
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Face-to-Face Events
June 21, 2012
D.C. Region Meeting: Take Chare of Your Career
Washington, D.C.
June 22, 2012
Pacific Northwest Region Meeting: Bringing Diversity to Your Grantmaking
Portland, OR
June 29, 2012
Midwest Region Meeting
Kansas City, MO
Virtual Events
June 20, 2012
Legal 201: Advocacy Grantmaking
June 27, 2012
GMN Member Orientation
Do you see any obstacles to implementing electronic grant agreements?
• No, they're great
• Yes, it's too risky
• Perhaps, I don't know enough
• Paper is always safest