Think and Ink Grants

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Grant writing is a vital skill for local nonprofits seeking funding to support their missions. In an increasingly competitive landscape, it is essential to present compelling proposals that stand out and resonate with potential funders. Each grants comes with its own set of criteria, expectations, and reporting requirements.

Grant Writing

Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Richardson, MBA, GPC Shavonn is the Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting. Reinforce other skill-building strategies, such as reading and mentorship. As a grant writer, I strongly recommend attending the annual Grant Summit hosted by the Grant Professionals Association (GPA). When it comes to grant writing, mentors are invaluable.

Grant Writing

Grants4Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Margit Brazda Poirier, GPC, M.S. As we approach 2025 and the anticipated changes that a new federal administration will bring, nonprofit leaders, grant writers, and fundraisers must be proactive to safeguard and sustain their funding sources. While we cannot predict exactly what will happen, we do know that preparation is critical.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

By Shauna O’Toole, CFRE, GPC You encountered inefficiency, frustration, or even conflict when working with a group to develop a grant proposal. What can the team do better next time? ** Shauna O’Toole, CFRE, GPC, is a grants specialist with Assel Grant Services in Lees Summit, Missouri. Storming: The team begins to take action.

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 3, 2025

Author Bio: Jorden Anderson, MSW, MPA, GPC, is the founder of Jorden Anderson Consulting, a five-year-old consulting firm that has raised more than $30 million on behalf of its clients across the nation. Keep the Relationship Where It Belongs: As a consultant, your name should never appear on a clients grant application. And look, I get it.

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Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 30, 2024

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. What are your goals?" Shavonn About Shavonn V.

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Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 2, 2025

Author Bio: Melissa Benefiel, MS, GPC, is a seasoned grants management professional with over 20 years of experience in pre-award administration, compliance, and strategic partnerships across academic and nonprofit sectors. What factors influence whether an opportunity is pursued? Do You Have Strong Support from the Grants Team?

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 6, 2025

GPC Competency: #4 Knowledge of how to craft, construct, and submit an effective grant application -04 Identify and cite accurate and appropriate data sources to support proposal narratives Sometimes it can feel like this data is locked behind a paywall or buried deep in the internet. Here are some tips and tricks to help you access it.

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Think and Ink Grants

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

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. These efforts strengthen bonds and build trust.

Grant Writing

Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 27, 2025

Author Bio: Julie Assel, GPC, CGMS, is CEO of Assel Grant Services, a national consulting firm specializing in strategic grant research, proposal development, management, and training. GPC Competency: 5 – Knowledge of Post-Award to Inform Pre-Award Securing the grant itself is, of course, an achievement.

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Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

If there is one thing foundations love to fund, its new collaborations. It's also an opportunity for the grant writer to shine. A lot of multiorganizational partnerships come into their own in response to a big juicy RFP. Here are some surefire ingredients for baking a successful group project: 1. Be proactive. But its often a rush job.

Logic Model

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 14, 2025

She recently earned her Grant Professional Certification (GPC) and brings over a decade of nonprofit experience to her work. GPC Competencies: 4,5,8 When I imagined building sustainability into my role, I thought it might involve fancy software or some kind of elaborate filing system. Its about ease.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

DECEMBER 6, 2024

– Kimberly Hays de Muga, GPC Don’t use industry jargon. – Becky Jascoviak, MBA, GPC, RSM If you’re tight on space, reference other sections where you have more space to share additional details. – Rachel Werner, MPA, GPC, PMP Read the RFP three times! . Logic models can be your friends.

Logic Model

Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 2, 2024

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. About Shavonn V.

Grant Writing

Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 29, 2024

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. This tip is TRUE. This tip is FALSE. About Shavonn V.

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Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In addition, this year’s conference provided great networking opportunities with 30 minutes between sessions, 90 minutes for lunch and networking, and opportunities to gather with specific related groups like my chapter and GPC colleagues. and each year I wonder if the GrantSummit will be my last. Will I meet people who are new to me?

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Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 2, 2025

Will 2025 be the year you earn your Grant Professionals Certification (GPC)? If you are uncertain, please take the eligibility quiz: The GPC Eligibility Quiz Survey. Please see the scholarship page for more information: GPC Scholarships GPCI. Will I be ready to take the exam in 2025?

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Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 8, 2025

GPC Competency: 5. Proposal Drafting: AI can create drafts tailored to specific funding agencies, improving alignment with solicitation requirements. However, organizations in regulated industries must tread carefully, ensuring AI use adheres to strict ethical and legal standards. Contact at asosa@reoftech.com.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 1, 2025

Author Bio: Claire Honsinger, GPC is founder and principal consultant of Good Horse Grants, nonprofit funding advocacy and professional grant consulting. Instead of a typical project description, this approach presents the prioritized list of greatest needs for the project, along with their costs and benefits.

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Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 3, 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. GPC first appeared on Assel Grant Services.

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Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

GPC Competencies: #3 and #4 To use AI effectively, a proposal team must set ground rules for ethical deployment and ensure that AI serves as a tool, not a team member. This way, partners can laser-focus on infusing their expertise and not on hashing out core programmatic elements or application fundamentals. +AI:

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 11, 2025

GPC Competency: #9 How a strong program design transforms an initial idea into a persuasive, fundable case for support. Don’t even get me started on the dreaded paper jams. Yet, even amidst those struggles, we had something powerful – vision. A great idea would emerge: a way to feed families, house veterans, mentor teen.,

Logic Model

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. GPC Competency #2, #3, and #4 Storming: The team begins to take action, but everything does not go smoothly. The team must explicitly define its strategy and may reevaluate goals.

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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. Who Is Certified?

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Grant Professionals Association

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Author Bio: Veronica Kulon, MNM, GPC, is a dedicated grant consultant with Resurgens Impact Consulting in Atlanta, Georgia, where she lives with her youngest daughter, Mahalia, and her granddogter, Brownie. Considering timely grant-making trends, I am sharing below some of my musings in hopes you too may benefit.

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Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

GPC Competency: #2 They need to know what is being promised, what outcomes will be measured, how much capacity it will take, and what the expectations are. Before you let out that deep sigh, and think this ideal match is going to get away, there is a way to accomplish both. The Implementation Plan. So, the go fast go alone thing?

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Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 21, 2025

Author Bio : Margaret Currie, GPC, is the Grants Manager for Cuyahoga County Public Library where she manages over 50 grants. Grants Management is smoother when its a team effort. Although you may often feel like the only one of your kind at the office, you arent truly doing the work on your own. Can you help out at an event?

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Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 17, 2025

www.vflynnconsulting.com GPC Competency: #2 Maximizing a consultants impact requires establishing a relationship that fits your teams needs. Development consultantsincluding grant professionals, major donor researchers, capital campaign pros, and morecan fill gaps, but it can be hard to see benefits over their fees.

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 21, 2025

Outside of work, Lauren is pursuing her MBA and GPC certification while enjoying gardening, hiking with her family, and reading. Does it feel like the world keeps getting busier and busier? With daily tasks and obligations piling up, it can be hard to carve out time to stay up to date within the grants profession. Make it fun!

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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) Why use first person. Sometimes, our team prefers first person: (1) When the grant seeker prefers that voice. (2) 2) As an approach to storytelling in the application.

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 14, 2025

GPA inspired me, as we celebrated GPC certifications, shared experiences, and discussed the challenges of daily work. Though I had years of experience with my organization and its acronyms, fundraiser-speak was brand new to me. As a new fundraiser, I was fortunate to be a member of fundraising organizations that helped me find my feet.

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 29, 2025

link] GPC Competency: 1: Researching, identifying, and matching funding resources to meet specific needs. While program grants are important for all nonprofits, they are particularly important for animal-related organizations because many national, animal-specific funders only make program and project grants.

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Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

GPC Competency 8: raise the level of professionalism of grant professionals, advance the profession, building relationships to benefit their communities and society at large What it means to me is not the same as what it means to you. And what it means to one agency is not the same for another. What we have in common is our work.

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 18, 2025

Ricardo, GPC is a grant professional for the Winston-Salem Police Department in North Carolina. In 2015, Disney & Pixar released the animated film Inside Out, which was followed by its sequel Inside Out 2 released in 2024. Both have become my favorite animated films of all time. Author Bio: Rebekah L.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

APRIL 11, 2025

Lead Writer Beth Archer, GPC observes, “I think sometimes the confusion comes in because objectives don’t have a place in a structure like a logic model.” Julie Brown, GPC, another Lead Writer on our team, describes it this way: “Meeting the objectives leads to the measurable outcomes.” ” Diane H.

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Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 17, 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. It can be tempting to go after every grant opportunity.

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Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 28, 2025

GPC Competencies: #1 There has been heightened interest on the part of the federal government to improve information technology (IT), standardize data elements, and strengthen data analytics. Financial assistance reporting, as a result, is now subject to data analytics. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and the U.S.

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