Assel Grant Services

MARCH 10, 2024

Sessions are tailored to help participants build their knowledge and skills to create pathways to success for grant-seeking. Follow along with the small nonprofit blog series by subscribing for updates. This blog post is aligned with the Grant Professional Certification Institute ’s Competencies and Skills.

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Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

If you have ever flinched at the mention of policies and procedures, conflict of interest, or grant reporting, we may be able to help take the fear out of grant management. Too often, grant management is seen as scary and messy, with staff hesitant to learn because they may uncover more than they know how to handle.

Grant Management

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

By now, I hope you are realizing grant management doesn’t have to be a scary web of confusing topics and rules. With this grant management series, I aim to outline some of the commonly seen issues and provide resources to learn more. NGMA divides the grant lifecycle into three phases: pre-award, award, and post-award.

Indirect Cost

Grant Professionals Association

OCTOBER 17, 2024

I have been in chat rooms and webinars with people who are new to the grants profession and have been asked to stand up the grants management function for their organization. I spent many years as a successful grant professional and managed grants that were not from public sources. GPC Competency: 2 and 5

Grant Management

Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 27, 2024

QA/QI is also a criterion funders often use in reviewing and selecting grant application requests to fund. But, does QA/QI also have a place in a nonprofit organization’s successful grants management strategy? Two different kinds of experiences supported this author’s development as a grant professional.

Grant Management

Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 11, 2024

There is growing consensus that the expectation of “gratitude” in the form of thank-you notes actually perpetuates an imbalance of power between nonprofits and funders and negatively impacts the great work you could be doing together ( NonprofitAF Blog, 2023 ). Others find handwritten thank-you notes to be a disappearing art form.

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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. Below is an overview of professional credentials related to the grants profession and the requirements for obtaining them. Eligible applicants must pass a certification exam. There are 1.4

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Too often, there is confusion between grants and donations in nonprofit organizations. When it comes to nonprofit funding, these two terms are often used interchangeably. Understanding the key differences between the two helps nonprofit professionals make informed decisions on funding strategies. That makes it a grant.

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Assel Grant Services

APRIL 7, 2024

Even if you are not a member of the Grant Professionals Association or another grant-related membership organization, the GPA Standards of Professional Practice provide excellent guidance for nonprofit professionals throughout the grant cycle including solicitation, record keeping, and use of funds.

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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. This experience taught both me and the nonprofit the benefits and challenges of having restricted funding in their budgets.

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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 8, 2023

Marrying Project Management and Grant Management to Manage the Grant Pro Workload. Throughout my career as a grant professional, I’ve often been a one-person show. Question: In what ways could you adopt project management principles and tools to make your grant workload a little lighter and more successful?

Grant Management Software

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 24, 2022

Many workshop attendees admit that two days ago their boss told them to start looking for and writing grants because they needed money for their organization. Typically, the individuals writing and managing grants for your organization are not people with titles like grant administrator, grant manager, or director of grants.

Grants

Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Grants are time-consuming, very competitive, and after all the time, money, and energy spent writing grants, there is no guarantee that your nonprofit will be awarded. The one thing every nonprofit must do cannot be outsourced - the funder wants to hear directly from you. Tell me something new."

Grants

Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 13, 2024

Every nonprofit needs money, but most people are uncomfortable asking for it and would rather not go into exhaustive detail about how they spend it. This is why fundraisers like grant professionals exist. We understand that most nonprofits’ critical work would be impossible without an endless stream of private and government funding.

Grants

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 30, 2024

Offering tools such as proposal templates, project management structures, project charters, and assisting in developing roles and responsibilities will assist an entity in a more successful grant process. Overcommunication is often best when working within the grants lifecycle. Communicate. Celebrate the wins.

Management

Think and Ink Grants

MAY 19, 2022

Clean Your Room Reporting, lack of reporting, or mismanaging a grant is one of the fastest ways to lose funding. This is why my firm, Think and Ink Grant Consulting ® is one of the few firms to offer grant management as a service. Make Your Bed Mom always said to make your bed in the morning.

Grant Writing

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 3, 2023

I was disappointed, but it turns out my time was not wasted, as I learned many lessons that have served me well in the grants profession. Now, we can use our experience to fight for truth and justice by supporting nonprofits that carry out their important work. She has been a member of GPA since 2021 and is working toward her GPC.

Grants

Grant Professionals Association

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

She has been involved with the nonprofit community and fundraising since the mid-90s and has nearly 30 years of experience as a professional fundraiser, grant writer, volunteer, board member, and leader. GPC Competencies: 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9

Letter Of Inquiry

Think and Ink Grants

APRIL 3, 2021

If you are a nonprofit leader or serve on a Board of Directors and are thinking about engaging a fiscal sponsor, you need to know the ins and outs of how to do it. This means if you are applying for a grant, fiscal sponsors are generally the lead applicant and are ultimately responsible for the grant. #2.

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 6, 2024

If your nonprofit only serves clients once, data collection is much more difficult and will require more time to address that challenge in the design. AGS blogs, funding alerts, and trainings are aligned with the Grant Professional Certification Institute ’s Competencies and Skills.

Budget

Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 5, 2023

With over 29 years of experience securing multimillion-dollar federal, corporate, private, and community foundation grants, she has built a reputation as an expert in her field. www.ascendnbs.com GPC Competency: Competency #3: Knowledge of effective program and project design and development strategies.

Grant Writing

Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In the budget-strapped nonprofit world, staff are habitually expected to do the job of more than one person. According to Grant Station’s 2023 State of Grant Seeking report, 18% of respondents represented all-volunteer organizations or had only one employee doing the job of many. I always say no but some threats are concerning.

AI

Fundraising HayDay

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

For grant and fundraising professionals, groups like the Grant Professionals Association (GPA), Association of Fundraising Professionals, and National Grant Management Association, are organizations that offer a wide variety of volunteer opportunities. During the 2024 GrantSummit we spoke with GPA leaders and volunteers.

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 9, 2025

Still, many nonprofit professionals, specifically my fellow grant pros, have probably felt these feelings in the last two or three months, even if you have never felt them before. Resting requires something often complex for nonprofit professionals to do, say NO. I have a mental health diagnosisgeneralized anxiety.

Burnout