Grants Explained Around the World

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

WATCH HERE: https://youtu.be/DVqW0qezwRI

FREE RESOURCES:

Are You A Planner or a Pantser: grantwinconsulting.com/planner-or-pantser

Supporting Documentation and Cost Allowability Primer: grantwinconsulting.com/Costs-Primer

Subscribe to The GrantWin Insider: grantwinconsulting.com/subscribe

UPCOMING TRAINING:

GrantWin Academy: https://www.grantwinacademy.com

Federal Grant Management 101 Workshop: grantwinconsulting.com/fgm101-atlanta-oct26

Cohort-based training: https://grantwinconsulting.com/cohort-based-training/

JOIN US AS A GUEST:

https://grantwin.typeform.com/fgepodcast

BOOK PATRICE AS A SPEAKER:

https://grantwinconsulting.com/speaking-and-media/

ABOUT ME:

I'm the founder and CEO of GrantWin™️ Consulting (formerly Grants Works) and the lead trainer for GrantWin Academy. I have over 18 years of federal grants experience.

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.

ABOUT GRANTWIN:

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.

GrantWin’s mission is to help organizations use grant funding to positively impact people and communities.

LINKS:

Consulting Firm: https://grantwinconsulting.com/

Case Studies: https://grantwinconsulting.com/case-studies/

Academy: https://www.grantwinacademy.com/

Book Me As Your Next Speaker: https://grantwinconsulting.com/speaking-and-media/

Countries receive grants. Not just nonprofits, universities, and local governments —countries. And much of it does not work the way US federal grants work: no competition, no scoring, no application in the way you and I know it.

This is the first episode of Season 2 and the first under our new name, Grants Explained Around the World.

Join me, your host as I walk through the architecture of country-level funding: who's eligible, who signs the agreement, and who is actually accountable when the money moves.

WATCH HERE: https://youtu.be/TIA87MebLio

IN THIS EPISODE (Part 1 of 2):

----Bilateral government-to-government grants

----Compact-style performance grants and the MCC scorecard model

----General and sector budget support

----World Bank IDA, and the single criterion that decides loan versus grant

----Vertical fund allocations and the Global Fund's Country Coordinating Mechanism

----Climate finance, accredited entities, and the difference between going through UNDP and going direct

----Multi-donor trust funds and whose rules the awardee actually follows

*****PART 2 COVERS FUNDING AWARDED TO NGOs****

FREE RESOURCES:

Are You A Planner or a Pantser: grantwinconsulting.com/planner-or-pantser

Supporting Documentation and Cost Allowability Primer: grantwinconsulting.com/Costs-Primer

Subscribe to The GrantWin Insider: grantwinconsulting.com/subscribe

UPCOMING TRAINING:

GrantWin Academy: https://www.grantwinacademy.com

Federal Grant Management 101 Workshop: grantwinconsulting.com/fgm101-atlanta-oct26

Cohort-based training: https://grantwinconsulting.com/cohort-based-training/

JOIN US AS A GUEST:

https://grantwin.typeform.com/fgepodcast

BOOK PATRICE AS A SPEAKER:

https://grantwinconsulting.com/speaking-and-media/

ABOUT ME:

I'm the founder and CEO of GrantWin™️ Consulting (formerly Grants Works) and the lead trainer for GrantWin Academy. I have over 20 years of experience managing and ensuring compliance with US federal grants.

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 research 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 created for a federal agency.

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

ABOUT GRANTWIN:

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 US 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, and passthrough entity from over 20 federal and other government agencies.

We support all types of organizations as they navigate the federal grant funding landscape. GrantWin Consulting's mission is to help organizations find, obtain, manage, and keep federal grants that positively impact people and communities.

LINKS:

Consulting Firm: https://grantwinconsulting.com/

Case Studies: https://grantwinconsulting.com/case-studies/

Academy: https://www.grantwinacademy.com/

Book Me As Your Next Speaker: https://grantwinconsulting.com/speaking-and-media/

Federal grants come with strings attached—and misunderstanding those strings can cost your organization its funding, its reputation, or worse. In this milestone 20th episode and Season 1 finale, I cut through the bureaucracy to answer a deceptively simple question: what does it actually take to stay compliant with a federal award?

I break down:

📍 the layers of obligations that many grantees overlook
📍 the specific terms buried in your agreement that can trigger audits, repayment demands, or even legal action
📍 why something as routine as charging staff time to a grant can become a red flag, and more
📍 an urgent alarm about a pending regulatory change

The episode concludes with a look ahead as the podcast expands beyond US federal grants to feature grant-funded organizations around the world.

GET THESE FREE RESOURCES:

🎯Are You A Planner or Pantser? grantwinconsulting.com/planner-or-pantser
🎯The Ultimate Grant Application Guide: grantwinconsulting.com/app-guide
🎯Supporting Documentation and Cost Allowability Primer: grantwinconsulting.com/Costs-Primer
🎯Beyond NSF and NIH: grantwinconsulting.com/beyond-nsf-and-nih
🎯Subscribe to The GrantWin Insider: grantwinconsulting.com/subscribe

UPCOMING TRAINING:

GrantWin Academy: https://www.grantwinacademy.com
Federal Grant Management 101 Workshop: grantwinconsulting.com/fgm101-atlanta-oct26
Cohort-based training: https://grantwinconsulting.com/cohort-based-training/

JOIN US AS A GUEST::

https://grantwin.typeform.com/fgepodcast:

WATCH THE PODCAST:

https://youtu.be/jKP3MLM-7-E

ABOUT ME:

I'm the founder and CEO of GrantWin™️ Consulting (formerly Grants Works) and the lead trainer for GrantWin Academy. I have over 18 years of federal grants experience.

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.

ABOUT GRANTWIN:

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, and passthrough entity from over 20 federal and other government agencies.

We support all types of organizations as they navigate the federal grant funding landscape. GrantWin Consulting's mission is to help organizations find, obtain, manage, and keep federal grants that positively impact people and communities.

LINKS:

Consulting Firm: https://grantwinconsulting.com/
Case Studies: https://grantwinconsulting.com/case-studies/
Academy: https://www.grantwinacademy.com/
Book Me As Your Next Speaker: https://grantwinconsulting.com/speaking-and-media/

What does it take to protect an island nation's environment when the threats keep coming?

In this episode of Federal Grants Explained, Grants Explained Around the World, I speak with Dr. Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie, CEO of Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) — one of Jamaica's leading environmental NGOs.

Founded in 1991 by a group of citizens who saw a gap no one else was filling, JET has become a voice for Jamaica's natural resources through education, law and advocacy, coastal clean-ups, and conservation work in places like Cockpit Country.

Dr. Rodriguez-Moodie pulls back the curtain on how JET is funded — including the nuances of law and advocacy funding, avoiding greenwashing funders, subgranting to other NGOs, and what grants oversight actually looks like inside a mission-driven organization.

#jamaica #environment #island #Caribbean #conservation #beach #coastalprotection #grants #grantmanagement #federalgrants

ALSO IN THIS EPISODE:

4 grant and funding opportunities available in Jamaica (Digicel Foundation, NCB Foundation, JPS Foundation, and NCTFJ

JAMAICA ENVIRONMENT TRUST:

Website: https://www.jamentrust.org/

Donate: https://jamentrust.org/donate/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP4z-z8V4H59G7HpR3yr_bg

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamentrust1991/

Twitter: https://x.com/jamentrust

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RESOURCES:

Jamaica Environment Trust: https://www.jamentrust.org/

Planning Institute of Jamaica report: https://www.pioj.gov.jm/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/FCG-AF-CON-10-0_National-Services-Policy_TOR_FINAL.pdf

Digicel Foundation: https://www.digicelfoundation.org/jm/en

NCB Foundation: https://www.jncb.com/about-us/ncb-foundation/overview

JPS Foundation: https://www.jpsco.com/our-foundation/

NHTA/HEART CARE: https://www.heart-nsta.org/care-community-action-for-empowering-engagement-programme-faqs/

WATCH THIS EPISODE:

https://youtu.be/Abyq5BrMZTk

ABOUT ME:

I'm the founder and CEO of GrantWin™️ Consulting (formerly Grants Works) and the lead trainer for GrantWin Academy. I have over 18 years of federal grants experience.

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.

ABOUT GRANTWIN:

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, and passthrough entity from over 20 federal and other government agencies.

We support all types of organizations as they navigate the federal grant funding landscape. GrantWin Consulting's mission is to help organizations find, obtain, manage, and keep federal grants that positively impact people and communities.

LINKS:

Consulting Firm: https://grantwinconsulting.com/

Book Me As Your Next Speaker: https://grantwinconsulting.com/speaking-and-media/

The Office of Management and Budget dropped its proposed revisions to Uniform Guidance (2 CFR Part 200) on May 29, 2026 — and federal grant professionals need to pay attention before the public comment period closes on July 13.

In this episode, I break down the proposed changes without the political noise, walking you through what UG is, why it's being revised, and what the proposed rule actually says.

I cover key pre-award changes and post-award changes.

I also flag three proposed changes that activated my "spidey senses" — and explain what the overall direction of these revisions signals for how your organization should be managing documentation, internal controls, and staff training right now.

If your organization receives or manages federal grants, this episode is required listening. The comment period closes July 13, 2026. The final rule is expected to take effect October 1, 2026.

LEARN ABOUT GRANTWIN'S NEXT COHORT:

https://grantwinconsulting.com/cohort-based-training/

RESOURCES:

https://www.regulations.gov/search/docket?filter=OMB-2026-0034

WATCH THIS EPISODE: https://youtu.be/di7PNkI3-OE

VIDEOS REFERENCED:

Episode 10: Federal Official Shares His Experience: https://youtu.be/iw9McovA2aE

Episode 11: DOJ's "DEI" Memo + E.O. 14332: https://youtu.be/nMe_D4mQtaM

ABOUT ME:

I'm the founder and CEO of GrantWin™️ Consulting (formerly Grants Works) and the lead trainer for GrantWin Academy. I have over 18 years of federal grants experience.

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.

ABOUT GRANTWIN:

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, and passthrough entity from over 20 federal and other government agencies.

We support all types of organizations as they navigate the federal grant funding landscape. GrantWin Consulting's mission is to help organizations find, obtain, manage, and keep federal grants that positively impact people and communities.

LINKS:

Consulting Firm: https://grantwinconsulting.com/

Case Studies: https://grantwinconsulting.com/case-studies/

Academy: https://www.grantsworksacademy.com/

Access Our Top Training About Federal Grants: https://bit.ly/40E

Book Me As Your Next Speaker: https://grantwinconsulting.com/speaking-and-media/