Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Do you have the goal of obtaining your GPC TM soon? The best way to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for creating competitive proposals is to attend workshops and webinars presented by seasoned professionals. In 2023, GPCI presented three CMP awards and 11 GPC TM Exam scholarships to recipients.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 30, 2024

Grant seeking, proposal development, and post-award management can fill some professionals with dread. These situations present a unique opportunity to partner and participate in collaborative grant-seeking. Never state that funding is guaranteed unless you have an award letter or confirmation from a funder.

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Assel Grant Services

JUNE 9, 2024

Keep in mind that data storage and data presentation are two separate functions, so your spreadsheet will look messy and difficult to decipher. Competency #5: Knowledge of post-award grant management practices sufficient to inform effective grant design and development. GPC, CFRE first appeared on Assel Grant Services.

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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 8, 2023

From grant prospecting, to drafting the narrative, designing programs, crafting budgets, and managing grants post-award, the responsibility was on my shoulders. How can I better engage my colleagues in pre and post award grant work? Throughout my career as a grant professional, I’ve often been a one-person show.

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Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 21, 2024

The team members are excited, and maybe a bit intimidated, about applying for the grant and, hopefully, being awarded. Don’t miss the opportunity to do a post-mortem on the process, ideally with the whole team present. This is the stage when work plans are developed, and a meeting cadence is established. What worked well?

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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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Grant Professionals Association

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

A year later we received the first million dollar grant award in the district’s history and I realized that my degrees in English and Education had accidentally perfectly prepared me for this job. GPC Competencies: 1, 4, 9 That made me wonder – what if I had been purposefully prepared?

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 22, 2024

Complete the application in ninety days, and we will present your proposal at the next board meeting.” Philanthropic gifts promote the mission and vision; grants are awarded because there is hard data that prove the work. Author Bio: Kerri Thompson Frank, CFRE, GPC, is the Principal and a Founding Partner of Amplify Philanthropy.

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Funders have a limited amount of dollars to award and, therefore, want to fund effective projects. Reporting and Dissemination: As reporting and dissemination requirements increase, so do costs, as evaluators spend significantly more time and resources documenting results and/or findings in reports, presentations, or other deliverables.

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Funds raised will help the Grant Professional Foundation award scholarships to grant professionals attending GrantSummit, joining GPA, and getting their GPC credential. We have several staff attending the conference (and presenting!) In your downtime, peruse the Grant Professional Foundation’s Silent Auction.

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