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

Grant Professionals Association

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. Through my experiences and practices, I am convinced that the best way to learn to write grants is through hands-on practice and receiving individualized feedback on your writing.

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

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Guest post by: Jeff Bauknecht | Grants Manager | The Museum of Flight Who decides which grants to pursue or to let pass by? 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? Simple, there was no defined process.

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The 2024 Election: A Grant Writer’s Post Mortem

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

The most recent election that seemed historically consequential was 2008, but I’m old enough to remember 1980, which was a true watershed. We sat in stunned silence as this dude ticked off the many proposed budget cuts to federal discretionary grant programs (our “mother’s milk”). What happened? To find out, read David A.

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