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Wrapping up 2024

Grant Professionals Association

Consider the following: How many grants and LOIs did you submit? Author Bio: Jillain Veil-Ehnert, EdD, GPC, is the Director of Foundation Relations & Research Grants at Concordia College, Moorhead, MN. Contact her at ehnert@cord.edu or via linked in [link] GPC Competencies: 1 & 2 New funders & results?

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LOI’s Sorting out the Confusion and Purpose

Grant Professionals Association

Why then has the industry let “LOI” remain in use? Do you even know what LOI is short for? Confusion exists because LOI has three commonly referenced meanings. Let’s sort this out, LOI can be a Letter of Inquiry, a Letter of Introduction, or a Letter of Intent. Crafting the LOI is a great skill to master.

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Undergraduate Education: Teaching the Next Generation of Grant Pros

Grant Professionals Association

Other assignments include a research-paper (where we focus on evidence-based program design), a midterm LOI written to a specific funder, a site visit presentation, and the final full proposal. GPC Competencies: 1, 4, 9 I have been teaching this class for 8 years and am thrilled by the number of graduates who are now colleagues.

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The Power of Connection: Transforming Philanthropy Through Relationships

Grant Professionals Association

So much of grant professionals’ time is spent navigating unwritten rules of engagement - does this organization accept an LOI or do we have to be invited? Connect with her at [link] GPC Competency: #8: Knowledge of methods and strategies that cultivate and maintain relationships between fund-seeking and recipient organizations and funders.

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