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Not sure what all the acronyms and field-related terms mean? Many Web-based resources have done the work for you. Below we have identified a few Web-based resources with helpful glossaries of relevant terms. Use the links to various Web-based glossaries to help further demystify the grant-seeking process.
The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Financial Guide serves as a primary reference manual to assist award recipients in fulfilling their fiduciary responsibility to safeguard grant funds and ensure that funds are used as intended at the time of the award. Part of this manual includes a comprehensive list of glossary terms used by OJP in communications with grantees and potential grantees. Take a look at the glossary by visiting http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/FinGuide/part4-ch3.htm.
The Bureau of Justice Assistance's (BJA) Evaluation Web Site - As part of its effort to support justice-related evaluation, users can access a glossary of evaluation related terms at http://www.bja.evaluationWebsite.org.
Nonprofit/Good Practice Guide - Get direct access to over 2,500 glossary
terms relevant to your nonprofit, faith-, or community-based organization.
To access the Web site's Complete Glossary, go to http://www.nonprofitbasics.org/CompleteGlossary.aspx?
ID=-1&curLetter=123. You also can go directly to the Web site's
home page (http://www.nonprofitbasics.org)
and click on "Complete Glossary." Users can search the
glossary alphabetically or by topic area. Terms are cross-referenced
using hyperlinks.
Non-profit Guides - This site offers free, Web-based grant-writing resources for nonprofit and community-based groups. Included in its package of resources is a set of grant-related and other glossaries. Go to http://www.npguides.com and click on "Related Links" to access the glossaries. Find links to approximately one dozen glossaries of grant-related and financial terms.
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