Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 2, 2025

The Grant Professionals Certification Institutes (GPCI) scholarship program seeks to assist qualified prospective GPCs with funds needed to sit for the exam. Please see the scholarship page for more information: GPC Scholarships GPCI. Set aside time to read through all the materials and ask questions of GPCI.

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Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Discern what you can from unfunded grant proposals and feedback from grant reviewers or program officers to determine areas of improvement. Take advantage of webinars from GPA and other professional trainers on how to create an effective grant calendar.

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 24, 2025

Typically, grant professionals learn on the job through trial and error, plus there are vast numbers of classes, webinars, and articles to read on writing grants. This is the boat I am in; I wrote grants for a decade before GPCI first offered certifications in 2008 (GPA of Lower Hudson, n.d.), There is no degree in grant writing.

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Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Grant professionals cannot successfully and ethically develop grant proposals and applications without learning “tricks of the trade.” The best way to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for creating competitive proposals is to attend workshops and webinars presented by seasoned professionals.

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 28, 2024

A recent State of the Sector webinar on Advocacy in Nonprofit Organizations in my community led to reflection on how opportunities to be an advocate present themselves in my career as a grant professional. GPCI Competencies : #7, #8, and #9 She is a GPA-approved trainer and registered Scrum Master.

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MARCH 30, 2022

A clear presentation of the facts and the argument in favor of support–and a well-targeted grant proposal that fits with the funder’s area(s) of interest–is often best. If you do like GPA and you join, you should investigate the Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI). Another resource is Candid Learning.

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