Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 28, 2024

I admired and looked up to fellow chapter members who were grant writing veterans, many of whom had their GPC. Little did I know those conversations, and applying for a GPC scholarship, would change the trajectory of my career and my life forever. My fellow chapter members told me about the GPC scholarship and said I should apply.

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Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 6, 2024

Consider outsourcing special opportunities to a consultant to prepare a proposal and respect grant professional’s capacity. This blog post is aligned with the Grant Professional Certification Institute ’s Competencies and Skills. However, sometimes it is a great fit.

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 25, 2025

Author Bio: Meredith Burke Hammons, PhD, GPC is the founder of Burke Hammons Consulting, a professional grant services firm, and a trainer for GrantWriting USA with over 15 years of experience in grant development, training, and research. What else do you look for when evaluating funding opportunities? She holds a Ph.D.

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Grant Professionals Association

DECEMBER 5, 2023

My options were: Should I resign from my full-time job as a nonprofit employee and start consulting full-time? After several months of reflecting on my values and goals, crunching numbers, watching every GPA consulting webinar available, and asking for guidance from trusted peers and family, I decided to take a risk and become a solopreneur.

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Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 28, 2025

Download M-24-11 (c) 2025 Karen Norris, Kanoco Consulting, LLC Have you heard of www.digital.gov and visited the digital community of grants? Author Bio: Karen Norris is nationally recognized as a consultant and Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Kanoco Consulting, LLC - a Karen Norris Company in Gaithersburg, MD and Lewes, DE.

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Assel Grant Services

JUNE 24, 2024

Have you ever stopped to consider the reasons why you sign up for webinars, attain or continue to maintain your grant professional certification (GPC), or set out to learn an entirely new skill set (like project management)? BIPOC, consultants, faith-based organizations) where you can ask questions and get to know fellow grant professionals.

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 15, 2024

Have you ever stopped to consider the reasons why you sign up for webinars, attain or continue to maintain your grant professional certification (GPC), or set out to learn an entirely new skill set (like project management)? BIPOC, consultants, faith-based organizations) where you can ask questions and get to know fellow grant professionals.

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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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Assel Grant Services

APRIL 29, 2024

Certified Grants Management Specialist (CGMS) There are just over 300 CGMS professionals at the end of 2023; only five have also received their GPC, including two AGS staff. million PMP certification holders worldwide through the Professional Management Institute ; only a few also hold their GPC, including one AGS team member.

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Assel Grant Services

JULY 6, 2024

If you are interested in grant services, training, or federal review services, or are interested in our career opportunities, Julie Assel, CGMS, GPC, President/CEO , will be happy to talk with you about this opportunity and provide you with a quote for grant services.

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Assel Grant Services

MARCH 3, 2024

If you are working with a consultant, time spent on project management is billable. All contributors are anonymous; however, much of the content in this blog is paraphrased from their responses. This blog post is aligned with the Grant Professional Certification Institute ’s Competencies and Skills. of all the work I do.”

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Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 11, 2024

I am a grant writer - a consultant”, I replied. 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. Get your GPC.

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Before I began working as a grant consultant, I did not understand all the details and intricacies of grant budgets, including the difference between restricted and unrestricted funds. You can find other blog posts in this series here. GPC first appeared on Assel Grant Services.

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Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

This can include finance staff, grant writers, program staff, consultants, and grant administrators (among others). Subscribe to our blog to follow along! This blog post is aligned with the Grant Professional Certification Institute ’s Competencies and Skills. Grant management is usually associated with federal grant awards.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 30, 2024

In response to recent GPA membership survey results showing that 37% of us are grant consultants, a discussion of business development may be helpful. As consultants, we are, in fact, running a business. Based on my personal coaching experience, this blog post highlights a few benefits of business coaching for grant professionals.

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Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

finance staff, grant writers, program staff, consultants, and grant administrators). If you are interested in learning more about grant management services, Julie Assel, CGMS, GPC, President/CEO , will be happy to talk with you about this opportunity and provide you with a quote for grant services.

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Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

finance staff, grant writers, program staff, consultants, and grant administrators). If you are interested in learning more about grant management services, Julie Assel, CGMS, GPC, President/CEO , will be happy to talk with you about this opportunity and provide you with a quote for grant services.

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Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Author Bio: Michael Weinrauch is a grants specialist operating Marysville Grants Consulting and a member of GPA Chapters in Canada and Kentucky as well as the GPA Ethics Committee. We are dedicated to this noble work, showing up daily to engage, always adjusting to new environments and more complicated realities. Thats my story whats yours?

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Assel Grant Services

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

If you have funding to invest in building your organization’s growth strategy but not the time to dive into research, contact a quality grant consulting firm like AGS with access to available funding data and the dedicated time to find potential matches. Follow along with the small nonprofit blog series by subscribing for updates.

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Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Grant, GPC, has worked as a grant professional since 1998 and is the principal owner of Grant Consulting Services, LLC., Connect with Valerie at [link] GPC Competency: #1 Knowledge of researching, identifying, and matching funding resources to meet specific needs. Question: How do you connect with potential grantmakers?

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 8, 2024

The presentation received acclaim for its potential use across diverse contexts—whether among a team of grant professionals or with solo consultants seeking to explain the grant process to clients. GPC Competencies: #2. You, too, can create your own unique Dynamic Grants Manual. Author Bio: M.

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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 20, 2024

He’s self-taught and had early success in grant writing while working in communications and project consulting. As a GPA Member and Canadian Chapter Board Member, he continues to learn, grow and network as a self-employed grants professional seeking his GPC. GPC Competencies: #1, 8, 9

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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. The GPC remains the only nationally accredited credential for Grant Professionals globally!

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 30, 2024

Author Bio: Katy Shoemaker, GPC is a dynamic grant and fundraising professional with more than 10 years of experience in grant seeking, writing, development, and management, as well as donor cultivation for a variety of nonprofit and government entities across the United States. GPC Competencies: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #8, and #9.

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Assel Grant Services

MARCH 31, 2024

Engaging a consultant, such as the experts at AGS , can be an effective way to jump-start your prospecting efforts. This blog post is aligned with the Grant Professional Certification Institute ’s Competencies and Skills. Another critical factor – a manageable deadline! Prospect research is a skill that takes time to develop.

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Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A day originally started by Danny Blitch, GPC and a peer group of passionate grant professionals working with the Grant Professionals Association , it has become so much more than a day on the calendar (although, it is amazing that it has been accepted as an official “Day of the Year” starting in 2024!).

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 28, 2024

Whether as an employee for an organization tasked with grant seeking, or an independent grant consultant serving multiple organizations, as grant professionals, we support the mission or cause of the organization every time we craft a compelling narrative to convey the need, the population, and the difference the work makes.

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Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 4, 2024

Author Bio: Amanda Acton, GPC (she/her) is a grant professional living in Central Iowa (unceded traditional lands of the Baxoje). After two decades as a staff writer at various nonprofit organizations, Amanda started “Acton Grant Consulting” so she can write about organizations across the country doing great work.

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 1, 2024

Author Bio: Michaela Hayes, MHSA, CFRE, GPC is owner of Hayes Impact Consulting (formerly Hayes Marketing & Communications), based in California, where she has served as principal consultant for close to 30 years. How can grant professionals leverage AI to elevate our profession and have greater impact?

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 10, 2024

At this time, she is transitioning from a grants role in a nonprofit setting to assisting multiple clients as a consultant with Resurgens Impact Consulting. She currently serves as President of the Central Ohio Chapter of GPA and is studying for the GPC Exam.

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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 20, 2024

When I founded my consulting firm nearly five years ago, I marketed myself as a generalist who could partner with any nonprofit, regardless of the mission. GPC Competency: #7 Knowledge of practices and services that raise the level of professionalism of grant developers Social media handle: www.linkedin.com/in/joymmaxwell/

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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 27, 2024

GPC is a certified grant professional and program leader whose grant professional writing and pre-submission mock review skills contributed to over $40 million in federal, state, and foundation grant awards. GPC Competencies #2, #4, #7 and, #9 What QA/QI grant development practices does your organization use? Author Bio: Cheryl A.

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Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 10, 2024

Author Bio: Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC, is the Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting. She is a Grant Professional Certified (GPC) grant professional, a Grant Professionals Association (GPA) Approved Trainer, and serves as GPA President.

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Grants4Good

MAY 3, 2024

If you need a primer on AI, check out my blog on AI and ChatGPT: What is it and how do I use it? Margit Brazda Poirier, GPC, M.S. is Owner and CEO of Grants4Good LLC ®, a grant writing training and consulting company based in New York. Try out these prompts and make up your own. And most importantly, have fun with it!

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Think and Ink Grants

JANUARY 7, 2021

Grants.gov also has a wonderful blog with a lot of video content to help you overcome hurdles. Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC is Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting™. She earned the GPC (Grant Professional Certified) credential from the Grant Professionals Certification Institute in 2020.

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 29, 2024

Whether I was getting new clients from posting my services on the Consultant Directory or posting a job and hiring top talent from the GPA Career Center, my GPA membership assisted me with finding them. I use our free access to GrantStation to forecast new funding sources and build my grants calendar. Lesson #2 - Leverage local resources.

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 11, 2024

Author Bio: Cyndi MacKenzie, GPC, owns a consulting business where she has been working with non-profits for over 20 years. If you are curious like me, here are some places to learn more about this ever-changing tool: Generosity AI Workgroup , Fundraising AI Podcast , Fundraising.AI on LinkedIn , Joining an Email List.

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