Grant Professionals Association

MAY 14, 2025

Dont wait until you feel ready to overhaul your entire workflow. She recently earned her Grant Professional Certification (GPC) and brings over a decade of nonprofit experience to her work. GPC Competencies: 4,5,8 If it helps, try using voice-to-text or recording your screen.

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 17, 2025

Trusted advi sors do more than proclaim wisdom from their 10,000-foot view: teams must be ready to answer tough questions, switch game plans, and try new solutions. Their expertise can be far more valuable than an hourly rate, but only if your organization is ready and willing to act on it!

Consultant

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 14, 2025

GPA inspired me, as we celebrated GPC certifications, shared experiences, and discussed the challenges of daily work. My local chapter became the place where I began to understand the complexities of the grant world, the components of grant-readiness and the practices that demonstrate integrity and build trust.

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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.

Logic Model

Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Always read the guidelines to make sure to meet the eligibility requirements and are ready to handle the funder’s requirements. Competency #2: Knowledge of organizational development as it pertains to grant readiness; Skill 2.1: GPC first appeared on Assel Grant Services. to ensure eligibility.

GPC

Assel Grant Services

MARCH 10, 2024

The six-session course focuses on key elements that will prepare a new or small organization for grant readiness. In the meantime, learn more about organizational grant readiness and a variety of other topics with AGS online training sessions available on demand. Registration is live!

GPC

Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 3, 2024

Are you ready for a reset? Better yet, is your grant strategy ready for a reset? So, if you are like me and ready for a reset this year, I urge you to examine your grants strategy and use these ideas or your own tactics to start fresh. It’s January. I am just hunching here, but I think the answer may be “yes!”

Readiness

Assel Grant Services

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The six-session course focuses on key elements that will prepare a new or small organization for grant readiness. AGS is also launching a new training series in May, Capacity Building for Small Organizations. Sessions are tailored to help participants build their knowledge and skills to create pathways to success for grant-seeking.

GPC

Assel Grant Services

JULY 6, 2024

Looking at a “success rate” can fail to consider the organization’s readiness, quality of program design, or ability to identify strong opportunities and stewardship. So, how can an organization effectively evaluate the performance of a grant department and set realistic goals?

Metrics

Assel Grant Services

JULY 14, 2024

Another grant readiness factor is whether the organization’s financial management practices are able to track and report on the use of funds. Distinguish between ethical and unethical methods of payment for the grant-development process The post Getting Curious About Ethics By: Kellie Brungard, GPC first appeared on Assel Grant Services.

Ethics

Assel Grant Services

MARCH 31, 2024

Practice (Grant Readiness) Once a team is developed, practice is where you develop and perfect all the plays and roles required for game day. Before pursuing grants, your team needs to understand and assess its grant readiness. Assess organizations’ readiness to obtain funding to implement specific projects

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Assel Grant Services

MAY 6, 2024

Audited financials are a common component of grant readiness discussions and are often requested by funders. Identify methods for assisting organizations to implement practices that advance grant readiness The post Financial Audits for Small Nonprofits By: Kellie Brungard, GPC first appeared on Assel Grant Services.

GPC

Assel Grant Services

APRIL 7, 2024

You can also learn more about organizational grant readiness and a variety of other topics with AGS online training sessions available on demand. The six-session course focuses on key elements that will prepare a new or small organization for grant readiness.

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 20, 2024

Are you ready to re-kindle a strategy for “unsolicited proposals? ”. As a GPA Member and Canadian Chapter Board Member, he continues to learn, grow and network as a self-employed grants professional seeking his GPC. GPC Competencies: #1, 8, 9 Reconsider your approach and use of LOIs.

LOI

Assel Grant Services

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The six-session course focuses on key elements that will prepare a new or small organization for grant readiness. AGS is also launching a new training series in May, Capacity Building for Small Organizations. Sessions are tailored to help participants build their knowledge and skills to create pathways to success for grant-seeking.

GPC

Grants4Good

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

You may already be half-way to having a grant proposal ready and don’t even know it…tune in here: [link] From the host , Ben Albert: “Grant Writing For Dummies” w/ Margit Brazda Poirier, M.S., GPC of Grants4Good!!!! I […].

Grant Writing

Think and Ink Grants

APRIL 28, 2022

Always be curious and ready to learn. Shavonn __ About Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC is Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting™. She earned the GPC (Grant Professional Certified) credential from the Grant Professionals Certification Institute in 2020. Be open to suggestions.

GPC

Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 28, 2024

Your request should be ready to be submitted by early April, which is a quick turnaround. To make that process as smooth as possible, you can pitch a shovel-ready project that can be completed in one year. Successful projects are positioned as feasible, impactful, and self-sustaining.

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A day originally started by Danny Blitch, GPC and a peer group of passionate grant professionals working with the Grant Professionals Association , it has become so much more than a day on the calendar (although, it is amazing that it has been accepted as an official “Day of the Year” starting in 2024!).

GPC

Think and Ink Grants

APRIL 27, 2021

This ranks up there with applying for a grant when you're not ready. Save your time by weeding out the grants that aren't 100% well aligned and at a time when you are ready. Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC is Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting™. Here are tips on how to avoid this when it comes to federal grants.

Grant

Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 4, 2024

It takes patience and skill to find the ends and organize it into a neat ball, ready to be crafted into an effective proposal. Author Bio: Amanda Acton, GPC (she/her) is a grant professional living in Central Iowa (unceded traditional lands of the Baxoje). And that is before you even get to character counts!

IT

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 24, 2022

As of 2022, the Grant Professionals Association has a little over 3,000 members and there are around 400 individuals with the Grant Professional Certified (GPC) credential. Take the time ensure your organization is grant ready. Unsure if you’re grant ready? Check out this Grant Readiness Assessment Tool.

Grant

Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Have pre-written materials ready to go when building relationships via email: Create a short email template to send as an introduction and a one-page pre-written document highlighting some quick points regarding your organization. Shavonn earned a BBA from Howard University and an MBA from Emory University.

Grant

Grant Professionals Association

OCTOBER 17, 2024

To get started: Before applying for grants, assess your organization’s level of grant readiness. Grant readiness is your organization’s ability to apply for, manage and report on funding. GPC Competency: 2 and 5 Currently, Pam is the Manager of Grants Administration for Kettering Health in western Ohio.

Grant Management

Think and Ink Grants

JANUARY 2, 2023

She is one of only 17 Grant Professional Certified (GPC) grant professionals in Georgia. Shavonn earned the GPC (Grant Professional Certified) credential from the Grant Professionals Certification Institute in 2020 and is a Grant Professionals Association Approved Trainer.

GPC

Grant Professionals Association

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The final product will be a complete submission-ready grant proposal packet. GPC Competencies: 1, 4, 9 Abate has raised over $100 million from all types of foundations and government agencies.

Education

Think and Ink Grants

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Schedule a complimentary consultation today: www.thinkandinkgrants.com About Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC Shavonn is the Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting. As a former nonprofit leader and grantmaker, Shavonn has over 20 years of experience delivering practical, real-world advice to nonprofit leaders nationwide.

Grant

Think and Ink Grants

APRIL 14, 2022

Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC is Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting™. She earned the GPC (Grant Professional Certified) credential from the Grant Professionals Certification Institute in 2020. She is a grant professional, an active speaker, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Grant Professionals Association.

Grant

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 22, 2024

If approved, whose expertise do we need at the ready to move the proposal forward? Author Bio: Kerri Thompson Frank, CFRE, GPC, is the Principal and a Founding Partner of Amplify Philanthropy. Establish written policies and procedures to empower your development office. A decision tree is a great first step. Is this a grant?

Grant

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 25, 2023

I’ll bet right now some of you are getting ready to write an angry response—and I’ll bet some of you are thinking, “Oh, I’m so glad someone finally admitted it!” He has successfully written more than $70 million in awarded grants and received his GPC in 2016. I hate collaboration. There, I said it.

Indirect Cost

Think and Ink Grants

APRIL 3, 2021

Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC is Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting™. She earned the GPC (Grant Professional Certified) credential from the Grant Professionals Certification Institute in 2020. Now you and your organization are equipped with the tools to make a sound decision.

GPC

Think and Ink Grants

JANUARY 19, 2022

Shavonn Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC is Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting™. She earned the GPC (Grant Professional Certified) credential from the Grant Professionals Certification Institute in 2020. Start your new year right and engage your team with productive habits to lead to a “grant” prosperous year.

Goals

Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 14, 2023

She specializes in grant readiness, research and tracking, management, reporting, and compliance. GPC Competencies: 2, 3, 5, 8

Federal Grants

Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 19, 2020

- Shavonn Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC is Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting™. She earned the GPC (Grant Professional Certified) credential from the Grant Professionals Certification Institute in 2020. Shavonn earned a BBA from Howard University and an MBA from Emory University.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Additionally, you should look for a candidate who has a recognized professional certification, such as Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) or Grant Professional Certificate (GPC). We are ready to join you in the good work your organization is doing. If you feel we could be a great fit for your organization, contact us!

Consultant

Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Currently, the Learn and Grow series is a wonderful resource to enhance my practical experience, particularly in helping non-profit leaders understand what it takes to be grant-ready. The community found within GPA is the best benefit of my membership and I look forward to earning the GPC designation in the future.

Contract

Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 22, 2023

What if I am ready to apply? Do a bit of homework on the literature where your project would fit and get ready to showcase how your project fits in possibly as an example of evidence-based practices, a testing ground for evidence-based practice, or even an outlier of what the literature outlines. Proposals are due on January 17, 2024.

Education