Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 3, 2025

Keep the Relationship Where It Belongs: As a consultant, your name should never appear on a clients grant application. Even worse, Ive seen consultants use their name recognition or insider funder relationships to get applications over the finish line. The relationship with the funder, first and foremost, belongs to the nonprofit.

Ethics

Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 2, 2025

Will 2025 be the year you earn your Grant Professionals Certification (GPC)? If you are uncertain, please take the eligibility quiz: The GPC Eligibility Quiz Survey. Please see the scholarship page for more information: GPC Scholarships GPCI. Dont wait until the last minute to review the application!

GPCI

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 14, 2025

When I stepped into the role, there werent any templates, process documents, or systems to guide me, just a dozen open tabs and a handful of old applications that I kept scavenging for useful language. I was too busy firing off last-minute applications, tracking down signatures, and frantically submitting grant reports.

GPC

Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Similarly, collaborating with nonprofit leaders can provide direct pathways to winning grants, such as: Partnering on projects and applications. Richardson, MBA, GPC Shavonn is the Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting. Subcontracting opportunities. Employment prospects. Receiving referrals for funding opportunities.

Grant Writing

Think and Ink Grants

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Engage in conversations with peers and seek out mentorship opportunities to learn about successful grant applications and strategies. Richardson, MBA, GPC *Shavonn is* the *Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting. Crafting a Compelling Narrative The heart of any successful grant proposal lies in its narrative.

Grant Writing

Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 25, 2025

The application process: If it is invitation-only, I put the funder in a separate section to let the client know that an application first requires building a relationship with the funder to secure an invitation, which takes intentional effort and time. Finances: How much money does the funder have to grant?

IT

Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Subject matter partnerships benefit programs, organizations, and team members through shared knowledge and divided challenges, and they can even make the application process enjoyable. Set your partners up for success: Collaborators are typically busy professionals for whom a grant application is added labor.

AI

Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 2, 2025

Some organizations have a well-established grants culture, while others are still learning what it takes to prepare grant applications. Without these employees buy-ins, even the best strategies will struggle. As the grant professional, you are their leader and educatorhelping your colleagues understand why their involvement matters.

Grant

Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 30, 2024

There are a few common questions grantmakers will ask to see how if a grant applicant is a high-performing nonprofit: "Tell us about your organization." Richardson, MBA, GPC Shavonn is the Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting. Grantmakers love funding high-performing organizations. Shavonn About Shavonn V.

Grant

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 1, 2025

This model can accommodate a funder’s project-based grant application form, or be used to develop a stand-alone proposal that you can ask funders to PLEASE accept to allow you to be more efficient with your resources. How do you respectfully push back on the burdensome requirements that many grant applications contain?

Funding

Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

If you are interested in grant services, training, or federal review services, or are interested in our career opportunities, Julie Assel, CGMS, GPC, President/CEO will be happy to talk with you about this opportunity and provide you with a quote for grant services. GPC first appeared on Assel Grant Services.

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 11, 2025

Program design is the heart of any successful grant application. GPC Competency: #9 How a strong program design transforms an initial idea into a persuasive, fundable case for support. Cloud-based collaboration lets our teams work from anywhere, editing in real time – no carbon paper required. Website: babetteallenconsulting.com.

Logic Model

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JANUARY 9, 2025

Before you begin writing the documents in your application, choose the voice you will use throughout, either first or third person. 2) As an approach to storytelling in the application. between first person and third person, which arises regularly in grant writing (as you very likely know). About first person. Why use first person.

Grant Writing

Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 21, 2025

Managing the grants process from the application stage through the final reporting works best when there is collaboration from many staff members! Author Bio : Margaret Currie, GPC, is the Grants Manager for Cuyahoga County Public Library where she manages over 50 grants. GPC Competencies: 2,3,4,5

Grant Management

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

APRIL 11, 2025

Grant writers need to master the difference between objectives and outcomes, because grant applications often require us to lay out our plan in detail to show careful and thoughtful planning, and funders almost always require them both. ” She makes an excellent point. ” Diane H.

Logic Model

Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 28, 2025

Were thrilled that scholarship applications are officially open for the 2025 season! The Foundations unique role as a 501(c)(3) organization is to help individuals receive valuable education through conference participation, grow through networking with peers, and demonstrate expertise by achieving the GPC credential.

Applicant

Community Boost

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

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Policy

Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

In addition, some funders have complex applications or extensive reporting that might be a strain for small organizations with limited resources. GPC first appeared on Assel Grant Services. Sometimes, a funder has very specific requirements about location, project focus, or organizational size that restricts who can apply.

GPC

Pamela Grow

AUGUST 30, 2023

It’s the grant application question you always dread… How will your organization sustain this program when the grant is complete? But the real answers to the sustainability question start long before keying in the first word on a grant application.

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 25, 2024

With the ever-changing needs of the labor market, employers are increasingly looking to credentials as a way to find qualified applicants and hires. The Grant Professional Certified (GPC) credential is based on competencies and skills that directly reflect the real-world requirements of grant writing and management.

GPC

Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 28, 2024

While self-awareness is important, so is understanding the factors that are beyond your control in an application. If your organization is a first-time applicant, building a relationship with a funder can be important to the process. Outside of the application, how have you connected with the foundation or program officers?

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 28, 2024

I admired and looked up to fellow chapter members who were grant writing veterans, many of whom had their GPC. Little did I know those conversations, and applying for a GPC scholarship, would change the trajectory of my career and my life forever. My fellow chapter members told me about the GPC scholarship and said I should apply.

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 19, 2023

Question 3: Solving the problem Finally, we get to the portion of planning an application where you start to spell out the main activities you will do to address the problem you identified. GPC Competencies: 1,3,4,9 At the end, you should have a clear set of points to identify why the problem hasn’t been addressed yet.

Applicant

Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 6, 2024

Perhaps letting go of small or cumbersome applications would make way for larger award opportunities. Here are some tips and strategies recommended by grant professionals: Unrealistic expectations of fundraising – evaluate what realistic fundraising would look like given available capacity and opportunities.

Burnout

Assel Grant Services

MARCH 10, 2024

Within each year’s subfolder, create folders labeled application , budget, attachment , correspondence , and reporting. For example, a master GRANTS folder might have multiple folders within it, each labeled by the funder name. Then, each of those grant funder folders will have subfolders organized by year.

GPC

Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

And since hard copy applications are few and far between, our staff noted that binder clips are great for holding bags of snacks shut, organizing the cords behind your desk, and in a pinch, a bookmark. This sherpa-backed option brings an extra level of warmth to the holidays.

GPC

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Leonard, GPC, RST. There was helpful new information provided, as well as important reminders to remember when working on federal grant applications. The second site, www.usaspending.gov, shows you the percentage of applications that were funded for each opportunity and also lists which organizations were funded.

Logic Model

Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Seeking evidence for this well known relational claim, the author and her team began tracking the firm’s grant application submissions and funder responses. Over the period of 18 months, from July 1 2022-December 30, 2023, our team submitted a total of 195 competitive grant applications on behalf of client organizations.

GPC

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MARCH 22, 2024

Communicating the potential consequences of delays, such as the increased likelihood of errors that could compromise the grant application’s success, helps underscore the importance of timely information submission. appeared first on DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services.

Grant Writing

Assel Grant Services

APRIL 14, 2024

Does your organization only connect with the funder during the application cycle each year? Before starting an application, research the funder’s priorities , requirements, and recent giving, making note of any changes or trends. Look at the applications submitted to the funder for the last two years. Give content a refresh.

GPC

Assel Grant Services

JULY 6, 2024

All too often, an organization will set unrealistic goals without adequate resources or available opportunities or set unreasonable expectations for the number of applications an individual needs to submit. Yet data helps leadership and the board of directors quantify the year-to-year success and progress toward department goals.

Metrics

Assel Grant Services

APRIL 29, 2024

Certified Grants Management Specialist (CGMS) There are just over 300 CGMS professionals at the end of 2023; only five have also received their GPC, including two AGS staff. The application phase is often the focus of our work as grant professionals. Eligible applicants must pass a certification exam. There are 1.4

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

I recently participated in a Federal grant review panel for the Department of Education that included ten complex applications with detailed rubrics and a series of 2-3 hour panel discussions over 15 days, including weekends and holidays. Several applicants clearly needed funding based on their location or demographic data.

Proposal

Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 7, 2024

At the very least, grant seekers will understand if the funder accepts unsolicited applications, where to send an application, what to include in application, deadlines, and any restrictions. Author Bio: Amanda Day, GPC, is the cofounder and cohost of Fundraising HayDay, a podcast about grants and such. GPC Competency: 1.

GPC

Assel Grant Services

JUNE 24, 2024

Have you ever stopped to consider the reasons why you sign up for webinars, attain or continue to maintain your grant professional certification (GPC), or set out to learn an entirely new skill set (like project management)? The post Advancing Knowledge: Knowing your “Why” by Kellie Brungard, GPC first appeared on Assel Grant Services.

GPC

Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 20, 2024

During this formal application process, the organization must demonstrate how the funding will support its program. Developing a working relationship with grant officers or program staff allows nonprofits to seek guidance, clarify expectations, and even receive application feedback. That makes it a grant.

GPC

Millionaire Grant Lady

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Grant applications typically involve a lot of writing and research. Also, the grant application process is time consuming, and maybe you don’t have the time to dedicate to the task. If you are considering hiring a grant writer, you likely understand that the writer will be submitting grant applications to multiple foundations.

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