Learn more about the key responsibilities of grantors in the grant management process, emphasizing their role in ensuring proper use and oversight of awarded funds.
Key Insights
- Grantors must ensure that funds are used in accordance with the grant’s original strategic purpose by selecting capable awardees and offering guidance throughout the grant lifecycle.
- They are responsible for conducting oversight of internal controls, financial and operational compliance, and program performance based on agreed-upon milestones and metrics.
- Grantors must collect, store, and report data to demonstrate oversight and compliance while upholding fiduciary responsibilities as stewards of federal funds.
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So, what is the responsibility of the grantor? The grantor is the one who is providing funds to what we call the grantee, the receiver of funds. Well, the grantor has to make sure that the grant is carried out for its original strategic purpose. To select awardees who will show the most ability to achieve the purpose, to provide guidance and technical assistance when needed during post-award and sometimes during pre-award as well.
To perform oversight internally and for recipients of internal controls, financial and operational compliance, program performance, and the overall progress of the grant, as agreed to in the milestones and metrics identified in the actual grant award agreement. The grantor is also responsible for collecting, storing, compiling, and reporting data to provide evidence of oversight, compliance, and performance. And always, the grantor wants to make sure that they and their recipients are exercising fiduciary responsibilities so they're effective stewards of federal grant funds.