Access our growing library of resources designed to help federal grantees protect their funding and ensure compliance with federal grant requirements. These materials are regularly updated to reflect latest developments and best practices.
Learn more about our Federal Fund Protection Initiative and register for our federal funding webinars and office hours!
Past Webinars & Office Hours
June 11, 2025: Federal Funding Updates
May 28, 2025: Post Termination Priorities
May 14, 2025: Advocacy by Tax-Exempt Organizations
May 2, 2025: ASAP Drawdown & Contract Termination
April 23, 2025: Financial Management Tips and Common Sense & What to Do if Your Contract is Terminated
- Watch Recording
- Download “Financial Management Tips and Common Sense” Slides
- Download “What to Do if Your Contract is Terminated” Slides
April 9, 2025: Building the Administrative Record
March 26, 2025: Federal Grant Quarterly Reporting Tips
February 26, 2025: Procurement Best Practices
February 12, 2025: Financial Management Best Practices
L4GG Guidance Briefs
- The Impact of H.R. 1 Recessions on EPA Grant Programs: An analysis of rescinded unobligated climate and environmental justice funding under H.R. 1 (a.k.a. OBBBA)
- DEI Termination & Certification Rules: Comprehensive guidance on current rules that apply when an agency tries to terminate, stop work, or amend/certify grants based on DEI grounds. Includes analysis of relevant executive orders, litigation status, allowable termination scenarios, and proper closeout procedures.
- Executive Orders and Protecting Your Federal Funding: An analysis of recent executive orders affecting federal funding, their legal implications, and strategies for grantees to protect their awards.
Grants Management/Compliance Resources
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Build America, Buy America (BABA) Training
- Federal Procurement and Davis-Bacon Related Acts
- Audits and Site Visits
Communications Resources
- Media Talking Points
- Media Interview Strategies
- Template Letter to Elected Officials
- Solar for All: Template Letter to Elected Officials
- Social Media Toolkit
If you need help preparing for a media interview, please contact epn-press@environmentalprotectionnetwork.org for 1:1 assistance.
If you need help connecting with the media and getting your story out there, please complete our communication intake questionnaire.
Additional Resources
- Protect Democracy’s Nonprofit Toolkit features short, topic-specific primers to help organizations prepare in advance and keep doing their lawful, mission-based work, including:
- Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services released a SLAPP Suits Handout which includes tips for protecting your free speech. Additionally, here is a nationwide map of state-level SLAPP laws.
- Evergreen Action’s Protecting Clean Energy Investments Toolkit demonstrates how state-level advocates can use their power and real stories to advocate for the clean energy grant programs under threat.
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