Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 28, 2025

The Foundation collaborates closely with the Grant Professional Association (GPA) and the Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI) to support and build the grants profession. Originally known as the American Association of Grant Professionals Foundation, the organization became the Grant Professionals Foundation in 2010.

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Grant Consulting Services

JUNE 27, 2024

Just when you thought Grantegy: Don’t Leave Your Grants To Chance could not get any better, Grantegy has been accepted into the GPCI Accepted Education Program. Grant Cosulting Services LLC went through a stringent application process with GPCI® to ensure that Grantegy is aligned with the industry-accepted grant Competencies and Skills.

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 19, 2024

Professional Development: The pinnacle of my grants career came in 2017 when I became credentialed as a GPC through the Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI). This assures alignment with GPCI's grant competencies and helps me maintain my GPC and the 20% AEP-approved CEU requirement. Registration opens June 1st.

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Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 11, 2024

I am a proud GPCI board member. Scrolling through the GPA’s website I learned about the Grant Professionals Certification (GPC) offered by the Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI). I followed the GPCI’s eligibility process, took the test, and am currently a GPC! How did I get here? Why are you here? The what?”,

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 28, 2024

There are named scholarships provided by specific donors, as well as general scholarships to pay for the GPC exam made possible by individual donations, GPCI, and GPF. Second, the GPCI and GPA communities are amazing. The GPCI Scholarship application process opens April 1, are you going to apply?

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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 28, 2024

Furthermore, the Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI) continues to elevate the profession by securing accreditation of the Grant Professionals Certified (GPC) credential from the National Commission for Certifying Agencies. She is a South Florida GPA Chapter member and Secretary of the GPCI Board of Directors.

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 28, 2024

If financial resources are thin, you can integrate low and/or no-cost trainings available through GPA or other GPCI AEP-approved trainers. If you are a current GPC in the process of renewing your GPCI through the Certificate Maintenance Program (CMP), 20% of the education documented must be AEP-approved. grant-focused lens).

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Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Whether you attended online or in person, if you are similar to me, the 2023 Grant Summit delivered a knowledge-packed four days of learning, discovering new resources, meeting amazing people, and if you were in person, enjoying Foundant caramels and the first-ever GPCI sponsored dance party!

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 10, 2024

GPCI Competency: #7 Knowledge of practices and services that raise the level of professionalism of grant developers I was particularly frustrated because a few years prior, I had trained for a half marathon and completed it quite successfully. Have you ever felt like this as a grant pro? I wasn’t meeting anyone or training with a friend.

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Grant Ethics: The Ethics of Program Implementation and Reporting After a Grant is Funded Session 7 of the Ethics Series While ethics must be considered in all stages of the grant lifecycle, the part that most people worry about is program implementation and reporting.

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 13, 2024

GPCI Competency: 07: Knowledge of practices and services that raise the level of professionalism of grant developers The focus of the certification process is assessment of the participants versus their participation in a training. Why Accreditation? One signal of quality and rigor is to ask whether or not the credential is accredited.

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Assel Grant Services

DECEMBER 19, 2023

GPCI Competencies and Skills: 1.1, This session will also cover the core elements of VA grant applications and how to respond competitively to them based on the agency’s mission, priorities, and core principles. CFRE Domains and Tasks: 1.1, Continuing Education Unit (CEU).

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Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

GPCI Competencies and Skills: 1.1, This session will also cover the core elements of ACF grant applications and how to respond competitively to them based on the agency’s mission, priorities, and core principles. CFRE Domains and Tasks: 1.1, Continuing Education Unit (CEU).

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Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

GPCI Competencies and Skills: 1.1, This session will also cover the core elements of NEA grant applications and how to respond competitively to them based on the agency’s mission, priorities, and core principles. CFRE Domains and Tasks: 1.1, Continuing Education Unit (CEU).

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Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 25, 2024

GPCI Competency: 07: Knowledge of practices and services that raise the level of professionalism of grant developers Grant professionals who earn their GPC not only demonstrate deep expertise, but also an increased sense of accountability and a commitment to stay current through continuing education and recertification.

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 13, 2024

GPCI Competency #7: Knowledge of practices and services that raise the level of professionalism of grant developers Professional development is the heartbeat of my journey as a seasoned development director and instructor. Amidst this whirlwind, one thing remains constant—the grant writing community.

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Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

GPCI Competency: 0 7. As one starts to approach higher levels of a chosen career path becoming aware that developing a growth mindset is crucial when it comes to performing well. But how can one break free from prior programming and develop a growth mindset? Let's start by clearly defining growth mindset.

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Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

GPCI Competency: 05. It’s all about the shiny object – you probably know what I mean. The focus of most organizations is getting grant funding in the door. New (and don’t forget about the renewal) funding is attractive and necessary. Author: Rachel Werner (@RBWStrategy) is the Owner and CEO of RBW Strategy, LLC and Partner with MyFedTrainer.

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 28, 2024

GPCI Competencies : #7, #8, and #9 Our words represent the mission, vision, values, and impact of the organization, potentially persuading funders to become partners in advocacy for the populations it serves, working together to bring about the change they both want to see in their communities.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 30, 2024

She is currently the Executive Director of Nightingale Foundation, owns her own grant consulting business, and sits on the GPCI Board of Directors. Encourage individuals from all levels to get involved in drafting content and outcomes, sharing resources or source material, participating in the editing process. Tips: Provide tools.

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Enroll Now GPCI Competencies and Skills: 6, 7.2 Ethics: Grant Ethics Codes of Conduct: What Do They Say and Why Are They Different Session 1 of the Grant Ethics Series Ethics in grants can be a hot-button discussion, but what does it mean to be an ethical grant professional?

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 5, 2024

She is also an approved trainer by the Grant Professional Certificate Institute (GPCI). Sarcasm aside, I find that many of my fellow grant professionals are straight shooters like me, and we tend to simply say what we think without attaching subjective value to it.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 10, 2024

Bonnie previously served as a member of the GPA and GPCI Board of Directors. This changed the language in other sections we had spent the previous week working on to align throughout the proposal. At about week three, I had had enough. I was responsible for making it all sound like “one voice,” and it was significantly stressing me out.

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 12, 2023

What You’ll Learn: How to help your organization stay true to its ideals and values which searching for additional funding How to carefully ask hard ethical questions to organization leadership How to create a strong process which builds organizational capacity and doesn’t just eliminate options Enroll Now GPCI Competencies and Skills: 2.6,

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Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

All of our courses: Align with GPCI competencies; Are approved for CEUs by GPCI and CFRE International; and Are led by nationally recognized GPA-approved trainers. Relatively, we are still a small bunch, but we collectively draw over half a trillion annually for cause-driven organizations (Foundant Technologies 203).

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Ethics: The Ethics of Program Design: Plans and Partners Session 5 of the Ethics Series Creating a high-quality grant proposal can be challenging when organizations may also be designing the program at the same time. Alignment to the mission of the organization and its strategic plan versus chasing funding can lead to ethical questions.

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Grant Ethics: The Ethics of Program Implementation and Reporting After a Grant is Funded Session 7 of the Ethics Series While ethics must be considered in all stages of the grant lifecycle, the part that most people worry about is program implementation and reporting.

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Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 25, 2024

GPCI Competency: 2, 3 However, the process of building appropriate alliances and collaborating on grant proposals can seem intimidating or even risky. Ideas and priorities may conflict. Partner roles and responsibilities can be unclear. Not to mention that sharing money can be fraught. Is it worth it?

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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 27, 2024

in Psychology from Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH) and earned the Grant Professional Certification (GPC) credential from the Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI). It is also an opportunity to identify what does work and build upon that strength. She earned her S.M. GPC Competencies #2, #4, #7 and, #9

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

Carolyn has been part of the Qgiv extended family since 2019—we proudly partner to help make a difference in our communities. Carolyn’s Nonprofit Blog was inspired by the many people who have reached out to Carolyn since it was launched in 2011 to ask for advice about becoming a grant writer and nonprofit fundraiser. What classes are best?

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Assel Grant Services

JULY 28, 2024

Instead of admonishing me for my inexperience and poor attitude, she invited me into her space and showed me the grant that funded my program. She let me read the application, the award letter, and the reporting and management requirements. In time, I learned to love her job, too. She was the best mentor.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 18, 2023

It is no surprise that with all the fast-moving federal funding that has been distributed over the past few years, those who receive federal awards may not be aware of all of the rules pertaining to award management. When it comes to post-award grants management, a huge focus area (and an area ripe with single audit findings) is procurement.

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Assel Grant Services

JUNE 16, 2024

For example, you want to determine if a motivational guest speaker sparks interest in at-risk youth in a college preparatory program. T ypes of Observation: There are many types of observation, each with its own pros and cons. The observer may use a hidden camera or pretend to be part of the group. Observation has strong validity.

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Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

GPCI Competency: 6, 7 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 non-profit world is struggling as it emerges from the pandemic and funding programs and projects become more competitive.

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Assel Grant Services

JUNE 24, 2024

GPCI Competencies AGS blogs, funding alerts, and trainings are aligned with the Grant Professional Certification Institute ’s Competencies and Skills. For example, if you want to keep up with technology, you may register for GrantSummit sessions on artificial intelligence or volunteer to serve on a team exploring its use in your organization.

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Assel Grant Services

JUNE 9, 2024

GPCI Competencies AGS blogs, funding alerts, and trainings are aligned with the Grant Professional Certification Institute ’s Competencies and Skills. With stakeholders, you might consider incorporating Four Simple Questions : (1) Who cares about __ and why? (2) 2) What work is already underway and by whom? (3)

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 30, 2023

GPA provides a continuing education tracker for GPCI and CFRE-approved courses. Sessions are in-person, hybrid, and virtual; only online and hybrid sessions will be recorded and available to attendees for up to six months post-conference. There are several opportunities outside breakout sessions to get to know fellow grant professionals.

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