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More Than Fiduciary Oversight – How Board Members Can Support the Grant Writing Team by Megan Campbell, MPA, GPC

Assel Grant Services

DECEMBER 8, 2024

According to BoardSource , the board [of directors] is responsible for ensuring that the organization is appropriately stewarding the resources entrusted to it and following all legal and ethical standards. This blog post is aligned with the Grant Professional Certification Institute s Competencies and Skills.

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How to use AI in Grant Writing

Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 8, 2025

AI can automate labor-intensive tasks and improve the quality of grant proposals, but ethical considerations are critical to maintaining trust and credibility in highly regulated sectors. However, organizations in regulated industries must tread carefully, ensuring AI use adheres to strict ethical and legal standards.

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

Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 24, 2025

However, designation certifications go further in requiring ongoing continuing education and adherence to a professional code of ethics. Eleven percent of survey respondents reported being new to the field or GPA as the reason for not earning their GPC, while 7% were unaware of it and 11% lacked the time. Who Is Certified?

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Building World-Class Grant Teams: The GPC Advantage for Employers

Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Grant Professional Certified (GPC) credential is based on competencies and skills that directly reflect the real-world requirements of grant writing and management. The GPC credential signals precisely the expertise and ethical rigor employees need when managing grant funding.

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Getting Curious About Ethics By: Kellie Brungard, GPC

Assel Grant Services

JULY 14, 2024

Ethics are moral principles that govern an individual’s or group’s behavior or activities. Within the grant profession, the Grant Professionals Association (GPA) has defined a clear code of ethics for members to abide by and establish boundaries within practice that uphold the integrity of the industry.

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How the GPA Code of Ethics Gave Me the Confidence to Specialize as a New Grant Consultant

Grant Professionals Association

DECEMBER 5, 2023

And equally important, will it make abiding by the GPA Code of Ethics more challenging? Having been on the nonprofit employee “side” for the past 15 years, I knew I needed to dive deeper into the Code of Ethics from a consulting perspective. This is the ethical question I imagined would arise most often if I decided to specialize.

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Grant Stewardship: Beyond “Thank You” by Megan Campbell, MPA, GPC

Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 11, 2024

There is growing consensus that the expectation of “gratitude” in the form of thank-you notes actually perpetuates an imbalance of power between nonprofits and funders and negatively impacts the great work you could be doing together ( NonprofitAF Blog, 2023 ). Others find handwritten thank-you notes to be a disappearing art form.

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Partners, Proposals and AI, Oh My!: Optimizing Collaborations in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

To use AI effectively, a proposal team must set ground rules for ethical deployment and ensure that AI serves as a tool, not a team member. GPC Competencies: #3 and #4 Moreover, the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) now introduces extra layers of difficulty to such collaborations — along with some exciting opportunities.

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Certifications for the Grant Professional By: Kellie Brungard, GPC

Assel Grant Services

APRIL 29, 2024

Certifications help uplift the profession by establishing a level of knowledge and ethical practices and acknowledging experience and expertise within an industry. 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.

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More Than a “Hallmark Holiday”: What International Grant Professionals Day (IGPD) Means to Me

Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

We are committed to a code of ethics, and there is a culture of learning as we grow and improve in our craft. 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. P is for being problem-solvers.

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Taking the Fear out of Grant Management: Conflict of Interest By: Kellie Brungard, GPC

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Subscribe to our blog to follow along! Best practices in ethical grantsmanship indicate all nonprofits should adopt a COI/FCOI policy and procedures for ethical and compliant grant management. This blog post is aligned with the Grant Professional Certification Institute ’s Competencies and Skills.

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Call out or call in?

Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 5, 2024

As grant professionals, we are stewards of the GPA Code of Ethics for our organizations and/or clients. Often, however, we find ourselves navigating tenuous ethical conflict when leaders and/or members of our teams propose organizational strategies or actions that would violate the Code of Ethics. response that I would like.

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You CAN Evaluate Your Program! How to Gather Data through Observation By: Michelle Dykes-Anderson, Ed. D, GPC, CFRE

Assel Grant Services

JUNE 16, 2024

However, this can lead to ethical considerations like a need for informed consent and invasion of privacy. GPCI Competencies AGS blogs, funding alerts, and trainings are aligned with the Grant Professional Certification Institute ’s Competencies and Skills. D, GPC, CFRE first appeared on Assel Grant Services.

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What’s on Your Professional Development Bucket List?

Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Do you have the goal of obtaining your GPC TM soon? Grant professionals cannot successfully and ethically develop grant proposals and applications without learning “tricks of the trade.” Scholarships are also available for current GPCs renewing their credentials through the Certification Maintenance Program (CMP Renewal).

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Neurodiversity for Grant Professionals By: Kellie Brungard, GPC

Assel Grant Services

MAY 25, 2024

Neurodiversity in the workplace: Why it matters This blog post is aligned with the Grant Professional Certification Institute ’s Competencies and Skills. Competency #7: Knowledge of nationally recognized standards of ethical practice by grant developers Skill 7.3:

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AGS’ Guide to GrantSummit: Kansas City by Kellie Brungard, GPC

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. In your downtime, peruse the Grant Professional Foundation’s Silent Auction. Get your bids in by 4:15 p.m. on Friday, November 3 rd !

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With great power comes great responsibility

Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 11, 2024

Over the past year, I have been asked to present on the Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) more than any other topic. The biggest takeaways I have isthat the prompt you use matters considerably, that the ethics of AI rest on the user, and that many share myconcern about the responsible use of AI.

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Competition and Training: Not just skills for the court By: Kellie Brungard, GPC

Assel Grant Services

MARCH 31, 2024

In addition, the team should understand the legal and ethical requirements for managing grants, which can vary based on the source and scope of funding. This blog post is aligned with the Grant Professional Certification Institute ’s Competencies and Skills. Study the Competition (Prospect Research) Next step…study the competition.

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Practical Ways to Use AI in 2024

Grants4Good

MAY 3, 2024

As a nonprofit leader, you might not be using AI; most nonprofits aren’t — citing lack of time and concerns about safety, privacy and ethics. 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. Try out these prompts and make up your own.

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AI Will Not Take Your Job, But Someone Using AI Might

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 1, 2024

Ask yourself, “Is it accurate, current, inclusive, unbiased, ethical? 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. Critically review and challenge AI’s output.

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Refer: It’s What the Pros Do!

Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 20, 2024

Adhering to and promoting GPA’s Code of Ethics was a step toward elevating the profession and decreasing the frequency of those horror stories. 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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Practical Ways to Use AI in 2024

Grant Professionals Association

JANUARY 3, 2024

In my work with nonprofit organizations, I’ve found that while few are using AI, many are not -- citing lack of time and concerns about safety, privacy and ethics. Author Bio: Margit Brazda Poirier, GPC, M.S. Fast forward three decades, and a similar sense of curiosity and caution surrounds artificial intelligence or AI.

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3 Lessons Every Grant Professional Should Learn from their GPA Membership

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 29, 2024

Arguably one of the best professional development opportunities in philanthropy, for 4,500+ members, we’ve witnessed 26 years of innovative grant resources from GPA making it THE place for ethical standards in grantsmanship. I use our free access to GrantStation to forecast new funding sources and build my grants calendar.

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Join GPA? Yes, really!

Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

As a new grant professional, I rely upon the Code of Ethics to help me explain to leaders of non-profit organizations how to work with a contract grant professional. The Code of Ethics gives me the parameters to clearly explain what a grant professional can accomplish for their organization.

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Data + Stories = Funded Grants

Grant Professionals Association

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Remember to protect and ensure the individual’s story and privacy while maintaining accuracy, cultural sensitivity, and ethical guidelines. Data is powerful, but stories bring an emotional connection and humanize the numbers. Stories are often better at changing hearts, as well as a funding decision!

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AI and the Grant Professional: a Divine Tool or Pit of Iniquity?

Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Sessions included both practical how-to demonstrations of emerging tools and thoughtful debate on the theoretical and ethical implications of the oncoming digital apocalypse…oops…sorry…I mean, the brave new world of AI and how it will make our lives better. Inaccuracies and Plagiarism I was recently playing with Canva’s AI image creator.

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Transparency Is The Bedrock Of Ethics In Grants Administration

Grant Professionals Association

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Transparency is the bedrock of ethics. Transparency is essential to an ethical climate in organizations and should be evident in communications, practices, policies, meetings, and other interactions. He serves on the GPA Ethic committee. link] Survey Results: transparency and accountability key to ethical behavior.

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Unleashing the Power of AI in Grant Writing and Reporting for Hard-to-Reach Populations

Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 5, 2023

GPA Disclaimer: GPA is currently working to develop a policy statement that aligns with our Code of Ethics as we recognize there are both ethical and unethical uses of AI. www.ascendnbs.com GPC Competency: Competency #3: Knowledge of effective program and project design and development strategies.

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Did You Know: How to Find the Right Grant Opportunities for Your Organization by Roxanne Jensen, Ed.S., GPC

Assel Grant Services

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

You can find other blog posts in this series here. 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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