Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 2, 2025

If you havent already, now is the time to evaluate your organizations grant readiness from pre- to post-award, ensuring alignment with funders, competitive proposals, and strong fund stewardship. Start by Asking the Right Questions: What is the current pre-award process? And, you are the vehicle for making this happen.

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Think and Ink Grants

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

In an increasingly competitive landscape, it is essential to present compelling proposals that stand out and resonate with potential funders. Researching their previous projects and funded initiatives can provide invaluable insights and allow you to tailor your proposal to reflect their priorities.

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 6, 2025

But data goes beyond just information about your nonprofits workit also includes insights about your geographical region and the broader issue your program addresses. When grant applications call for evidence that your proposed intervention works, citing scientific articles can strengthen your case.

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Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

As you’re pondering this, think about how many times you’ve needed information: a program timeline, goals, design, learning moments, the list goes on. You can feel good about submitting a clear and well-defined proposal, and the reporting process becomes stronger too. GPC Competency: #2 You can just start writing!

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Grant Professionals Association

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

However, the information provided in the narrative, budget, and attachments didn’t come close to answering the questions posed on the application. Internal reviews offer: Fresh perspectives: Outside eyes catch what we miss When staring at a proposal for hours, days, or weeks, it's easy to miss things.

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Think and Ink Grants

JANUARY 13, 2025

Todays environment demands more than just a well-written proposal. Use this information to craft compelling reports for funders and stakeholders. Richardson, MBA, GPC Shavonn is the Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting. The challenge lies in the evolving funding landscape. About Shavonn V.

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Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 6, 2024

Their findings were published in the Fall 2020 Journal of the Grant Professionals Association, showing a gap in available information as well as initial research indicating more than three in four grant professionals experience physical symptoms, socio-emotional symptoms, or both, of burnout. However, sometimes it is a great fit.

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Assel Grant Services

MARCH 10, 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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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 13, 2024

As grant directors, managers, and writers we need to understand what we are writing about in our proposals, especially if we aren’t involved directly in the project or program development. Are you prepared to remind those who hold the answers – or the planning process - that you both want the same thing – a strong proposal?

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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

JUNE 30, 2024

Did you know that awards issued in response to requests for proposals (RFP) account for less than 1% of total foundation giving? Form 990 tells you whom to contact if they accept unsolicited proposals, what information and materials should be submitted with your proposal, and any restrictions or deadlines.

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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 20, 2024

The letters are most often a two-page “brief” proposal that contains the information that your organization wants to convey to a foundation, while also acknowledging their giving pillars. Are you ready to re-kindle a strategy for “unsolicited proposals? ”. GPC Competencies: #1, 8, 9

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Assel Grant Services

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Define what measurable outcomes or deliverables will be produced, set a reasonable timeline and expectations for response to team communications, and make sure every team member is informed. Identify project management strategies for submitting high-quality and complete proposals on time 6.02.

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Assel Grant Services

MAY 6, 2024

This type of report discovers financial misappropriation, irregularities, and inconsistent financial information. Proposed Uniform Guidance revisions in 2024 include increasing this amount to $1 million. Audits may be required by private foundations when submitting a grant proposal or by banks as a loan requirement.

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Assel Grant Services

MARCH 3, 2024

At the least, we want to sit in on these meetings so we can understand the broader organizational context and frame our grant proposals and reports appropriately within this context. Understanding the Grant Process and What We Need to Succeed: Every grant professional wants to submit a quality proposal or report on time.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 30, 2024

Grant seeking, proposal development, and post-award management can fill some professionals with dread. Seek more information around why an organization is seeking grant funding, ask questions around the project components, and seek clarity around ambiguous information. Funders can sniff out desperation in a proposal.

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Assel Grant Services

APRIL 7, 2024

All the time and effort you put into designing a great project and developing a clear, well-written grant proposal has paid off and you’ve received a notice of award from the funder. Knowledge of post-award grant management practices sufficient to inform effective grant design and development 8.03.

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Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

These indirect costs can be allocated to grant proposals. 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. What are indirect costs?

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Understanding the key differences between the two helps nonprofit professionals make informed decisions on funding strategies. Ask yourself: Can multiple nonprofits potentially access this funding via a formal request for proposal (RFP) process or invitation to apply? GPC first appeared on Assel Grant Services.

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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 7, 2024

But thanks to the IRS we can also find some basic information. If you find a funder’s 990 form, you can scroll down to the Supplementary Information section and find the basics. I can’t find the information I’m looking for anywhere in this new version of the Form 990 or the associated “Schedules” forms. GPC Competency: 1.

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Assel Grant Services

MARCH 31, 2024

We can’t come in on gameday and put together a proposal without any preparation and expect to win big. First, you want to look for open opportunities, commonly referred to as requests for proposals (RFP), notice of funding opportunities (NOFO), grant or funding cycles, or simply funding opportunities.

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Grant Professionals Association

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The university course catalog includes this description of the grant course: Writing Grant Proposals is designed for students who hope to enter professional careers requiring knowledge of grant writing. The final product will be a complete submission-ready grant proposal packet. GPC Competencies: 1, 4, 9

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Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 2, 2022

It's because I believe doing the work of a logic model is the difference between a winning proposal and an unfunded proposal. In this edition, we'll break down the steps to completing a logic model and explain how outcomes and outputs inform logic models. In logic models, each prior step informs the next step.

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Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Learning the difference between goals, outcomes, and outputs is key to writing competitive proposals. Check out additional information about what S.M.A.R.T. Our next article will bridge this information and communicate how goals, outcomes, and outputs inform logic models, so stay tuned. outcomes in our logic models.

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Think and Ink Grants

APRIL 14, 2022

we regret to inform you that your application was not selected for funding." In addition to people moving jobs every few years and it’s good to have a few relationships at any one organization, gaining insight on your proposal from a few different folks works wonders. Now, this part is all we wanted to know, right ?

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 2, 2024

No “filters” or keyword searches; no wading through multi-tab spreadsheets; no advanced software to download reports… What you DO get: An easy-to-read narrative profile (for the geographic zone you indicated) informed by about 18 key demographic indicators. You might be tempted to paste the narrative part into your grant proposal as is!)

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 28, 2024

As we strive to create high-quality, competitive grant proposals for the organizations we serve, grant professionals are engaged in advocacy for their missions and communities with funders. How do you see yourself as an advocate in your work as a grant professional?

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Assel Grant Services

JANUARY 3, 2024

All of this information is used to update 2024 deadlines, review amounts requested and secured, and identify proposed ask amounts. The goal is to understand why the proposal was not funded so that it can be improved to re-apply or moved to a future year’s calendar or perhaps, even eliminated from the calendar all together.

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 19, 2023

Have you ever gotten a call for proposals from a funder that fits your organization’s mission, and you have some ideas, but you don’t know where to start with the actual writing of the proposal? We start with asking three questions that will end up being the foundation for the proposal. Why does this problem exist?

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Think and Ink Grants

JANUARY 2, 2023

As the subject matter experts, your work informs their work. Don't be afraid to share program ideas with a funder to get their feedback before submitting a proposal. Also, don't be afraid to ask questions, especially clarification or context questions from the proposal (read Five Application Questions Funder Ask on Every Application).

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Grants4Good

MAY 3, 2024

And never enter confidential information into a prompt. 3 Write sections of grant proposals While AI cannot even come close to replacing your depth of knowledge and experience, it can help you write sections of grant proposals. #3 Margit Brazda Poirier, GPC, M.S. Try this prompt in Gemini: “Which U.S.

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Grant Professionals Association

DECEMBER 5, 2023

We share information. Require your brain to think, and then put those thinking skills to use by crafting better grant proposals. Question: What book have you read recently that inspired a better grant proposal? Author Bio: Amanda Day, GPC, is the cofounder and cohost of Fundraising HayDay, a podcast about grants and such.

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Think and Ink Grants

MAY 24, 2021

It isn't easy to write a competitive proposal without them. If you need more help to walk through what this could look like for your organization, talk to us or sign up for our newsletter for more information. Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC is Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting™. outcomes win grants.

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Grant Professionals Association

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Put the two together, and you have a recipe for a successful proposal. We know how important data is for evaluation and outcomes in a proposal, but how do you take raw data and put it into a compelling, easy-to-read narrative for funders? The proposal could end up more distracting and confusing than just a narrative.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 3, 2023

While your proposal may not be your baby, it is still important work, and you don’t want to hand it over to someone who will handle it carelessly. If your role involves working with multiple clients or stakeholders from various backgrounds, recognize that your expertise is in crafting an excellent proposal.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 11, 2023

We focus on a specific set of skills, that can be layered with expertise in a subject, and use those skills to fill information gaps. Author Bio: Kellie Brungard, GPC (she/her), is a grant specialist at Assel Grant Services. Here are practical tips that have helped me address imposter syndrome as a grant professional.

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 22, 2023

This includes institutions of higher education, research, and education in most fields of science and engineering, K-12 school systems, businesses, informal science organizations, and other research organizations. Review NSF’s proposal and award policies and procedures guide (PAPPG) for detailed eligibility information.

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