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Staying Invisible While Building Impact

Grant Professionals Association

Were often the ones shaping narratives, refining budgets, and crafting the compelling language that helps nonprofit organizations secure critical funding. Ghostwriting is one of the most common, yet least talked about, practices in grant writing, especially for consultants.

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

Grant Professionals Association

Similarly, financial reports serve as clear documentation of spending as well as changes to the original budget. GPCI Competency: 5.8 A required grant report should include changes, challenges, assessment of adherence to the implementation timeline, and progress toward goals –information that a programmatic auditor would require.

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

Grant Professionals Association

The Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI) recently expanded its competency related to post-award grant management to reflect the growing need and importance of post-award work in the grant profession.

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Wrapping up 2024

Grant Professionals Association

Prepare to request budget or timeline revisions as needed. Training Plan Review the Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI) competencies ( found here: Competencies Tested – GPCI ). Develop or revise your budget for professional development in 2025.

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The 2025 GrantSummit: Now More Than Ever!

Grant Professionals Association

A single session can introduce multiple strategies for navigating new funding landscapes, provide a new way to craft a detailed budget, or offer a discussion on books that can unlock your inner creative writing skills!

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How Can We Use Trying Times to Advance Our Careers –

Grant Professionals Association

In one case, I was laid off from a job I had for three years at a not-for-profit organization because of budget cuts (third round of layoffs). 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 Ethics: Creating Ethical Grant Budgets and Sustainability Plans

Assel Grant Services

Grant Ethics: Creating Ethical Grant Budgets and Sustainability Plans Session 6 of the Ethics Series For many organizations, a federal grant will be a significant expansion to an existing program or the initial funding for a program that does not yet exist. This can make the creation of grant budgets a very speculative process.