Fundraising HayDay

MARCH 21, 2024

Hear key takeaways from each of our esteemed guests: Bernard Turner , GPC, Associate Professor of Social Entrepreneurship at Belmont University Cheryl Kester , CFRE, GPC, 2023 Distinguished Fellow Awardee and Owner of The Kester Group Doris Shivers , GPC, Director of Grant Innovation and Management for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Egondu Onuoha (..)

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Millionaire Grant Lady

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This funding can come in the form of donations, federal dollars, private funders, gifts, fundraising events, and grants. How could hiring a grant consultant help your organization meet its funding goals? If the cost of hiring a full-time grant writer is a prohibiting factor, you could consider hiring a grant consultant.

Consulting

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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Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 6, 2024

Here are some tips and strategies recommended by grant professionals: Unrealistic expectations of fundraising – evaluate what realistic fundraising would look like given available capacity and opportunities. Consider outsourcing special opportunities to a consultant to prepare a proposal and respect grant professional’s capacity.

Burnout

Grant Professionals Association

DECEMBER 5, 2023

My options were: Should I resign from my full-time job as a nonprofit employee and start consulting full-time? After several months of reflecting on my values and goals, crunching numbers, watching every GPA consulting webinar available, and asking for guidance from trusted peers and family, I decided to take a risk and become a solopreneur.

Ethics

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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Fundraising HayDay

JULY 25, 2024

Laura , founder and CEO of Grant Fundraising Consultants , joined us to share those reasons and ways in which grant professionals can educate their colleagues and others about the true nature of grant work. It’s time that is understood.

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Assel Grant Services

MARCH 3, 2024

Many people, even other fundraisers, have not heard of such a day.” Their* answers fell into five categories: Recognition: We would love it if the profession became as ubiquitously understood as fundraisers, data analysts, and project managers. If you are working with a consultant, time spent on project management is billable.

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Assel Grant Services

JULY 6, 2024

Determine how the data is to be used – do you need to track progress towards fundraising goals and individual capacity, or will it be used to evaluate individual performance? This can help an organization set a realistic goal for grant funding to be raised, identify additional capacity that will be needed, and develop plans for stretch goals.

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Fundraising HayDay

JUNE 27, 2024

Today we are joined by Melanie Palmer, GPC, CFRE and Leilani Ocasio of Melanie Palmer Consulting , where they share their personal inspirations for leading the "Vulnerability in Grants Work: Set Yourself (and Others) Free" workshop two years running at GrantSummit, a conference hosted by the Grant Professionals Association.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 24, 2022

As of 2022, the Grant Professionals Association has a little over 3,000 members and there are around 400 individuals with the Grant Professional Certified (GPC) credential. I suggest you start small when it comes to fundraising goals. Before that happens, talk about what is doable. Be prepared to fail.

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Assel Grant Services

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

If you have funding to invest in building your organization’s growth strategy but not the time to dive into research, contact a quality grant consulting firm like AGS with access to available funding data and the dedicated time to find potential matches. NPConnect in the Kansas City metropolitan area).

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The NonProfit Times

JULY 9, 2024

By Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC There’s nothing quick about the grants process. Diversifying funding sources, including fundraising, in-kind donations, individual contributions, volunteers, and event sponsorships, is crucial for financial resilience. First, there must be strategy. Grants Are Not a Quick Fix.

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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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Think and Ink Grants

MAY 19, 2022

This is why my firm, Think and Ink Grant Consulting ® is one of the few firms to offer grant management as a service. There is nothing worse than being three or four weeks into writing a proposal and you realize you have less than six weeks to fundraise new money to meet a match requirement.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MARCH 2, 2023

In today’s podcast, Diane Leonard from DH Leonard Consulting and Stephen Halasnik from Financing Solutions, a leading provider of bank loans for nonprofits , discuss how to create agile leadership at your nonprofit. Leonard, GPC, RST, is a Grant Professional Certified (GPC) and Approved Trainer of the Grant Professionals Association.

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Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 10, 2024

Versus You: "Hey, we were grateful to have you at our last fundraiser. Seeing your impact during the fundraiser was impressive. Author Bio: Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC, is the Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting. We need to reapply for this funding and can tell you all about our work in our proposal.

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 1, 2024

As a busy fundraiser, I kept putting off learning about AI. Author Bio: Michaela Hayes, MHSA, CFRE, GPC is owner of Hayes Impact Consulting (formerly Hayes Marketing & Communications), based in California, where she has served as principal consultant for close to 30 years. I was struck by the consistent message.

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Fundraising HayDay

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Today's guest is Diane Leonard, GPC, President of DH Leonard Consulting. Today's guest is Diane Leonard, GPC, President of DH Leonard Consulting. She is a Certified Scrum Master and Certified Scrum Product Owner through Scrum Alliance, Inc. Scrum is the art of doing twice the work in half time.

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 29, 2024

Whether I was getting new clients from posting my services on the Consultant Directory or posting a job and hiring top talent from the GPA Career Center, my GPA membership assisted me with finding them. I use our free access to GrantStation to forecast new funding sources and build my grants calendar. Lesson #2 - Leverage local resources.

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Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Unfortunately, they have to do so with less funding because in-person fundraisers have had to come to a halt and traditional ways of funding have been eliminated. Many have attempted to pivot to online fundraisers. In any event, what has always been the case even before Covid-19 is the importance of diversifying revenue.

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Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 3, 2024

Here are three practical ways to leverage AI for fundraising and grant writing in 2024: #1 Written communications Are you spending too much time writing letters of inquiry to funders, thank you notes, or email communications with your staff, board or volunteers? Author Bio: Margit Brazda Poirier, GPC, M.S.

AI

Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 11, 2024

If you are curious like me, here are some places to learn more about this ever-changing tool: Generosity AI Workgroup , Fundraising AI Podcast , Fundraising.AI Author Bio: Cyndi MacKenzie, GPC, owns a consulting business where she has been working with non-profits for over 20 years. on LinkedIn , Joining an Email List.

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Think and Ink Grants

JANUARY 19, 2022

Shavonn Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC is Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting™. She earned the GPC (Grant Professional Certified) credential from the Grant Professionals Certification Institute in 2020. Start your new year right and engage your team with productive habits to lead to a “grant” prosperous year.

Goals

Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Having worked in the field of immigrant and refugee services for over two decades and serving now in a consultant role, I've observed numerous challenges faced by individuals and organizations operating across language and culture. GPC Competences: 3 and 8

Grant Writing

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 22, 2024

Metrics that are associated with collaborative activities can enhance opportunity, whereas individual fundraising goals can lead to more production for one or two individuals, but less organizational productivity overall. Author Bio: Kerri Thompson Frank, CFRE, GPC, is the Principal and a Founding Partner of Amplify Philanthropy.

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Grants4Good

JUNE 24, 2024

The Scene A very skilled, experienced, enthusiastic person accepts a fundraising position at a nonprofit. In this session, we explore how Bloomerang’s donor management and fundraising software not only simplifies tracking donations and grants but also enhances your ability to engage and retain donors effectively. The passion is there.

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Grant Professionals Association

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

As a former capital campaign fundraiser, I intentionally craft messaging so an organization is not the story’s hero. As a successful fundraiser, Jeanne conducted capital campaigns and economic impact studies for workforce development, arts organizations, and cultural institutions.

Funding

Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 25, 2024

Author Bio: Kristin Raack, CFRE, GPC has been a grant and fund development professional for 25 years. She is the founder and principal consultant of AltruNext, which helps nonprofits flourish through creative fundraising strategies, transformational organizational planning, and dynamic leadership development.

Subcontractor

Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 22, 2023

Many of our fundraising colleagues have no grant writing experience and do not understand that grant writing requires a specialized skill set that goes beyond basic writing abilities. Many people do not consider grant writing to be a form of fundraising. How would you like to react in the future?

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Drafting the Evaluation Budget Your first step in drafting an evaluation budget is to consult with finance staff and program staff. Within your organization, advocate for unrestricted dollars from fundraising events, private gifts, or corporate/foundation grants to be allocated for program evaluation.

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Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Author Bio: Dana Schuler Drummond is owner of Sharpshooter Communications, LLC, a nonprofit consulting firm, and founder of Grant Holster, a cloud-based grant management system. Dana was the first person in Oklahoma to earn dual certification as a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) and a Grant Professional Certified (GPC).

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Fundraising HayDay

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

For grant and fundraising professionals, groups like the Grant Professionals Association (GPA), Association of Fundraising Professionals, and National Grant Management Association, are organizations that offer a wide variety of volunteer opportunities. Learn how you can join a committee or board today.

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