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​Choosing the right certification: a guide to grant writing credentials for professionals

Grant Professionals Association

There is no degree in grant writing. Typically, grant professionals learn on the job through trial and error, plus there are vast numbers of classes, webinars, and articles to read on writing grants. I'm Allison Jones, the CEO and Founder of Spark the Fire Grant Writing Classes. in Adult Education.

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Grant Decision Making. How do you choose which grants to chase?

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

In 2008, I accepted a position as a Major Gifts Officer at the largest independent nonprofit air and space museum in the world. Remember 2008/2009, the Great Recession? Our organization went through multiple staff reductions, but fortunately I got to stick around and was “asked” to take over the responsibilities as the “Grant Writer.”

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Spotlighting the State of Maryland

GrantNews

Walking became the State Exercise of Maryland on October 1, 2008. Jousting is the world’s oldest sport played on horses. Maryland holds the honors as the first state in the nation to designate a state exercise. There is a town called Boring, named after David Boring, the first postmaster.

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Leaving Academia With Dr. Julie Ann Ward, Dr. Stephanie Weaver, and Dr. Krista Kurlinkus

Grant Writing Made Easy

I started my PhD in Hispanic Languages and Literatures at UC Berkeley, in one of the more prestigious programs in my field, in 2008. My dissertation was on the rhetorics of advocacy in Appalachia, and I knew from my field research that nonprofits in the region could use help with their communications and grant writing.

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YOU ARE INVITED!

Grant Professionals Association

Scrolling through the GPA’s website I learned about the Grant Professionals Certification (GPC) offered by the Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI). I realized the GPC was an exam that seemed beyond a mere certificate stating I knew about grant writing. She is very enthusiastic about Puerto Rican coffee.

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The Most Successful Nonprofit Fundraising Strategies

Blue Avocado

. — Indeana Underhill & Haeleigh Royall from the Cinematography for Actors Institute Focus on Grants Over Labor-Intensive Events A few years ago, we decided to change strategy and concentrate on grant writing. We have a wonderful grant writer and our strategy has really paid off.

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Sabotage: Obstruction or Treason

Grant Professionals Association

Author Bio: Bonnie Houk, GPC, Director of Grants Management, Southeast Kansas Education Service Center. A GPC since 2008, Bonnie has a quarter of a century in grant development receiving more than $110 million for school districts, community organizations, and foundations.

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