Grant Professionals Association

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The Grant Professionals Association, (GPA) in collaboration with the Association of Fundraising Professionals, (AFP) has chosen October to highlight the ethical practices of professionals in the resource development field. Ethical practices in grants and the GPA Code of Ethics have been a cornerstone of GPA since its founding 25 years ago.

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DoJiggy

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Donors trust nonprofits with their personal and financial information, and it is the responsibility of these organizations to protect that trust. Donor data encompasses any personally identifiable information a nonprofit collects from its supporters. However, with this wealth of information comes the responsibility to protect it.

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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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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 8, 2023

By Rasheeda Childress One big risk: feeding private information about donors into A.I. experts advise stripping all identifying information from the samples they provide. If fundraisers want to write a thank-you note using A.I.,

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Grant Ethics: Grant Ethics for Consultants Session 8 of the Ethics Series While all nonprofit professionals have many ethical issues to consider as they conduct pre-award and post-award grant activities, grant consultants have additional areas of which to be mindful because they run their own businesses instead of being an employee of nonprofit.

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Grant Writer Team

MARCH 27, 2025

Governance & Ethics Boards set policies that keep operations ethical, legal, and mission-aligned. The Final Word About Nonprofit Governing Boards A strong governing board is the backbone of any nonprofit, guiding leadership, ensuring financial transparency, managing risks, and upholding ethical governance.

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Candid

OCTOBER 22, 2024

structures to increase information sharing and accountability when donors abuse their power toward staff or volunteers) and unlearnings (i.e., moving from exploitative storytelling to ethical storytelling) so we can all collectively grow.

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Grant Ethics: The Ethics of Program Implementation and Reporting After a Grant is Funded Session 7 of the Ethics Series While ethics must be considered in all stages of the grant lifecycle, the part that most people worry about is program implementation and reporting. points in Category 1.B

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GrantNews

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Focus areas for eligible projects will include the religious, cultural, economic, legal, ethical, moral, and political aspects of the Holocaust; the immediate historical context in which the Holocaust took place; as well as other Holocaust topics. For more information, you can also visit the Gr a ntWatch FAQ page.

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Blackbaud

APRIL 3, 2025

The most common tactics include: Gift Card Scams: These scams typically involve social engineering, whereby a fraudster poses as a senior leader and attempts to trick your team into handing over sensitive information without having to crack your security systems. Require multi-factor authentication on all accounts.

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Clairification

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Today I’d like to consider five specific strategies that will help you ethically take advantage of some of the psychology underlying human behavior. If you’re nervous about this, you can test what you did before against a new strategy informed by science. Ready for 5 science-informed strategies?

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The Fundraising Coach

MARCH 21, 2023

Today’s guest post on ethical nonprofit storytelling is from Caliopy Glaros. Caliopy is the Founder and Principal Consultant at Philanthropy Without Borders, a firm with expertise in ethical storytelling, donor engagement, and strategic planning. This article was originally published on her blog.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

I'm Steve, a data scientist working with the team at TechSoup and I'm starting a biweekly conversation about how we can all use data and information to drive smarter decisions. A Recipe for Information Success. That's why I call myself the Information Chef. The Information Chef Is Here to Help.

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Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

As professionals, we face situations that can potentially compromise our ethics and values, sometimes without even knowing it. Reasons why this is not a best practice are complex, but the GPA Code of Ethics , numbers 17-20, outlines more: 17. Or been told they will not compensate until the grant is awarded? Author Bio: Lisa Mead, M.S.,

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Big Fundraising Ideas

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Ethical Considerations in School FundraisingTransparency, Safety & Legal Compliance What Are the Ethical Considerations in School Fundraising? Ethical considerations in school fundraising ensure that activities are transparent and legally compliant and the well-being of participants is prioritized.

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Grant Professionals Association

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In the wake of the October Ethics Month articles, you are all now experts on the GPA code of ethics! Even with an irrefutable command of grant writing the GPA Code of Ethics , you will encounter situations that give you pause. It’s important to recognize that ethical decisions aren’t always black and white.

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Grant Professionals Association

OCTOBER 9, 2023

I've had many careers over the past 30+ years and in all of them, the companies and professions have defined codes of ethics. But even with these guidelines that all employees had to agree to, I've encountered quite a few situations where I've been asked to do something I thought was questionable from an ethical or moral standpoint.

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Ethics: Grant Ethics Codes of Conduct: What Do They Say and Why Are They Different Session 1 of the Grant Ethics Series Ethics in grants can be a hot-button discussion, but what does it mean to be an ethical grant professional? But ethics are important throughout the full grant lifecycle from research to reporting.

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Grant Ethics: Ethics for Grant Proposal Need Statements Session 4 of the Grant Ethics Series The way grant professionals describe the needs of their community is an important part of persuading reviewers and grant funders to award a grant. But ethics are important throughout the full grant lifecycle from research to reporting.

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Grant Ethics: Organizational Capacity and Readiness Grant Ethics Session 3 of the Grant Ethics Series Issues of ethics abound when grant professionals examine their organization’s readiness to apply for grants. How ethical is it to use a relationship to get a grant from a foundation outside of its primary area?

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Grant Ethics: Creating Ethical Grant Budgets and Sustainability Plans Session 6 of the Ethics Series For many organizations, a federal grant will be a significant expansion to an existing program or the initial funding for a program that does not yet exist. Register for the complete Grant Ethics Series: Register Now

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Grant Ethics: The Ethics of Program Implementation and Reporting After a Grant is Funded Session 7 of the Ethics Series While ethics must be considered in all stages of the grant lifecycle, the part that most people worry about is program implementation and reporting. points in Category 1.B

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Strategic Grants

MARCH 17, 2025

Read more: [link] A delicate balancing act: The ethics of accepting grants from funders with conflicting values While Strategic Grants has several resources available on this topic, hearing it from others’ perspectives helps to reinforce what organisations should be looking for.

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The Fundraising Coach

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Through this process, nonprofits gather an immense amount of data—information about donors’ backgrounds, past giving histories, wealth indicators, philanthropic motivations, and more details that help determine prospects’ likelihood of giving.” What information can you learn through prospect research?

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Grant Ethics: Grant Ethics for Prospect Research and Funder Relationships Session 2 of the Grant Ethics Series Have you ever been uncomfortable applying to a foundation which didn’t seem to really match your organization’s profile? In addition, there are times that others around you have different ethical guidelines than you.

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Ethics: The Ethics of Program Design: Plans and Partners Session 5 of the Ethics Series Creating a high-quality grant proposal can be challenging when organizations may also be designing the program at the same time. But ethics are important throughout the full grant lifecycle from research to reporting.

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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 commitment by an organizations governing body is the crux of fiduciary responsibility. Board members need to be willing to learn.

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GiveSmart

JANUARY 23, 2025

AI Supported Fundraising AI and AI-supported tools offer technology that can have real benefits for nonprofits, but they also carry a lot of ethical considerations. Never feed AI donors personal information, dont take AI output as fact, and recognize that bias in AI output exists.

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Candid

JUNE 8, 2023

Over the past five years of researching and writing about AI adoption for the nonprofit sector, we have argued for nonprofits to use AI ethically and responsibly—which means taking a human-centered, strategic, and reflective approach. A simple query to ChatGPT about its potential dangers generated a half-dozen examples.

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Big Fundraising Ideas

MARCH 18, 2025

This type of information demonstrates credibility. Leveraging Online Platforms and SocialMedia Digital channels are powerful tools for reaching potential sponsors, promoting your fundraiser, and informing the community. Ethical Considerations and Community Responsibility Sponsorships in schools should be pursued thoughtfully.

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Instrumentl

AUGUST 22, 2024

Discover insights from the 2023 Ethical Storytelling Report in this webinar with Carly Euler. Learn how to ethically gather and share sensitive stories, incorporating trauma-informed practices and consent, based on expert feedback and survey results from the nonprofit sector.

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CauseVox

MARCH 28, 2023

And we’ll dig into tools and practices to gather nonprofit stories in a way that is ethical and trauma-informed. Create purpose-driven content that is ethical and trauma-informed. In this training, participants will gain the tools to create content with purpose and intention—that converts.

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Grant Writer Team

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The team at GrantWriterTeam has some valuable information for nonprofits and those who wish to to lead them. Ethical Governance Integrity and transparency are the cornerstones of ethical governance. The ability to articulate compelling proposals does not spring from thin air. Traits of a Great Nonprofit Leader 1.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

AUGUST 23, 2022

For more information about compensation as it relates to GPA Ethics, see the GPA Ethics FAQs. . The organization/client should be adequately compensating you for both your work and a finished product that can often be used for more than just a singular proposal, regardless of whether or not the proposal was funded.

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Strategic Grants

JULY 16, 2024

On occasions donations may be reconsidered after they have been accepted, particularly when a donor’s finances, priorities or behaviour changes, or when due diligence was not undertaken in the first place and new information comes to light. Ethics Check : Verify alignment with your organisation’s mission and values.

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The NonProfit Times

JUNE 4, 2024

According to Margit Brazda Poirier, founder and CEO of Grants4Good , you might not be using AI; most nonprofits aren’t — citing lack of time and concerns about safety, privacy and ethics. And never enter confidential information into a prompt. AI will sift through vast data and generate a list of prospects.

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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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