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Funding FridayThis week's issue · November 5, 2026
Read What The Money Is Allowed To Touch
Five open programs whose eligibility turns on the object funded — a facility you must own, a design before the shovel, a site you may assess but not clean.
Five worth a look5 open
- Healthy Senior Grant ProgramCloses Dec 1
- Creative Places Arts Facilities GrantsCloses Dec 1
- FY27 Watershed Assistance Grant ProgramCloses Dec 9
- Rural Downtown Economic Development GrantCloses Jan 7
- FY27 Brownfield Assessment Grants (Community-wide, States and Tribes)Closes Jan 21
FeaturedNews & Policy
What the Midterms Change for Federal Grant Applicants
No FY2027 appropriations bill has been enacted and the stopgap ends December 11. How to tell which law pays for a funding notice open now.
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View all 1,371 articles· RSSFunding FridayFunding Friday — October 30, 2026: The Condition That Isn't About Your ProjectFive open programs whose real gate is a certified signer, a plan you already appear in, a match share or a headcount formula — not the quality of the work.October 29, 2026Grant SeekersHow to Tell an Award Cap From a Program TotalSix open records show that a listing's largest dollar figure is often the whole program budget, not the most any single applicant can be awarded.October 28, 2026News & PolicyOMB'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, 2026Tips And ResourcesSome Grants Have No Applicants, Only GranteesNine open records can only be reached by an organization that already holds an award — and the same gate routes you into four different processes.October 27, 2026Tips And ResourcesYour Co-Applicant Can End Your ApplicationEight open records split one project across several applications. Either package being administratively withdrawn can take the whole set down with it.October 25, 2026Tips And ResourcesThe Second Deadline Is Not a Second ChanceEight open records run several rounds off one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, 2026Tips And ResourcesEligible 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, 2026Tips And ResourcesThe Eligibility Test Runs on Someone ElseSix open records put the decisive threshold on a school, a homeowner, a parcel or a worker — not the applicant. Which of those facts you can still change.October 23, 2026Funding FridayFunding Friday — October 23, 2026: The Same Federal Dollar, Two Front DoorsFour of this week's five open programs are federal money, but only two are on grants.gov — the rest are states re-granting the same dollar under new names.October 23, 2026Tips And ResourcesThe Grant Becomes a Loan Before It Reaches YouSeven open records where the public outlay is a grant and what arrives at the far end is equity, a loan, a guarantee, or a rate subsidy.October 23, 2026Tips And ResourcesYour Grant Needs a Signature You Do Not ControlFour open records make you collect a contractor's price, a landlord's lease, or a twenty-year council vote before the funder has decided anything.October 22, 2026Tips And ResourcesSome Grant Requirements Take a Year to SatisfySeven open records where the binding constraint is not the posted deadline but a document, a policy, or a credential somebody else has to produce first.October 22, 2026