Assel Grant Services

MARCH 3, 2024

“For starters, we would like it to be known that it’s International Grant Professionals Day. That’s just one of the responses I got when I posed this question to my fellow grant pros – “What do you really want on International Grant Professionals Day? That would be a fine gift for any grant pro to receive! “I

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Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 18, 2022

If you have not yet had any “ah-ha moments” when it comes to learning how to write grants, you are in for a real treat. This is the holy grail of grant writing. The problem is that many nonprofit leaders and some grant writers do not have a clear understanding of the difference between goals, outcomes, and outputs.

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Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 10, 2024

Stewardship is arguably the most important but underrated strategy in grant writing. We can define stewardship as the ongoing commitment to remain connected with funders, keeping them apprised of organizational progress long before grants are submitted.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 3, 2023

He went on to explain that “kill your babies” was a phrase used in the journalism profession to remind writers that once their articles are written and submitted to copy editors, those articles are out of their hands. I still remember the sting I felt receiving feedback on the very first article I ever wrote.

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Fundraising HayDay

JULY 25, 2024

In 2023, today’s guest ( Laura Chynoweth ) penned the blog post “Disrupting the Development Hierarchy” in which she spells out why grant writing so often is found at the bottom. The truth is, those who conduct prospect research, develop grant proposals, and manage grant awards play a vital role in the fundraising arm of organizations.

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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 13, 2024

This is why fundraisers like grant professionals exist. Being a grant professional teaches you just how crucial it is to get buy-in from program staff at all stages of the grant life cycle. Being a grant professional teaches you just how crucial it is to get buy-in from program staff at all stages of the grant life cycle.

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 28, 2024

A recent State of the Sector webinar on Advocacy in Nonprofit Organizations in my community led to reflection on how opportunities to be an advocate present themselves in my career as a grant professional. I came away with a fresh perspective on how grant professionals advocate for the causes, populations, and organizations they serve daily.

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Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Pursuing grants is hard work. Grants are time-consuming, very competitive, and after all the time, money, and energy spent writing grants, there is no guarantee that your nonprofit will be awarded. Many reading this article may say, "Shavonn, I already knew this. Tell me something new."

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Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 15, 2024

One of the key avenues to secure this funding is through grants. But grant writing is no easy feat. In this article, we'll delve into the top grant writing skills. Let's embark on this journey to enhance your grant writing skills and increase your chances of securing funding.

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Assel Grant Services

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

government or private grants, individual donations, in-kind gifts, volunteers) to achieve their missions, and small organizations often grapple with how to compete in a market publicly dominated by their larger counterparts. When a potential donor or grant funder in the community sees your name or logo, what do they think?

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Think and Ink Grants

APRIL 28, 2022

Here are five things children can teach us about writing grants: 1. Funders read dozens of articles all of the time. Feedback is sometimes tough, but you should always have a zest for learning and improving your grant writing skills. She is a Grant Professional Association Approved Trainer, presenter, and speaker.

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Assel Grant Services

APRIL 22, 2024

A Harvard Business Review article from over a decade ago points to a multi-decade study showing that multitasking is ineffective. Communication is a key component to successful teamwork for grant professionals. This blog post is aligned with the Grant Professional Certification Institute ’s Competencies and Skills.

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Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In this brief article, I aim to touch upon some of these challenges and propose potential solutions. Language Proficiency: Organizations led by non-English speakers often struggle with English proficiency when completing grant applications independently.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 10, 2024

After more than quarter of a century in the grants field, significant issues that require learning new problem-solving skills can still arise. In this article, we will discuss the two biggest challenges through sabotage: external (i.e., PLEASE SHARE : Have you identified a key sabotage vulnerability in your grants process?

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Think and Ink Grants

MARCH 30, 2022

The article provides the following solutions for nonprofit leaders to consider: "Nonprofit leaders can shift their resources to reduce damage from inflation, such as by putting more money into interest-bearing accounts or deferring actions that would require them to take out loans. Salaries- up. Even the demand for your services is up.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 11, 2023

As grant professionals, whether in-house or consulting, we are often looked at as experts. Here are practical tips that have helped me address imposter syndrome as a grant professional. Question: How do you overcome feelings of imposter syndrome as a grant professional? sign as bright as day. Competency: 07.

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 19, 2023

Regardless of the size and scope of your project, I’m going to share with you what we use in our office as a starting point for planning grants of all sizes, scopes, and funding sources. What are we going to do about it with this grant? Question: Where do you start when planning a grant proposal? GPC Competencies: 1,3,4,9

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 1, 2024

The Imperative: Listen and Learn As grant professionals, we’re inundated by articles, webinars, and marketing messages about AI’s role in prospect research and analysis, proposal and report writing, and more. What AI Cannot Do: Grant Professionals’ “Secret Sauce” Developers are constantly expanding and improving AI’s capabilities.

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Think and Ink Grants

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

There are nuances in how you manage employees and subcontractors that will be discussed in a future article so stay tuned. My experiences are growing the nonprofit consulting and grant writing firm Think and Ink Grants (www.thinkandinkgrants.com), however the insight I am sharing today can apply to any service based business: 1.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 2, 2024

You might be tempted to paste the narrative part into your grant proposal as is!) Keith supports nonprofits and small and large businesses with professional grant writing and digital content writing needs and challenges, including county, state, federal, and foundation grants as well as web pages and online articles and blog posts.

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Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 19, 2020

This article was previously published on forbes.com: [link] The year 2020 has indeed been a year like no other. Through my time helping nonprofits increase their grant funding, I know that as a result of the pandemic, nonprofits are doing more work to meet the needs of society today. This is especially key when applying for grants.

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Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

As a grant professional, I have an enduring faith in the myriad of talents needed to craft comprehensive and convincing proposals -- talents that can’t be automated by artificial intelligence (AI) -- but I also understand the existential fear of our profession being devalued or compromised through technology. Let’s start with the negatives.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

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. Many readers asked How do you become a grant writer? Q: What kind of folks have asked about becoming a grant writer?

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 11, 2024

There are a lot of disconnects in modern philanthropy, but one of the most obvious and perhaps easiest to address is the lack of connection between grants professionals and funders. So much of grant professionals’ time is spent navigating unwritten rules of engagement - does this organization accept an LOI or do we have to be invited?

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 5, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) and ChatGPT have emerged as powerful tools in grant writing. But have you considered its powerful impact on grant reporting and compliance, especially for hard-to-reach populations? In that regard, AI can be crucial in tracking grant-funded programs' intermediate and long-term outcomes.

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