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Six things worth understanding about grant-funded cash.

Not a blog. Six pieces on the mechanics that decide whether a funded organization can make payroll, maintained like documentation rather than posted and abandoned.

How reimbursement lag quietly sets your runway Why a fully funded award can still leave you unable to make payroll in March. Read →
Cost share: what you owe, and when you actually owe it Match accrues against what you bill, per budget period — not as a lump at the end. Coming
What a no-cost extension does to your cash More time, no more money — and reimbursement that arrives later than it used to. Coming
Signed is not spent: commitments against runway A purchase order payable in month nine does not change your runway. It should change your decision. Coming
Indirect rates, and the part of your award you cannot spend Reading a negotiated rate agreement as a cash constraint rather than an accounting one. Coming
A runway range beats a runway number Committed, expected, speculative — and why one figure hides the question worth asking. Coming