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. Educating colleagues on strategic grant-seeking ensures shrewd time and resource allocation. Do We Have Shovel-Ready Projects?

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Grant Professionals Association

DECEMBER 19, 2024

We should also encourage the nonprofits we work with to build relationships with DAF administrators and educate donors on the immediate impact of releasing funds. Shrewd grant professionals will highlight in their proposals opportunities for shared values and employee matches, which will deepen corporate relationships.

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Think and Ink Grants

JANUARY 13, 2025

Todays environment demands more than just a well-written proposal. Richardson, MBA, GPC Shavonn is the Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting. Winning grants, especially in 2025, requires organizations to operate at the highest level of excellence and strategy. The challenge lies in the evolving funding landscape.

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 24, 2025

in Adult Education. However, designation certifications go further in requiring ongoing continuing education and adherence to a professional code of ethics. Eleven percent of survey respondents reported being new to the field or GPA as the reason for not earning their GPC, while 7% were unaware of it and 11% lacked the time.

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Fundraising HayDay

MAY 15, 2025

You can sub-contract for consultants, develop a joint grant proposal, co-author journal articles, co-present workshops and webinars, and so much more. You can sub-contract for consultants, develop a joint grant proposal, co-author journal articles, co-present workshops and webinars, and so much more.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 10, 2025

Are you looking for ways to pivot; either with more education and skills or using your vast knowledge and experiences toward other endeavors? Depending on what benefits are offered roof,ou, you can use this time to reflect on your career goals and expand your education and skills. All GPCs are eligible for the GPC® CMP Scholarships.

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Grant Professionals Association

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

I recently participated in a Federal grant review panel for the Department of Education that included ten complex applications with detailed rubrics and a series of 2-3 hour panel discussions over 15 days, including weekends and holidays. This collaborative approach can lead to more innovative project ideas and well-rounded proposals.

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Grant Professionals Association

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

A year later we received the first million dollar grant award in the district’s history and I realized that my degrees in English and Education had accidentally perfectly prepared me for this job. The final product will be a complete submission-ready grant proposal packet. GPC Competencies: 1, 4, 9

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Assel Grant Services

APRIL 29, 2024

Many of us find ourselves working as grant professionals by way of degrees in journalism, education, social work, and even the STEM fields. 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. There are 1.4

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Assel Grant Services

DECEMBER 15, 2024

If you are interested in grant services, training, or federal review services, or are interested in our career opportunities, Julie Assel, CGMS, GPC, President/CEO , will be happy to talk with you about this opportunity and provide you with a quote for grant services. Identify effective practices for key functions of grant management 6.03.

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Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Do you have the goal of obtaining your GPC TM soon? Since 2006, the Grant Professionals Foundation (GPF) has ensured resources are available to educate, credential, and assist grant professionals who secure the funding necessary for not-for-profits to serve the greater good.

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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.

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Opportunities for STEM Education The Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) program is one of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) cornerstones when it comes to producing research and resources for improving undergraduate education. Proposals are due on January 17, 2024. Funding Alert! Who is eligible to apply?

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Grant Consulting Services

JUNE 27, 2024

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. CEUs towards acquiring the GPC (Grant Professional Certified) or maintaining your GPC certification when you complete all seven courses in the Grantegy program.

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Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

These indirect costs can be allocated to grant proposals. This is beneficial for organizations with high administrative costs, such as institutions of higher education, to be able to correctly capture the indirect expense required to manage grant awards. What are indirect costs? Identify standard elements of compliance Skill 5.2:

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 30, 2024

Grant seeking, proposal development, and post-award management can fill some professionals with dread. Please Do: Educate others. Often, if funding is extremely needed, some entities can be more reserved around submitting collaborative grant proposals. Funders can sniff out desperation in a proposal. Create openness.

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Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 2, 2022

It's because I believe doing the work of a logic model is the difference between a winning proposal and an unfunded proposal. In the simplest form, I love when activities start with action words like: Teach students Educate parents Facilitate discussions Do you see the education theme? Step 3: Outputs.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 10, 2024

Despite our best efforts and knowledge, sometimes sabotage can sneak in to derail progress on a project or proposal. This changed the language in other sections we had spent the previous week working on to align throughout the proposal. The Oxford Dictionary lists some common synonyms for sabotage as to undermine, cripple or impair.

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 5, 2024

Often, however, we find ourselves navigating tenuous ethical conflict when leaders and/or members of our teams propose organizational strategies or actions that would violate the Code of Ethics. Thank you so much for educating me!” response that I would like. How do we do that?

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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 7, 2024

The Council on Foundations defines a foundation as “an entity that supports charitable activities by making grants to unrelated organizations or institutions or to individuals for scientific, education, cultural, religious, or other charitable purposes.” GPC Competency: 1. Have you noticed this new Form 990? If so, I’m all ears!

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Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 15, 2024

A proficient grant writer knows how to use this data to align their proposal with the funder's goals. This skill can significantly increase the likelihood of your proposal being accepted. A good narrative can captivate the reader and make your proposal stand out. Ensure your budget aligns with your proposal narrative.

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 1, 2024

The Imperative: Listen and Learn As grant professionals, we’re inundated by articles, webinars, and marketing messages about AI’s role in prospect research and analysis, proposal and report writing, and more. This may produce fear of dire outcomes – such as, “there’s no more need for us”. My best advice is: Just jump in!

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 2, 2024

You might be tempted to paste the narrative part into your grant proposal as is!) is a former K-12 educator and, since 2020, the owner-operator of EdPro Communications. A series of easy-to-read tables with disaggregated data, indicator-by-indicator. Author Bio: Keith Nickolaus, Ph.D.

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Think and Ink Grants

MAY 24, 2021

I specialize in grants supporting women, children, health, and education, so some of my clients' outputs are similar to # of health training sessions provided, # of women helped, or # of students taught. It isn't easy to write a competitive proposal without them. The truth is, clearly defined and communicated S.M.A.R.T.

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Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Associations, such as the American Evaluation Association or American Education Research Association , allow you to search for evaluators in your area, by type of evaluation, or by specialization. Sometimes, a professor of math, statistics, education, or sociology will conduct evaluation work.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

CA: Today, there are many grant writing courses and educational resources available. I often recommend you look to your local community for grant writing courses offered by community foundations and libraries and those available in the continuing education offices of universities and community colleges. I recommend Candid highly.

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Next, publish a request for proposals and talk to evaluators early to get several quotes about what the evaluation will cost and the number of hours/days that the evaluator will need to complete the work. Casey Foundation, WT Grant Foundation, and Brady Education Foundation—will award restricted funds for program evaluation.

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Funds raised will help the Grant Professional Foundation award scholarships to grant professionals attending GrantSummit, joining GPA, and getting their GPC credential. Explore Session Education Tracks With 80+ sessions to choose from, looking through the offerings ahead of time will ensure you get the most out of your conference experience.

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