article thumbnail

I Applied for a GPC Exam Scholarship – You Should Too!

Grant Professionals Association

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.

GPC 59
article thumbnail

Stewarding Staff: Better Grants Management Through Internal Stewardship

Grant Professionals Association

The staff are donating their precious time (although its paid work time) to be a part of the grants team. Author Bio : Margaret Currie, GPC, is the Grants Manager for Cuyahoga County Public Library where she manages over 50 grants. GPC Competencies: 2,3,4,5 What are your favorite stewardship moves?

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Did You Know: The Key Differences Between Grants and Donations by Roxanne Jensen, Ed.S., GPC

Assel Grant Services

Too often, there is confusion between grants and donations in nonprofit organizations. Additional confusion can be found when major individual donors begin making donations in amounts similar to what an organization can expect to receive as a grant from a foundation. You can find other blog posts in this series here.

GPC 40
article thumbnail

Research Tips: How to Find New Private Funds By Ashley Dooley, GPC

Assel Grant Services

This is also the easiest way to view the names of organizations that the private foundations supported, the amount of the money donated, and the high-level purpose for the donation. All of this information is located in Part XIV of the foundation’s Form 990. Identify methods of locating funding sources Skill 6.4:

GPC 40
article thumbnail

Small Nonprofit Building Blocks Series: Community Relations by Megan Campbell, MPA, GPC

Assel Grant Services

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. Yet the reality is that all charitable organizations depend on public and private support (i.e.,

GPC 45
article thumbnail

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

Assel Grant Services

Large organizations such as hospitals and university systems are seldom scrutinized for these kinds of “operational” expenses, yet small organizations often accept the nonprofit starvation cycle , assuming that items needed for operations should be donated, mismatched, and held together by duct tape.

GPC 40
article thumbnail

What’s on Your Professional Development Bucket List?

Grant Professionals Association

Do you have the goal of obtaining your GPC TM soon? Grant Professionals Certification Exam and CMP Renewal Scholarships (Open April 1 st to 30 th): GPF partners with the Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI) to offer eligible grant professionals assistance with the cost of the GPC TM Credentialing Exam.

GPCI 59