Think and Ink Grants

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Grant writing is a vital skill for local nonprofits seeking funding to support their missions. This blog will explore key strategies and tips to enhance your grant writing skills, helping your organization to secure the funding it deserves. Moreover, understanding the vision and mission of the funding organization is pivotal.

Grant Writing

Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Receiving referrals for funding opportunities. Each participant leaves with a completed grant template, ready to secure funding for their organization. Richardson, MBA, GPC Shavonn is the Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting. Employment prospects. Sharing insights and strategies for success. Our Get.Grants.Better.

Grant Writing

Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 3, 2025

Were often the ones shaping narratives, refining budgets, and crafting the compelling language that helps nonprofit organizations secure critical funding. When consultants cross that line, it almost always creates confusion, disrupts stewardship, and jeopardizes funding continuity. And look, I get it. But the impact?

Ethics

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. Many organizations struggle to articulate their why, or what they need funding forwhich can make your job both frustrating and inefficient.

Grants

Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 27, 2025

Over the last 20+ years, I have been privileged to help hundreds of organizations receive significant grant funding. But often it is the effective post-award management of these funds that builds credibility with funders and creates systems for even further growth. GPC Competency: 5 – Knowledge of Post-Award to Inform Pre-Award

Award

Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Grant writing is a vital skill for nonprofits, artists, and educators in Atlanta, aimed at securing funding to enhance community projects and initiatives. Whether you are a novice or looking to refine your skills, the art of crafting compelling grant proposals can make all the difference in funding your vision.

Grant Writing

Think and Ink Grants

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

However, neglecting stewardship can hurt future funding opportunities. Focusing on stewardship can also help you secure additional funding from existing supporters. Stewardship and relationship cultivation ensure that your organization is well-positioned to achieve its funding goals while demonstrating the impact of your work.

Grant Writing

Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

If there is one thing foundations love to fund, its new collaborations. Then you go searching for someone willing to fund it. How will you dole out the funds? GPC Competency: #3 Knowledge of strategies for effective program and project design and development. It's also an opportunity for the grant writer to shine.

Logic Model

Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 6, 2025

When emailing, introduce yourself as a grant writer working to secure nonprofit funding. I recently came across your article, [Article Title], and I believe its data would significantly strengthen our proposal for funding. Start by clicking on the article title in Google Scholar. Would you be willing to share an authors copy?

Grants

Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Grantmakers love funding high-performing organizations. Richardson, MBA, GPC Shavonn is the Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting. Shavonn earned the GPC (Grant Professional Certified) credential from the Grant Professionals Certification Institute in 2020 and is a Grant Professionals Association Approved Trainer.

Grants

Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 25, 2025

To expand their grant seeking, organizations often ask for more funding prospects but more doesnt always mean better. Funding history: Does the funder have a history of funding the same, specific geographic area? Does the funder have a history of funding organizations with similar missions?

IT

Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 8, 2025

Understanding AIs Role in Grant Writing AI offers powerful tools for grant professionals: Research Assistance: Tools like ChatGPT streamline research into funding opportunities. Proposal Drafting: AI can create drafts tailored to specific funding agencies, improving alignment with solicitation requirements. GPC Competency: 5.

Grant Writing

Think and Ink Grants

JANUARY 13, 2025

The challenge lies in the evolving funding landscape. Why Winning Grants Will Be Tougher in 2025 A More Competitive Funding Environment With more organizations vying for the same pool of grants, funders are becoming increasingly selective. A well-thought-out plan is key to securing consistent funding.

Grants

Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Grants are part of the revenue mix for many nonprofit organizations, providing a source of funding for various projects. Let us explore the possibilities and limitations of grant funding. Here is a breakdown of what grants typically cover… and where nonprofits may need to find alternative funding sources.

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 2, 2025

Will 2025 be the year you earn your Grant Professionals Certification (GPC)? The Grant Professionals Certification Institutes (GPCI) scholarship program seeks to assist qualified prospective GPCs with funds needed to sit for the exam. If you are uncertain, please take the eligibility quiz: The GPC Eligibility Quiz Survey.

GPCI

Grant Professionals Association

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Most important is the rise of donor-advised funds (DAFs): Trend: In recent years, DAFs have proliferated and now represent a significant portion of philanthropic giving. Because tax regulations limit transparency requirements, however, funds in DAFs can remain unspent for years, impacting the flow of funds to active nonprofits.

Grants

Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 11, 2025

Remember when research meant a trip to the library, flipping through fat foundation directories, praying the funding source you found wasn’t from a different year? Digital research platforms give us up-to-date stats and funding sources at our fingertips. Technology supports every part of the process.

Logic Model

Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

In the last few weeks of the year, ensure your final 2024 submissions are on time, needed funds are requested, and reports are in order. How did your team respond to changes in the grant profession, such as the new Uniform Guidance for federal funds? Contact her at ehnert@cord.edu or via linked in [link] GPC Competencies: 1 & 2

GPCI

Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Collaborating on grant-funded projects, especially during proposal development, has been one of the most rewarding aspects of my 26+ years working in nonprofits. GPC Competencies: #3 and #4 Yet, fostering a productive proposal-building environment often presents scheduling and communication hurdles.

AI

Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 24, 2025

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. Grant Professional Certification Institute The GPCI administers the nationally recognized GPC credential to grant professionals. so I never got around to it.

Grant Writing

Grant Professionals Association

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Author Bio : Shauna OToole, MA, CFRE, GPC is a Grants Associate with Assel Grant Services with a background as a practicing development director. million in foundation, corporate, federal, federated, and local government funding since 2015. GPC Competency #2, #3, and #4 Shauna has secured $2.5

Grants

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JANUARY 9, 2025

From team member Beth Archer (GPC, RST), one of our clients builds a lot of storytelling elements into their proposals and that approach lends itself to using first person. (3) Awesome Animals Organization is grateful for the continued support of the Fund and your most recent grant of $100,000. Why use first person.

Grant Writing

Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 18, 2025

The highs and lows of grant writing, the stress of deadlines, and the joy of securing funding bring forth a mix of feelings. Ricardo, GPC is a grant professional for the Winston-Salem Police Department in North Carolina. Like Riley, we encounter a range of emotions in our work—each vying for control of the console.

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 29, 2025

After almost four years of focusing on this niche of grant-seeking, there are a few important tips for those pursuing funding for animal-related nonprofit organizations. For example, Petcos partnership offers multiple grants that include in-kind vaccines, rewards for in-store adoptions, and a shelter pet cancer fund.

Funding

Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Do you need funding to keep your programs running or growing? By understanding these specific needs you can refine your grant search to match these funding priorities. project-specific funding vs. general operating support?) It is not just about finding funding… it is about finding the right funding.

GPC

Fundraising HayDay

JANUARY 23, 2025

If your organization is looking to meet community needs for the benefit of the public, whether it be infrastructure or programming, you can ask your federal elected officials to legislate that project so Congress will send money to fund it. If this sounds familiar, it is. If this sounds familiar, it is.

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 28, 2025

The pressure is on for stewardship of federal funds. GPC Competencies: #1 Digital assets enable awarding agencies to better collect and analyze data, detect mis-spending, and pursue action. Recipient authorized representatives who sign reports must certify that they are personally accountable (200.415(a)).

Grants

Fundraising HayDay

MAY 1, 2025

Did you ever consider using grants to fund those programs? We are joined by David Lindeman, CFRE, GPC, Director of Grants & Development for the Society for Neuroscience. In his role he manages the organizations award programs and grant funding, so its no wonder he decided to combine the two. Well, maybe you should.

Award

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 10, 2025

And How Can What GPA Offers Us as Members Help Us Meet Our Goals The pause in federal funding and other Executive Orders have brought up uncertainties that may make many of us anxious and unsure. I was asked to come interview for a contract position funded by a federal flow-through grant to the state. Connections matter.

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 28, 2025

The Grant Professionals Foundation (GPF) was established in January 2006 to ensure resources are available to educate, credential, and assist grant professionals who secure the funding necessary for not-for-profits to serve the greater good. Key Details Applications will open starting January 2025; our committee will review them later.

Applicant

Pamela Grow

AUGUST 14, 2024

Successful nonprofits have a diverse revenue stream, and grant funding is often a key component. But grants are not a magic bullet to fix funding woes. Join us for this MotivateMonday session when we’re joined by Amanda Day, GPC, and Kimberly Hays de Muga, GPC, co-hosts of the popular podcast, Fundraising HayDay.

Funding

NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 8, 2022

While fund development planning requires a lot of time, energy, and resources, it’s critical for organizational success as it outlays a road map for your funding endeavors.

Funding

NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Fund Development expert Kristin Raack, CFRE, GPC, demonstrates how going through a thoughtful planning process results in a stronger plan (and a more sustainable organization!). In this on-demand session, she shows you how to conduct an efficient fund development planning process that includes both flexibility and accountability.

Funding

Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Grant Professional Certified (GPC) credential is based on competencies and skills that directly reflect the real-world requirements of grant writing and management. The GPC credential signals precisely the expertise and ethical rigor employees need when managing grant funding.

GPC

Pamela Grow

AUGUST 30, 2023

After all, without grants, you’d be hard-pressed to fund new infrastructure, increase staffing, or expand programs and services. But the real answers to the sustainability question start long before keying in the first word on a grant application. MotivateMonday is the weekly training for smart nonprofit fundraising professionals like you.

GPC

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.

GPC

Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 28, 2024

Grant funding is complex. There are a multitude of funding streams, networks and relationships, and preferences involved—most of which are beyond your control. Market For many funders, market instability can have a substantial impact on their invested funds and cause them to limit or pause their giving.

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