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Advocating for Real Costs and Organizational Expenses by Megan Campbell, MPA, GPC

Assel Grant Services

It’s alarming how much we lie on our org budgets and shortchange ourselves…. Stop thinking a shoe-string budget is some mark of resourcefulness and efficiency. Don’t set a budgeting precedent that leaves your staff overworked and underpaid. Identify factors that limit how budgets are written (e.g.,

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Applying Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement (QA/QI) in Grant Management Strategies

Grant Professionals Association

Proposal team development process — identifying and pulling together a team that includes appropriate skills, experience, and expertise: Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) for content, writing and proofreading/editing, budget development, and graphics. Repository/library of supportive resources and tools — include standardized narratives (e.g.,

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Collaboration—Love it or Hate it?

Grant Professionals Association

When I’m trying to balance a Logic Model, Work Plan, twelve attachments, budget narrative, project abstract, and a thirty-page narrative, the last thing I need are twenty-minute debates about “how come they are getting more than we are?” Charlie is a Mentor with GPA and is a member of the Appalachian Chapter.