Grant Professionals Association

DECEMBER 19, 2024

These shifts provide a unique opportunity for nonprofits to make more concerted efforts to cultivate relationships with corporate and foundation leaders, especially as these sectors seek to align their grantmaking with social responsibility goals. Let us share ideas and insights that help ensure we will all thrive in the year ahead!

Grants

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

APRIL 11, 2025

Lead Writer Beth Archer, GPC observes, “I think sometimes the confusion comes in because objectives don’t have a place in a structure like a logic model.” DH Leonard Consulting Grant Professionals Weigh In Succinctly put, objectives are individual, specific intentions that together complete the overarching goal.

Logic Model

Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Mastery seems like a never-ending goal but just as it may be elusive at times, so too are the causes we support, which evolve and change over time. Author Bio: Michael Weinrauch is a grants specialist operating Marysville Grants Consulting and a member of GPA Chapters in Canada and Kentucky as well as the GPA Ethics Committee.

Grants

Fundraising HayDay

MARCH 6, 2025

Language is especially important when you serve as grant and/or fundraising professionals who use the written word to explain to funders the needs, successes, and goals of the communities we serve. It is vital we use inclusive language no matter who we are talking about.

GPC

Millionaire Grant Lady

OCTOBER 6, 2023

How could hiring a grant consultant help your organization meet its funding goals? Additionally, you should look for a candidate who has a recognized professional certification, such as Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) or Grant Professional Certificate (GPC). What does a full-time grant writer cost?

Consultant

Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 6, 2024

Once there is an understanding and approach, reach out to a supervisor or development director to have a conversation about realistic goal-setting for grants. Consider outsourcing special opportunities to a consultant to prepare a proposal and respect grant professional’s capacity. However, sometimes it is a great fit.

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

Think and Ink Grants

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

If you run a consulting firm, you understand the value of their greatest asset- your people. My experiences are growing the nonprofit consulting and grant writing firm Think and Ink Grants (www.thinkandinkgrants.com), however the insight I am sharing today can apply to any service based business: 1. You just cloned yourself.

Subcontractor

Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Learning the difference between goals, outcomes, and outputs is key to writing competitive proposals. The problem is that many nonprofit leaders and some grant writers do not have a clear understanding of the difference between goals, outcomes, and outputs. Goals A goal is a broad statement of what you are looking to accomplish.

Grant Writing

Think and Ink Grants

JANUARY 19, 2022

For some nonprofit leaders, it's also a time to start thinking about a new program year, new budget, and new goals and objectives. The key takeaway here is for many nonprofits, especially those on a year-end fiscal year, the month of January will make or break your grant funding goals and set your organization up for the rest of the year.

Goals

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 15, 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 foundation of your why helps develop goals that will take you down an intentional path. GPC Competency: 7

Grantschool

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 foundation of your why helps develop goals that will take you down an intentional path.

GPC

Assel Grant Services

JULY 6, 2024

Yet data helps leadership and the board of directors quantify the year-to-year success and progress toward department goals. All too often, an organization will set unrealistic goals without adequate resources or available opportunities or set unreasonable expectations for the number of applications an individual needs to submit.

Metrics

Assel Grant Services

MARCH 3, 2024

If you expect me to help you meet the organization’s fundraising goals, invite me to be an active participant in strategic planning.” Here are some of the ways the team can support us toward those goals. If you are working with a consultant, time spent on project management is billable. of all the work I do.”

GPC

Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Before I began working as a grant consultant, I did not understand all the details and intricacies of grant budgets, including the difference between restricted and unrestricted funds. Building trust involves demonstrating sound financial management and showing funders how the organization uses funds responsibly to reach its goals.

GPC

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MARCH 2, 2023

The Nonprofit MBA Podcast PRESS RELEASE March 1, 2023 How to Create Agile Leadership at Your Nonprofit, Featuring Diane Leonard on The Nonprofit MBA Podcast Nonprofit organizations are increasingly adopting agile Leadership to achieve their mission and goals. million dollars in competitive grant awards for their clients.

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 10, 2024

When I turned 35, I wanted to start exercising again, preferably by running or going to a gym; however, I had the hardest time meeting this goal. Like any good grant pro, I would NEVER miss a grant or reporting deadline, but if a goal is just for me, I struggle to accomplish it. Do you ever have trouble meeting your goals?

Grants

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.

Grants

Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 4, 2024

And make sure you tell the funder how all this fits with their stated goals and priorities. Author Bio: Amanda Acton, GPC (she/her) is a grant professional living in Central Iowa (unceded traditional lands of the Baxoje). Duplication: Who else is doing this work, and why is there still a need for your work?

IT

The NonProfit Times

JULY 9, 2024

By Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC There’s nothing quick about the grants process. Aligning your organization’s goals with those of potential funders increases the likelihood of successful grant applications. First, there must be strategy. Here are five things to know that will help you revamp your grant-seeking strategy: #1.

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 27, 2024

Quality Assurance Tips An organizational standard grant application process might include the following quality assurance elements: Prospect vetting process — reviewing potential sources of funding for alignment with your organization’s strategic and programmatic goals, objectives, and capabilities. GPC Competencies #2, #4, #7 and, #9

Grant Management

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

OCTOBER 10, 2024

– Beth Archer, GPC, RSM Incorporating movement throughout the day like yoga/stretching, walking on my treadmill desk, and physically playing with my kids for a few minutes when they get home from school. – Diane Leonard, GPC, RST Before work, I start the day with a short walk. – Megan Martin.

Burnout

Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Whether you're a nonprofit founder, manager, or consultant, this guide is for you. A proficient grant writer knows how to use this data to align their proposal with the funder's goals. It involves demonstrating how your nonprofit's mission matches the funder's goals. About Shavonn V.

Grant Writing

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. Your goal is to try to get a seat at the table (many tables) and be the name that everyone thinks of when a potential project comes along. Shavonn earned a BBA from Howard University and an MBA from Emory University.

Grant Writing

Assel Grant Services

MARCH 31, 2024

Engaging a consultant, such as the experts at AGS , can be an effective way to jump-start your prospecting efforts. Reach out to the program officer (if allowed) and introduce yourself, the organization, and how you align with their goals. Another critical factor – a manageable deadline!

GPC

Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 3, 2024

From there, the steps I take are: Review agency/client goals and any updated strategic plans. Whether working as a consultant with various clients or as an in-house grant professional with one agency, I begin my process with the same strategy. Competency 2: Knowledge of organizational development as it pertains to grant seeking.

Readiness

Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 10, 2024

Based on your input, we'd like to submit a proposal aligned with your goals. Author Bio: Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC, is the Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting. She is a Grant Professional Certified (GPC) grant professional, a Grant Professionals Association (GPA) Approved Trainer, and serves as GPA President.

Grant Writing

Think and Ink Grants

MAY 24, 2021

R elevant - does this outcome align with the goals and mission of your organization? 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. outcomes win grants.

Logic Model

Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 17, 2024

Personalize your communication by addressing specific aspects of their funding goals that align with your work. The goal isn’t to get a quick buck today, it’s to create a long-lasting relationship that extends beyond the first grant. GPC Competencies: #8.1 #8.2 However, this should be well thought out.

GPC

Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 19, 2020

What planning is required to help meet our financial goals? For example, if your goal is to raise $100 this year and your list of potential donors has historically totaled $500, consider upping it to $750 to offset the number of additional noes you might receive in this challenging environment. This saying is especially true now.

GPC

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.

Grants

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

To determine the extent to which a program met goals, make implementation refinements for improvements, or monitor activities for reporting, the evaluator should be skilled in both quantitative and qualitative analysis, as well as communication and innovation. The evaluator should be able to write for a variety of audiences.

Grants