Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 27, 2025

In the grant profession, we often emphasize pre-award activities: identifying opportunities, crafting compelling narratives, and submitting competitive proposals. GPC Competency: 5 – Knowledge of Post-Award to Inform Pre-Award

Award

Assel Grant Services

JULY 14, 2024

Understanding the intention and need for a program will strengthen a proposal as well as help an organization identify when mission creep is treading the ethical line. The best practice is to reduce risk by accepting a salary or fee for grant writing services that are not included in the proposal budget.

Ethics

Assel Grant Services

MAY 6, 2024

Proposed Uniform Guidance revisions in 2024 include increasing this amount to $1 million. Audits may be required by private foundations when submitting a grant proposal or by banks as a loan requirement. Nonprofits spending $750,000 or more of federal (or federal pass-through) funds in a year must complete a Single Audit.

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 14, 2023

This often leaves only a thirty- to ninety-day window to adjust plans and priorities, identify organizational projects that align with program office goals, and develop a competitive proposal. Assembling the Team Projects aren’t meant to be completed by a single individual working alone, and neither are federal grant proposals.

Federal Grants

Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Finance staff familiar with contracts and procurement may be able to pass along cost-cutting information. Next, publish a request for proposals and talk to evaluators early to get several quotes about what the evaluation will cost and the number of hours/days that the evaluator will need to complete the work.

Budget