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Beyond the Award: Why Every Grant Professional Needs Post-Award Management Skills

Grant Professionals Association

Over the last 20+ years, I have been privileged to help hundreds of organizations receive significant grant funding. Many of these grant awards have been large federal grants that advanced an organization both in its mission and its overall capacity. Securing the grant itself is, of course, an achievement.

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Required Grant Reports: Making Required Tasks Work Harder So You Can Work Smarter!

Grant Professionals Association

Often seen as just another thing we must do for the money – required grant reports are not typically a treasured task among grant professionals. But what if I told you, it is my FAVORITE part of grants management? Since 2018, Jill has helped non-profits secure more than 42 million in grant funding.

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How Can We Use Trying Times to Advance Our Careers –

Grant Professionals Association

I let the group of 30 or more people know that my grant management job was ending and that I was open to work. At that meeting, a CEO of a local nonprofit approached me, conducted a brief interview, asked me to visit their offices, and shortly thereafter offered me a position as a coordinator of a grant program.

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A Post-Award Mindset for Pre-Award Grant Professionals

Grant Professionals Association

However, there is such an intensive focus on the pre-award stage that, unfortunately, this often leads to people becoming more removed from what needs to happen upon award receipt. grant award) quickly becomes a ball of string. Setting the Table: Repeat after me; grant compliance is a team sport.

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Applying Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement (QA/QI) in Grant Management Strategies

Grant Professionals Association

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. Townsel, S.M.,

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What’s on Your Professional Development Bucket List?

Grant Professionals Association

The GPF is a 501(c)3 organization that offers scholarships to help grant professionals in three areas: GPA Membership Scholarships (Open annually February 1 st - 28 th and, if funding is available, August 1 st - 31 st : Membership scholarships provide access to free and discounted resources and training offered by GPA.

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New Rules in Procurement – Managing the Award towards the Finish Line

Grant Professionals Association

It is no surprise that with all the fast-moving federal funding that has been distributed over the past few years, those who receive federal awards may not be aware of all of the rules pertaining to award management. What demonstrated experience can be shared regarding previous federal awards management?