Funding GPCI Training 
Grant Professionals Association
APRIL 21, 2025
However, in todays funding landscape, the most important W - Who - is often overlooked. Consider the difference between two grant-funded projects: One secures a major grant but lacks community input, resulting in services that go unused or fail to address real needs. Compassionate grant writing even has the power to inspire.
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. Securing the grant itself is, of course, an achievement.
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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? Reach out to your funders with holiday greetings and updates on your programming.
Grant Professionals Association
MARCH 24, 2025
Both types of certifications signify a standardized level of expertise and often follow the completion of specialized training and exams. This is the boat I am in; I wrote grants for a decade before GPCI first offered certifications in 2008 (GPA of Lower Hudson, n.d.), so I never got around to it.
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.
Grant Professionals Association
JUNE 28, 2024
The CFRE (Certified Fund Raising Executive), CGMS (Certified Grants Management Specialist), and other credentialing are also important for demonstrating The trick is fitting these professional endeavors into our busy lives. Research specific training or courses that can help you grow your skills. Execute your plan! grant-focused lens).
Grant Professionals Association
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Have you ever wanted to attend the GrantSummit, but your organization needed more funding to support you? If these are items on your “grant bucket list,” there is funding available to help cover the costs. In 2023, GPCI presented three CMP awards and 11 GPC TM Exam scholarships to recipients.
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