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. Personally speaking, professional development has opened many doors for me. Or apply for a scholarship or grant for yourself!)

Education

Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Grant professionals cannot successfully and ethically develop grant proposals and applications without learning “tricks of the trade.” In 2023, GPCI presented three CMP awards and 11 GPC TM Exam scholarships to recipients. For the 2023 GrantSummit, GPF awarded 14 scholarships for grant professionals to attend virtually and in person.

GPCI

Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Participants will learn: Best practices for ethical marketing Best practices for communication to avoid ethical issues before work begins Best practices for compensation What the codes do and don’t say about working for more than one client Enroll Now GPCI Competencies and Skills: 5.9, Continuing Education Unit (CEU).

Ethics

Assel Grant Services

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This session will also cover the core elements of VA grant applications and how to respond competitively to them based on the agency’s mission, priorities, and core principles. GPCI Competencies and Skills: 1.1, GPCI Competencies and Skills: 1.1, Full participation in this training is also applicable for 1.0

Federal Grants

Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This session will also cover the core elements of ACF grant applications and how to respond competitively to them based on the agency’s mission, priorities, and core principles. GPCI Competencies and Skills: 1.1, GPCI Competencies and Skills: 1.1, Full participation in this training is also applicable for 1.0

Federal Grants

Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This session will also cover the core elements of NEA grant applications and how to respond competitively to them based on the agency’s mission, priorities, and core principles. GPCI Competencies and Skills: 1.1, GPCI Competencies and Skills: 1.1, Full participation in this training is also applicable for 1.0

Federal Grants

Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Full participation in this training is also applicable for 1.0 B – Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification. C EUs This training aligns with the Grant Professional Certification Institute’s Competencies and Skills and is approved for 1.0 Continuing Education Unit (CEU).

Ethics

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. This produces higher quality grant applications and ensures funded projects are more effectively managed while reducing risk and fraud.

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 27, 2024

QA/QI is also a criterion funders often use in reviewing and selecting grant application requests to fund. A pre-submission review and approval process — including checklists of required application elements, organization, and format and a review for consistency among all elements (e.g.,

Grant Management

Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Enroll Now GPCI Competencies and Skills: 6, 7.2 Full participation in this training is also applicable for 1.0 B – Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification. This training will include an overview of each, the areas they have in common, and how they are different.

Ethics

Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Yet, in an area of online grant applications, questions abound regarding how to still maintain the strongest ethical course while providing the most persuasive answer to why a funder should choose a particular agency and project to fund. Full participation in this training is also applicable for 1.0 Continuing Education Unit (CEU).

Ethics

Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 12, 2023

What you will learn: When applying to foundations to whom you are not well aligned is a problem How connections between nonprofits and funders can give the appearance of a conflict The difference between conflict of interest and the appearance of conflict of interest Enroll Now GPCI Competencies and Skills: 1.7, points in Category 1.B

Ethics

Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Full participation in this training is also applicable for 1.0 B – Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification. 4.10, 6.3, C EUs This training aligns with the Grant Professional Certification Institute’s Competencies and Skills and is approved for 1.0 Continuing Education Unit (CEU).

Ethics

Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Is the funding opportunity really a good match for the organization or is the organization just sending out grant applications to anyone with funding? Full participation in this training is also applicable for 1.0 B – Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification.

Ethics

Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Full participation in this training is also applicable for 1.0 B – Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification. C EUs This training aligns with the Grant Professional Certification Institute’s Competencies and Skills and is approved for 1.0 Continuing Education Unit (CEU).

Ethics

Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Full participation in this training is also applicable for 1.0 B – Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification. C EUs This training aligns with the Grant Professional Certification Institute’s Competencies and Skills and is approved for 1.0 Continuing Education Unit (CEU).

Ethics

Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 25, 2024

But, as funders review numerous applications from organizations with similar missions, target audiences, and geographies, they see opportunities to join together and maximize impact. GPCI Competency: 2, 3 Too often a scarcity mindset has kept nonprofits from seeking creative affiliations.

Subcontractor

Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

I have noticed in the many grant applications I have prepared and submitted that budgets play a more important role than ever. I have also known some philanthropists whose grant applications include a large section for a detailed budget, and a relatively small section for a written description of the program for which funding is being sought.

Grant Writing

Assel Grant Services

JUNE 16, 2024

GPCI Competencies AGS blogs, funding alerts, and trainings are aligned with the Grant Professional Certification Institute ’s Competencies and Skills. Competency #4: Knowledge of how to craft, construct, and submit an effective grant application. Skill 4.11: Identify evaluation models and components appropriate to grant applications.

GPC

Assel Grant Services

JULY 28, 2024

She let me read the application, the award letter, and the reporting and management requirements. I have program tasks and schools to visit!” Instead of admonishing me for my inexperience and poor attitude, she invited me into her space and showed me the grant that funded my program.

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 18, 2023

Procurement is the oversight process for ensuring compliance with applicable federal requirements related to subrecipient and contractual partnerships. GPCI Competency(ies): 05. When it comes to post-award grants management, a huge focus area (and an area ripe with single audit findings) is procurement.

Procurement

Assel Grant Services

JUNE 24, 2024

The GrantSchool platform lets you enroll for courses, collates handouts and documents for each enrolled course, and tracks your certificates of completion to support GPC certification and maintenance applications. GrantZone : Online communities for different topics and interests (e.g.,

GPC

Assel Grant Services

APRIL 29, 2024

The application phase is often the focus of our work as grant professionals. Eligible applicants must pass a certification exam. 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.

GPC

Assel Grant Services

JUNE 9, 2024

GPCI Competencies AGS blogs, funding alerts, and trainings are aligned with the Grant Professional Certification Institute ’s Competencies and Skills. Competency #4: Knowledge of how to craft, construct, and submit an effective grant application. Skill 4.11: Identify evaluation models and components appropriate to grant applications.

GPC

Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 30, 2023

There is also an application for Apple and Google users. GPA provides a continuing education tracker for GPCI and CFRE-approved courses. I like to head into conference week with a grasp of the conference schedule, some sessions I would like to attend, and maybe a restaurant or two in mind to grab a meal with colleagues.

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 21, 2025

In these uncertain times marked by increased competition for funding, it is critical to strengthen every part of your application. The grant budget and budget narrative can be real assets for your applications if done properly. GPCI Competency 4: Crafting, constructing, and submitting an effective grant application

Budget

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 7, 2025

Understandably so, without infrastructure, experience, and data, funders eligibility criteria often make it difficult for these non-profits to successfully compete for grants-- and we want all our applications to be awarded. GPCI Competencies: 1, 2, and 8

Grant Readiness