Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 2, 2025

If you havent already, now is the time to evaluate your organizations grant readiness from pre- to post-award, ensuring alignment with funders, competitive proposals, and strong fund stewardship. Understanding how your organization makes grant submission decisions is critical. Do You Have Strong Support from the Grants Team?

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Assel Grant Services

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The client felt confident putting the funder on their own grant calendar for the upcoming year, allowing me to focus my time on another funding priority because they were sure that the foundation would continue its support. As grant professionals, we must ensure that our clients’ projects match the funder’s goals.

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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. When emailing, introduce yourself as a grant writer working to secure nonprofit funding. Relevant data can be found on pages 16 and 19.

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Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

I have been a member of the Grant Professionals Association for 17years (though it was the American Association of Grant Professionals when I joined!) Do the grant activities I regularly engage in match in relevant ways to others at the conference? and each year I wonder if the GrantSummit will be my last.

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 27, 2025

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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Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

It's also an opportunity for the grant writer to shine. Its so easy to see a grant opportunity, bring a bunch of people to the table, and cobble something together. Who will write the grant? If more than one organization has a grant writer on staff, thats fine many hands make for lighter work. Be proactive.

Logic Model

Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 8, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming grant writing across industries, particularly for technology-driven companies, drug developers, energy innovators, defense contractors, and health systems. What other AI platforms are you aware of, or use, that may be helpful to the grant industry? GPC Competency: 5.

Grant Writing

Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 2, 2025

Will 2025 be the year you earn your Grant Professionals Certification (GPC)? For many grant professionals, 2025 has been a year of rapid changes and a testament to our ability to pivot as needed, learn quickly, and help lead our teams. If you are uncertain, please take the eligibility quiz: The GPC Eligibility Quiz Survey.

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Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

In working with nonprofit organizations, I have been a part of numerous conversations with organizational leadership who have seen grants as the solution to all their revenue shortfalls. Grants are part of the revenue mix for many nonprofit organizations, providing a source of funding for various projects.

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Grant Professionals Association

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Considering timely grant-making trends, I am sharing below some of my musings in hopes you too may benefit. In 2025, grant professionals will face exciting opportunities amidst evolving philanthropic changes. Adaptation: Grant professionals can advocate for greater clarity and quicker disbursement from DAFs.

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 3, 2025

Ghostwriting is one of the most common, yet least talked about, practices in grant writing, especially for consultants. So, lets discuss three core practices that help us empower nonprofits without accidentally stealing the spotlight, or worse, ending up as the unexpected star of a grant report six months after our contract ended.

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 14, 2025

Im the first full-time grant professional my organization has ever had. I started consulting part-time and slowly took on grant writing and management work. I was too busy firing off last-minute applications, tracking down signatures, and frantically submitting grant reports. GPC Competencies: 4,5,8 They grow with me.

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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. Or the time we used carbon paper to create multiple copies of a grant proposal, leaving our fingers stained and our drafts smudged beyond recognition? Napkin, car dashboard, grocery receipt?)

Logic Model

Grant Professionals Association

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Have you encountered inefficiency, frustration, or even conflict when working with a group to develop a grant proposal? This article will briefly describe Tuckmans framework and then apply these ideas to grant proposal development. Usually, a grant professional will hustle off to the next project. Take heart. This is normal.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JANUARY 9, 2025

Grammar Kerfuffles: Second Installment ( View the other installments here ) Welcome to installment #2 of the grant writing blog series Grammar Kerfuffles, presented for you by DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services! First person singular (I or me) feels awkward (at best) in most grant writing. Why would they?

Grant Writing

Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 21, 2025

Grants Management is smoother when its a team effort. Managing the grants process from the application stage through the final reporting works best when there is collaboration from many staff members! These staff members go above and beyond their daily responsibilities to help you successfully manage grants that support their programs.

Grant Management

Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 24, 2025

There is no degree in grant writing. Typically, grant professionals learn on the job through trial and error, plus there are vast numbers of classes, webinars, and articles to read on writing grants. I'm Allison Jones, the CEO and Founder of Spark the Fire Grant Writing Classes. in Adult Education. but do not.

Grant Writing

Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 25, 2025

To expand their grant seeking, organizations often ask for more funding prospects but more doesnt always mean better. Applying to every possible grant opportunity, even ones that arent a good fit, wastes time and money and risks alienating funders. How many grants did they fund per year? She holds a Ph.D.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 1, 2025

However, many funders remain hesitant to relinquish control over how grant dollars are used. While general operating, unrestricted (GO) grants are ideal for nonprofits, project-restricted grants continue to be funded more successfully. This method is especially valuable in a time of economic uncertainty.

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Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Collaborating on grant-funded projects, especially during proposal development, has been one of the most rewarding aspects of my 26+ years working in nonprofits. Set your partners up for success: Collaborators are typically busy professionals for whom a grant application is added labor. GPC Competencies: #3 and #4

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 18, 2025

As grant professionals, we can relate. The highs and lows of grant writing, the stress of deadlines, and the joy of securing funding bring forth a mix of feelings. Our emotions can impact our decision-making, collaboration, and productivity as grant professionals. How many of us feel anxiety before presenting to an audience?

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Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Consider the following: How many grants and LOIs did you submit? How did your team respond to changes in the grant profession, such as the new Uniform Guidance for federal funds? Discern what you can from unfunded grant proposals and feedback from grant reviewers or program officers to determine areas of improvement.

GPCI

Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

As the grant professional, you are not the sole decision maker. Implementation Plans are organized jewels that can speed up the work of a grant professional, replace sighs with smiles, create unison with program directors and the organization too. Do you find it difficult to get needed information to write your grants?

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 14, 2025

Id like to say that learning the principles of grant management, professional development opportunities and fruitful networking sold me on GPA. I was seamlessly enfolded into the group, welcomed with a beverage and good conversation, which ranged from shop talk to the regions grant landscape to simple laughter- filled mirth.

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Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The names acronym IGPD breaks down to just 4 letters the words International Grant Professionals Day. We grant professionals are all different, differing in personalities, backgrounds, locations, specialties, and approaches to what we do. Specifically, Im inspired by: My colleagues in the grants field. Well, let me tell you.

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 21, 2025

With daily tasks and obligations piling up, it can be hard to carve out time to stay up to date within the grants profession. Grant professionals must adopt the forever a scholar mindset or risk falling behind[a][b]. What are your favorite timesaver tips for keeping up with your grant education?

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Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 17, 2025

Development consultantsincluding grant professionals, major donor researchers, capital campaign pros, and morecan fill gaps, but it can be hard to see benefits over their fees. www.vflynnconsulting.com GPC Competency: #2 Maximizing a consultants impact requires establishing a relationship that fits your teams needs.

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Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

It is challenging for many nonprofits to find the right grant opportunities. It can be tempting to go after every grant opportunity. Not every grant is going to be the best fit for your organization. Choosing the wrong grant opportunity can potentially waste organizational time and resources.

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 29, 2025

There are no grants for animal-related nonprofits! This is one of the most common frustrations I hear from nonprofits serving animals struggling to find grants. As a grant writer focused solely on nonprofits that help animals, I recognize this niche requires some unique hacks. Once accepted, multiple grants become available.

Funding

Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 28, 2025

GSAs Federal Integrated Business Framework (FIBF) has identified more than 400 standard data elements for grants management alone. New Realities for Grant Reporting The governments capacity to run data analytics on federal spending is not only a reality, but a routine. GPC Competencies: #1

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 10, 2025

Secondly, I worked as a contractor on a federal grant and was the final staff left to close the grant/organization down as a result of the grant ending after three years. Finally, I left a job as a grant coordinator after I was there six months when I saw the “writing on the wall” that the grant would not be renewed.

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Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 28, 2025

The Grant Professionals Foundation (GPF) was established in January 2006 to ensure resources are available to educate, credential, and assist grant professionals who secure the funding necessary for not-for-profits to serve the greater good. Key Details Applications will open starting January 2025; our committee will review them later.

Applicant

Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 25, 2024

Because credentials must be anchored to rigorous and relevant standards, as well as require ongoing education and recertification, they can quickly and accurately help employers identify and hire qualified grant professionals. The GPC credential signals precisely the expertise and ethical rigor employees need when managing grant funding.

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Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 11, 2024

There is growing consensus that the expectation of “gratitude” in the form of thank-you notes actually perpetuates an imbalance of power between nonprofits and funders and negatively impacts the great work you could be doing together ( NonprofitAF Blog, 2023 ). Read the award letter or grant agreement.

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Assel Grant Services

MARCH 10, 2024

Staying on top of your grant projects doesn’t necessarily require fancy software or the newest technology. Whether grant files, program files, or donor files – developing or maintaining a filing system that is easy to navigate is essential. Then, each of those grant funder folders will have subfolders organized by year.

GPC

Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 6, 2024

In 2020, three grant professionals ( Bachman, Planton, and Rodgers) set out to identify the prevalence of burnout among the grant profession. It’s a new year, and grant professionals constantly see an upcoming deadline, a great new opportunity, or a need to raise more money. And that “the flow of work never stops.”

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 28, 2024

When I joined the Arizona Founding Chapter of GPA nearly 15 years ago, I was a young, eager, and highly motivated grant writer with only a couple years of experience. I admired and looked up to fellow chapter members who were grant writing veterans, many of whom had their GPC. There, I found my people.

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