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The Professionalization of Grants: Scaling Your Grants Program Through Effective Infrastructure

Grant Professionals Association

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. Understanding how your organization makes grant submission decisions is critical. Do We Have Shovel-Ready Projects?

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Did You Know: The Importance of Researching Funders Before Applying by Roxanne Jensen, Ed.S., GPC

Assel Grant Services

For example, if your nonprofit is focused on educational programs for youth, and the funder with which you have a strong history recently shifted to prioritizing healthcare initiatives, it is likely that this funder is no longer a good fit. Competency #2: Knowledge of organizational development as it pertains to grant readiness; Skill 2.1:

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Grant Budgets for Nonprofits: Common Budget Mistakes to Avoid

Grant Writing Made Easy

Mistake: Your Budget and Narrative Don’t Match This is one of the most common—and avoidable—mistakes in grant writing. You’ve written a compelling proposal about launching community workshops, hiring outreach staff, or developing educational materials. For grant budgets for nonprofits, consistency is key.

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How to Evaluate Grant Opportunities: When to Say No to a Grant

Grant Writing Made Easy

This could be a great fit if you already incorporate STEM activities into your mentoring sessions. But it’s likely not worth pursuing if you’d need to start a new STEM initiative from scratch to apply.

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Go from Rejected to Accepted: 9 Reasons Your Grants Get Rejected (and How to Fix Them) w/ Teresa Huff | Instrumentl

Instrumentl

Instrumentl Partner Webinars are collaborations between Instrumentl and its community partners to provide free educational workshops for grant professionals. Our goal is to tackle a problem grant professionals often have to solve, while also sharing different ways Instrumentl’s platform can help grant writers win more grants.

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Did You Know: How to Find the Right Grant Opportunities for Your Organization by Roxanne Jensen, Ed.S., GPC

Assel Grant Services

For example, c heck out Grants 201: Prospect Research , the first session in our Grants 201 Series ! All of our grant training sessions are taught by credentialed grant professionals and are approved for continuing education units by the Grant Professionals Certification Institute and CFRE International.

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Step Up Your Systems for Success: How to Simplify, Streamline and Support Your Team w/ Teresa Huff | Instrumentl

Instrumentl

Instrumentl Partner Webinars are collaborations between Instrumentl and its community partners to provide free educational workshops for grant professionals. Our goal is to tackle a problem grant professionals often have to solve, while also sharing different ways Instrumentl’s platform can help grant writers win more grants.