Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Now, the conference is much more manageable for me as I’m able to mix different aspects of my professional career all in one conference. I was able to give back to other grant professionals seeking to identify future professional development needs using the competencies and skills listed in freely available GPC and CGMS self-assessments.

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 14, 2025

I started consulting part-time and slowly took on grant writing and management work. She recently earned her Grant Professional Certification (GPC) and brings over a decade of nonprofit experience to her work. GPC Competencies: 4,5,8 Im the first full-time grant professional my organization has ever had.

GPC

Think and Ink Grants

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

This continuous relationship management helps secure long-term support from current funders and builds a foundation for successful collaboration. Richardson, MBA, GPC Shavonn is the Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting. Schedule a complimentary consultation today: www.thinkandinkgrants.com. About Shavonn V.

Grant Writing

Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 6, 2025

Previously a health sciences librarian for over a decade, Amanda brings her expertise in research and information management to the nonprofit sector, where she thrives in grant writing and leadership.

Grants

Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Who will manage the money? GPC Competency: #3 Knowledge of strategies for effective program and project design and development. Clarify roles. Decide right from the start which organization is going to be responsible for what, above and beyond the services you each provide. Who will write the grant? How will you dole out the funds?

Logic Model

Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The Grant Writing Process: Step by Step The grant writing process is often perceived as daunting, but breaking it down into manageable steps can demystify the art. Lastly, many grant writers grapple with time management, struggling to juggle grant writing alongside other responsibilities. About Shavonn V.

Grant Writing

Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This work is rooted in grant management, relationship building, and stewardship. Richardson, MBA, GPC Shavonn is the Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting. We have mastered how to overcome this common issue. Chat with us to learn more about the workaround. This tip is FALSE. Now, the work of keeping a grant begins.

Grant Writing

Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

AGS also offers several on-demand webinars on a variety of topics to support the full grant cycle, including grant budgeting, compliance, and grant management to help guide you through the full grant cycle. Competency #5: Knowledge of post-award grant management practices sufficient to inform effective grant design and development Skill 5.2:

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 8, 2025

Finally, industry itself, companies such as Google, Microsoft, and IBM have created their own self-managed guidelines, which are also an important source of these guidelines. GPC Competency: 5. Additionally, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has created several efforts to lay out a framework for industry.

Grant Writing

Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Subject matter experts are often working beyond their capacity to manage their proposal duties. GPC Competencies: #3 and #4 Understand the application and timeline: A request for proposals (RFP) is a complex creature best decoded by a grant professional on behalf of collaborators.

AI

Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Author Bio: Roxxi Bartlett has spent the last 12 years working in the nonprofit sector as a development professional in Los Angeles County, with prior years employed in management for the private sector. GPC Competency: #2 She currently serves on the GPA Board for the LA Chapter.

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 11, 2025

Before AI, cloud-based platforms, and fancy grant management software, grant writing was a hands-on, paper-filled, finger-cramping journey. GPC Competency: #9 How a strong program design transforms an initial idea into a persuasive, fundable case for support. That napkin? Website: babetteallenconsulting.com.

Logic Model

Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 24, 2025

A professional certification verifies a skill has been mastered, similar to a certificate in project management, and a designation certification specifically highlights a particular professional distinction. Grant Professional Certification Institute The GPCI administers the nationally recognized GPC credential to grant professionals.

Grant Writing

Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 17, 2025

Organizations growing to meet significant need, still managed by lean, dynamic teams often need the Favorite Contact to wear multiple hats, too. www.vflynnconsulting.com GPC Competency: #2 Be clear about your needs and limits: a flexible scope of work often comes at a steeper cost.

Consultant

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 21, 2025

Arthur Bio: Lauren Wilson is an experienced professional in program planning and fundraising, currently serving as the Chief Development Officer at the Williams YMCA of Avery County, where she has successfully managed grants and capital campaigns totaling over $17 million.

Grantschool

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 14, 2025

Id like to say that learning the principles of grant management, professional development opportunities and fruitful networking sold me on GPA. GPA inspired me, as we celebrated GPC certifications, shared experiences, and discussed the challenges of daily work. Instead, it was a holiday dinner.

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 29, 2025

The main areas where I see federal grants overlap with animal welfare are for equines displaced from lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management, some agricultural grants, and grants serving vulnerable populations like unhoused individuals. (Although the grant was paused, it was quickly restored.)

Funding

Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

These small nonprofit organizations may want to avoid these types of grants and focus on funders with more manageable requirements. Assess organizational readiness to seek grants, including mission alignment and capacity for project management. GPC first appeared on Assel Grant Services.

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 28, 2025

The uniform guidance, legislation, the eGovernment Initiative, presidential memoranda, and the management agendas for the past two very different presidents have all pointed to the strategic management of data, particularly federal spending and performance data, all of which affects financial assistance. GPC Competencies: #1

Grants

Community Boost

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Please also note that if you choose to use the Global Privacy Control (GPC) browser signal, you will only be opted out of online sales and sharing for targeted and cross-context behavioral advertising, and will need to turn it on for each browser you use. Ad Tech Companies and other Providers.

Policy

Fundraising HayDay

MAY 1, 2025

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. Did you ever consider using grants to fund those programs? Well, maybe you should.

Award

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 10, 2025

I let the group of 30 or more people know that my grant management job was ending and that I was open to work. GrantZone – GPA offers a public forum where you as a member can post questions, respond to other posts, find GPC study sessions, connect to other chapter members, and keep abreast of changes in the field.

GPC

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

Fundraising HayDay

MARCH 21, 2024

Hear key takeaways from each of our esteemed guests: Bernard Turner , GPC, Associate Professor of Social Entrepreneurship at Belmont University Cheryl Kester , CFRE, GPC, 2023 Distinguished Fellow Awardee and Owner of The Kester Group Doris Shivers , GPC, Director of Grant Innovation and Management for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Egondu Onuoha (..)

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

MARCH 10, 2024

Data or donor management systems are excellent tools, but you only get out of them what you put in. Managing your email is critical to staying organized. Identify project management strategies for submitting high-quality and complete proposals on time Keep your inbox clean. Create folders in your inbox by project or department.

GPC

Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 6, 2024

WHO defines burnout as “a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes burnout as an occupational phenomenon (though it’s not recognized as a medical condition).

Burnout

Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 11, 2024

You record the amount in your donor and accounting software, generate a letter acknowledging the gift, and move on to managing the implementation of program activities. Make sure these guidelines are shared with the staff person responsible for managing your donor database or marketing.

GPC

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Too often, grant management is seen as a scary, messy aspect of grant funding, and we have a vague understanding of the requirements or components. In the nonprofit field, it’s common for staff to be put in a role where they manage grants but might not have the knowledge or resources to understand what that entails.

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. A grant manager is anyone involved in the management and administration of a grant (e.g.,

Indirect Cost

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

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 30, 2024

Grant seeking, proposal development, and post-award management can fill some professionals with dread. Share your knowledge around grant seeking, writing, and management with those who are unfamiliar, inexperienced, or need clarity around any part of the process. Please Do: Educate others. Create openness. Communicate.

Management

Assel Grant Services

JUNE 24, 2024

Have you ever stopped to consider the reasons why you sign up for webinars, attain or continue to maintain your grant professional certification (GPC), or set out to learn an entirely new skill set (like project management)? The Post Award Grant Management and Compliance pathway is available now, with more in development.

GPC

Assel Grant Services

APRIL 29, 2024

Certified Grants Management Specialist (CGMS) There are just over 300 CGMS professionals at the end of 2023; only five have also received their GPC, including two AGS staff. The CGMS covers the lifecycle of federal grants, strongly emphasizing federal post-award management practices. There are 1.4

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 27, 2024

But, does QA/QI also have a place in a nonprofit organization’s successful grants management strategy? Apply “lessons learned” from both successful and unsuccessful grant application submissions to modify your grants management strategy. peer professional organization the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP)).

Grant Management

Assel Grant Services

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Manage Expectations When building a team, avoid role ambiguity. Learn more about the stages of group development , the power of partnerships , motivational interviewing strategies to support effective teamwork, managing up , and a variety of other topics with AGS online training sessions available on demand.

GPC

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. But managing publicly funded grants is not the same.

Grant Management