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.

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 6, 2025

Data is a key component of any strong grant application. When grant applications call for evidence that your proposed intervention works, citing scientific articles can strengthen your case. Whats one trick youve used to locate high-quality data for grant applications? Relevant data can be found on pages 16 and 19.

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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. These small nonprofit organizations may want to avoid these types of grants and focus on funders with more manageable requirements. GPC first appeared on Assel Grant Services.

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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.

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 11, 2025

Before AI, cloud-based platforms, and fancy grant management software, grant writing was a hands-on, paper-filled, finger-cramping journey. 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.

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Assel Grant Services

MARCH 10, 2024

Data or donor management systems are excellent tools, but you only get out of them what you put in. Within each year’s subfolder, create folders labeled application , budget, attachment , correspondence , and reporting. Managing your email is critical to staying organized. Keep your inbox clean.

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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.

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Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 6, 2024

WHO defines burnout as “a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. Perhaps letting go of small or cumbersome applications would make way for larger award opportunities.

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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 27, 2024

QA/QI is also a criterion funders often use in reviewing and selecting grant application requests to fund. But, does QA/QI also have a place in a nonprofit organization’s successful grants management strategy? Two different kinds of experiences supported this author’s development as a grant professional.

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Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Too often, grant management is seen as a scary, messy aspect of grant funding, and we have a vague understanding of the requirements or components. In the nonprofit field, it’s common for staff to be put in a role where they manage grants but might not have the knowledge or resources to understand what that entails.

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Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

By now, I hope you are realizing grant management doesn’t have to be a scary web of confusing topics and rules. With this grant management series, I aim to outline some of the commonly seen issues and provide resources to learn more. A grant manager is anyone involved in the management and administration of a grant (e.g.,

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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 Award Grant Management and Compliance pathway is available now, with more in development.

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Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

If you have ever flinched at the mention of policies and procedures, conflict of interest, or grant reporting, we may be able to help take the fear out of grant management. Too often, grant management is seen as scary and messy, with staff hesitant to learn because they may uncover more than they know how to handle.

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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. Providing transparency in budgetary needs lends credibility to your proposal and ensures accountability in financial management. Schedule a complimentary consultation today: www.thinkandinkgrants.com.*

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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

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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.

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Assel Grant Services

JULY 14, 2024

Grant Management Considerations Understanding and following tracking procedures for outcomes, time and effort, and procurement are key to maintaining ethical practices when preparing an application and managing grant funds. Why is this addressed so thoroughly?

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Assel Grant Services

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Manage Expectations When building a team, avoid role ambiguity. Learn more about the stages of group development , the power of partnerships , motivational interviewing strategies to support effective teamwork, managing up , and a variety of other topics with AGS online training sessions available on demand.

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Assel Grant Services

JUNE 16, 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. D, GPC, CFRE first appeared on Assel Grant Services.

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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.

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Assel Grant Services

JULY 28, 2024

In 2002, I was managing a grant-funded violence prevention program at a small-ish nonprofit organization in the Kansas City metropolitan area. She let me read the application, the award letter, and the reporting and management requirements. I became a grants professional the way many of my colleagues did – by accident.

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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.

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Assel Grant Services

MARCH 3, 2024

Their* answers fell into five categories: Recognition: We would love it if the profession became as ubiquitously understood as fundraisers, data analysts, and project managers. It would be nice to be appreciated for our impact on organizations that goes far beyond writing applications and completing reports. of all the work I do.”

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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.

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 15, 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 Award Grant Management and Compliance pathway is available now, with more in development.

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Building trust involves demonstrating sound financial management and showing funders how the organization uses funds responsibly to reach its goals. AGS also offers several on-demand webinars on a variety of topics to support the full grant cycle, including grant budgets, post-award management, and building relationships with funders.

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Community Boost

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Personal Information includes Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Information as defined in applicable privacy law. When we disclose information in this context, we comply with applicable legal requirements, which may include providing certain rights with respect to the disclosed Personal Information. Corporate Transactions.

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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.

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Assel Grant Services

MARCH 31, 2024

Instrumental defines grant readiness as a measurement of your organization’s capacity to research, apply, win, and manage grant applications successfully. In addition, the team should understand the legal and ethical requirements for managing grants, which can vary based on the source and scope of funding.

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Grant Consulting Services

JUNE 27, 2024

CEUs towards acquiring the GPC (Grant Professional Certified) or maintaining your GPC certification when you complete all seven courses in the Grantegy program. Navigate Grant Management & Evaluation: With expert guidance, you can maximize your funding, engage in proactive compliance, and achieve long-term success.

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Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Do you have the goal of obtaining your GPC TM soon? Grant professionals cannot successfully and ethically develop grant proposals and applications without learning “tricks of the trade.” Scholarships are also available for current GPCs renewing their credentials through the Certification Maintenance Program (CMP Renewal).

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Think and Ink Grants

AUGUST 19, 2024

However, once you grasp the process, it becomes much more manageable. Consider the Reviewer's Perspective : Remember, reviewers are often fatigued and have many applications to evaluate in a short time. Make it easy for them by clearly indicating where each rubric response is in your application.

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 28, 2024

Lifelong learning helps me to stand out in a pool of applicants, for instance, showing potential employers that I have obtained my GPC (Grant Professionals Certified), the nation’s only accredited grant credential. This is not the only designation that aids in professional advancement. grant-focused lens).

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Assel Grant Services

JUNE 2, 2024

According to Challenge.gov , the primary platform for managing competitions, “Longitude and ship navigation, Lindbergh’s transatlantic flight, even initial designs for the U.S. Subscribe the challenge.gov , a resource to look at current and archived challenges with criteria and application guidelines. Considering Federal Competitions?

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Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 21, 2024

AGS has experts in client management who can help you identify your team’s pain points and develop tools for effective work. Identify methods of soliciting and incorporating meaningful substantive input and contributions by stakeholders Competency # 4: Knowledge of how to craft, construct, and submit an effective grant application Skill 4.3:

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 24, 2022

Typically, the individuals writing and managing grants for your organization are not people with titles like grant administrator, grant manager, or director of grants. Learn from those denials and move on to the next application. According to the National Center for Charitable Statistics, more than 1.5

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

OCTOBER 10, 2024

As grant professionals, we’re constantly focused on deadlines, applications, and making a difference for the causes we care about. – Beth Archer, GPC, RSM Incorporating movement throughout the day like yoga/stretching, walking on my treadmill desk, and physically playing with my kids for a few minutes when they get home from school.

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