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What Your Grant Professional Really Wants on IGPD By: Shauna O’Toole, MA, CFRE, GPC

Assel Grant Services

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. As a grant professional, I bring some specialized expertise to the strategic planning table.” Of course, we also want the application to be funded.

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5 Strategic Steps To Mastering The Grants Process

The NonProfit Times

By Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC There’s nothing quick about the grants process. Building a connection before applying enhances the appeal of your proposal and reinforces your commitment to shared objectives. #3. The post 5 Strategic Steps To Mastering The Grants Process appeared first on The NonProfit Times.

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Getting Curious About Ethics By: Kellie Brungard, GPC

Assel Grant Services

If the program aligns with the organization’s strategic plan and needs pilot funding or was designed in response to community needs within the scope of the organization, ethics aren’t an issue. The best practice is to reduce risk by accepting a salary or fee for grant writing services that are not included in the proposal budget.

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Sabotage: Obstruction or Treason

Grant Professionals Association

Despite our best efforts and knowledge, sometimes sabotage can sneak in to derail progress on a project or proposal. This changed the language in other sections we had spent the previous week working on to align throughout the proposal. The Oxford Dictionary lists some common synonyms for sabotage as to undermine, cripple or impair.

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Ready for Reset? So Is Your Grant Strategy by Tracey Diefenbach, GPC

Assel Grant Services

My process starts with gathering essential materials including: (1) Agency’s updated strategic plan, (2) Agency’s updated annual budget, and (3) Last year’s grant calendar. From there, the steps I take are: Review agency/client goals and any updated strategic plans. Review current funders. Review denied grants.

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AI Will Not Take Your Job, But Someone Using AI Might

Grant Professionals Association

The Imperative: Listen and Learn As grant professionals, we’re inundated by articles, webinars, and marketing messages about AI’s role in prospect research and analysis, proposal and report writing, and more. This may produce fear of dire outcomes – such as, “there’s no more need for us”. My best advice is: Just jump in!

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Readers Make Better Grant Writers

Grant Professionals Association

strategic plans, annual reports, and case studies). 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? GPC Competency: 9. Besides, we just want our funders to love our work.

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