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

Grant Professionals Association

In the grant profession, we often emphasize pre-award activities: identifying opportunities, crafting compelling narratives, and submitting competitive proposals. While these are important skills, post-award grant management is equally essential—and increasingly expected of those who serve in the profession.

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The 2025 GrantSummit: Now More Than Ever!

Grant Professionals Association

As an independent grant professional and nonprofit consultant, I have navigated the complexities of funding proposals and the diverse landscape of nonprofit initiatives for years. Success for grant professionals often involves crafting a compelling proposal and understanding the larger ecosystem in which we (and the funders) operate.

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Wrapping up 2024

Grant Professionals Association

Discern what you can from unfunded grant proposals and feedback from grant reviewers or program officers to determine areas of improvement. Prepare to request budget or timeline revisions as needed. Training Plan Review the Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI) competencies ( found here: Competencies Tested – GPCI ).

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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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AEP Announcement – Grantegy

Grant Consulting Services

Just when you thought Grantegy: Don’t Leave Your Grants To Chance could not get any better, Grantegy has been accepted into the GPCI Accepted Education Program. Grant Cosulting Services LLC went through a stringent application process with GPCI® to ensure that Grantegy is aligned with the industry-accepted grant Competencies and Skills.

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Grant Ethics: Creating Ethical Grant Budgets and Sustainability Plans

Assel Grant Services

Whether your organization is challenged with following through with what they said they would do in the proposal narrative or spending the grant dollars as written in the budget, this session is for you!

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

Grant Professionals Association

Early career experiences supporting corporate responses to competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) opportunities for business contracts provided insights into how to read, understand, and respond to RFPs. Later service as an external reviewer for government agency grant programs provided further insights into grant proposal best practices.