Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 24, 2025

Eleven percent of survey respondents reported being new to the field or GPA as the reason for not earning their GPC, while 7% were unaware of it and 11% lacked the time. This is the boat I am in; I wrote grants for a decade before GPCI first offered certifications in 2008 (GPA of Lower Hudson, n.d.), Who Is Certified?

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 10, 2025

GrantZone – GPA offers a public forum where you as a member can post questions, respond to other posts, find GPC study sessions, connect to other chapter members, and keep abreast of changes in the field. GPCI Scholarships – covers the cost of the test for individuals eligible to sit for the exam. The types of support available are: 1.

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Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 28, 2025

The Foundation collaborates closely with the Grant Professional Association (GPA) and the Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI) to support and build the grants profession. Key Details Applications will open starting January 2025; our committee will review them later.

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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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Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Grant Professional Certified (GPC) credential is based on competencies and skills that directly reflect the real-world requirements of grant writing and management. The GPC credential signals precisely the expertise and ethical rigor employees need when managing grant funding.

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Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 11, 2024

I am a proud GPCI board member. Scrolling through the GPA’s website I learned about the Grant Professionals Certification (GPC) offered by the Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI). I realized the GPC was an exam that seemed beyond a mere certificate stating I knew about grant writing. Get your GPC.

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 19, 2024

Professional Development: The pinnacle of my grants career came in 2017 when I became credentialed as a GPC through the Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI). Every three years, I renew my GPC by submitting documentation showing I contributed and developed professionally. Author Bio: Kathy Hatfield, M.Ed.,

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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 28, 2024

Furthermore, the Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI) continues to elevate the profession by securing accreditation of the Grant Professionals Certified (GPC) credential from the National Commission for Certifying Agencies. The GPC remains the only nationally accredited credential for Grant Professionals globally!

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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 Advancing Knowledge: Knowing your “Why” by Kellie Brungard, GPC first appeared on Assel Grant Services.

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Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Do you have the goal of obtaining your GPC TM soon? Grant Professionals Certification Exam and CMP Renewal Scholarships (Open April 1 st to 30 th): GPF partners with the Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI) to offer eligible grant professionals assistance with the cost of the GPC TM Credentialing Exam.

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 28, 2024

This present blog piece provides tips on how best to tailor your selection of continuing education activities over the life course. If financial resources are thin, you can integrate low and/or no-cost trainings available through GPA or other GPCI AEP-approved trainers. Or apply for a scholarship or grant for yourself!)

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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. million PMP certification holders worldwide through the Professional Management Institute ; only a few also hold their GPC, including one AGS team member.

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 13, 2024

Attaining one’s Grant Professional Certification (GPC), the only accredited credential for the grant profession, is one way to demonstrate a high level of expertise, knowledge, and experience. The National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) is one of the primary agencies that accredit certificate programs, including the GPC.

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Assel Grant Services

JULY 28, 2024

If you are interested in grant services, 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.

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Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

All of our courses: Align with GPCI competencies; Are approved for CEUs by GPCI and CFRE International; and Are led by nationally recognized GPA-approved trainers. This blog post is aligned with the Grant Professional Certification Institute ’s Competencies and Skills.

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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

MARCH 28, 2024

In a 2016 blog article , Barbara Floersch, Chief of Training & Curriculum for The Grantsmanship Center , referred to the grant professional as a “rain-maker, a change-maker, and a social activist”. GPCI Competencies : #7, #8, and #9 Sound like anyone you know? She is a GPA-approved trainer and registered Scrum Master.

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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 27, 2024

GPC is a certified grant professional and program leader whose grant professional writing and pre-submission mock review skills contributed to over $40 million in federal, state, and foundation grant awards. GPC Competencies #2, #4, #7 and, #9 peer professional organization the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP)).

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 30, 2024

Author Bio: Katy Shoemaker, GPC is a dynamic grant and fundraising professional with more than 10 years of experience in grant seeking, writing, development, and management, as well as donor cultivation for a variety of nonprofit and government entities across the United States. GPC Competencies: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #8, and #9.

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Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Whether you attended online or in person, if you are similar to me, the 2023 Grant Summit delivered a knowledge-packed four days of learning, discovering new resources, meeting amazing people, and if you were in person, enjoying Foundant caramels and the first-ever GPCI sponsored dance party! What new idea did you learn at the GrantSummit?

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 10, 2024

Author Bio: Bonnie Houk, GPC, Director of Grants Management, Southeast Kansas Education Service Center. A GPC since 2008, Bonnie has a quarter of a century in grant development receiving more than $110 million for school districts, community organizations, and foundations.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 10, 2024

She currently serves as President of the Central Ohio Chapter of GPA and is studying for the GPC Exam. GPCI Competency: #7 Knowledge of practices and services that raise the level of professionalism of grant developers

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Assel Grant Services

JUNE 9, 2024

If you don’t know how to create this type of tool, stay tuned for a future blog post on that topic. We will address how to analyze quantitative and qualitative data in future blog posts in this series. GPC, CFRE first appeared on Assel Grant Services. You can create a spreadsheet to house and organize your data.

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 5, 2024

Author Bio: Amanda Faye Lipsey, MFA, GPC, is a skilled grants professional, health researcher, and patient advocate with more than 20 years of experience in fund development and communications. She is also an approved trainer by the Grant Professional Certificate Institute (GPCI).

Ethics

Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 25, 2024

Author Bio: Kristin Raack, CFRE, GPC has been a grant and fund development professional for 25 years. GPCI Competency: 2, 3 Did the outcome strengthen your relationship with the funder, the nonprofit partner, and/or the community?

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

Carolyn’s Nonprofit Blog was inspired by the many people who have reached out to Carolyn since it was launched in 2011 to ask for advice about becoming a grant writer and nonprofit fundraiser. News & World Report’s Best Nonprofit Management Programs blog. Check out the TechSoup blog and the grant writing section.

Grant Writing

Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The community found within GPA is the best benefit of my membership and I look forward to earning the GPC designation in the future. GPCI Competency: 6, 7 The Code of Ethics is the cornerstone of my new identity as a grant writer and consultant, particularly when explaining my services to newer nonprofit leaders in my community.

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Funds raised will help the Grant Professional Foundation award scholarships to grant professionals attending GrantSummit, joining GPA, and getting their GPC credential. GPA provides a continuing education tracker for GPCI and CFRE-approved courses. In your downtime, peruse the Grant Professional Foundation’s Silent Auction.

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