GPCI Competencies - Assel Grant Services

20 Dec How One Kansas School District Won $5 Million in Early Childhood Education Grants by Julie Assel, GPC

Posted at 21:41h in Competency One, Grants in Action, Industry News, Julie Assel, GPC, K-12 Education

School districts across the country welcome students who exhibit a wide range of school readiness when they enter kindergarten. Schools then have four years, kindergarten through third grade, to teach their students to read. By fourth grade, schools use reading as a tool to learn...

25 Aug Case Statement Clean Up, by Julie Assel, GPC

Posted at 21:42h in Case Statements, Competency Four, Julie Assel, GPC, Narrative

I like efficiency and one of the many things I like about case statements is the ability to efficiently use my time to align my high quality case statement language to the mission of funders. But now it is August and I have been using the same base for my program language for eight months. Even if it isn’t getting stale to my funders because they haven’t seen it, it is getting stale to me. So what can I do?

12 Aug Certified Grant Professional, Tracey Diefenbach, Brings More Federal and Youth Development Grant Writing Expertise to Assel Grant Services

Posted at 21:43h in About AGS, Competency Seven, GPC Credential, Press Releases

No other grant services firm in the country has more GPCs on staff. (KANSAS CITY, MO. August 12, 2018) – Assel Grant Services announces Tracey Diefenbach, a Certified Grant Professional (GPC), has joined the firm. She brings expertise in federal and youth development grant writing and will work...

01 Aug Former Music Teacher Helps Other Music Teachers Find and Win Music Education Grants by Julie Assel, GPC

Posted at 21:44h in Arts, Competency One, Funding Opportunities, Industry News, Julie Assel, GPC, K-12 Education

I’ve been there, that place where many music teachers find themselves today with a lot on their plates and few dollars to fund their programs. I have worked in a rural school district where the general music teacher wears every hat, from choir, orchestra, and...

24 May There’s More to Higher Education Grants Than Research Funding by Julie Assel, GPC

Posted at 21:45h in Competency One, Federal Grants, Funding, Higher Education, Julie Assel, GPC, Research

If you work under the assumption that education grants are just for funding university-level research, you’re in for a pleasant surprise, especially if you need funding for other purposes in higher education. A variety of societal benefits stem from students attending higher education institutions, including...

03 Jun Assel Grant Services Is the Only Firm in Nation with Five Certified Grant Professionals on Staff

Posted at 21:48h in About AGS, Competency Seven, GPC Credential, Press Releases

News of our fifth staff member passing the Grant Professionals Certification (GPC) exam was like music to Julie Assel’s ears. Literally. Julie, President and CEO of Assel Grant Services, began her distinguished career as a music teacher in the Kansas City Missouri School District. As...

15 Apr Rising Trend of Outsourcing Grant Writing Requires Our Team to Expand with Two More Grant Writers

Posted at 21:50h in About AGS, Competency One, Press Releases, Strategy

As the trend rises for more and more companies, even in the nonprofit area, to outsource grant writing, Assel Grant Services is responding by expanding their team of grant writers. Early as 2015, we added three new staff members, and in 2017 we’ve brought on board...

21 Mar Six Tips for Cutting Character Counts by AGS Staff

Posted at 21:50h in AGS Staff, Competency Nine, Grant Reporting, Writing

Online grant applications - they’re convenient, easy to use, and eliminate a trip to the post office. But where there are online grant applications, there are likely character count restrictions. Here are some tips and tricks for writing proposals that maximize impact while minimizing character...

16 Feb What Can a Grant Writer Do to Advance Equity? by Julie Alsup, GPC

Posted at 21:51h in Community, Competency Seven, Equity, Julie Alsup, GPC, Professionalism

The funders forum is always the anxiously awaited portion of any grant professionals conference. The Regional Grant Professional Association’s conference I attended was no different. Wisely slated for the final hour of the Friday conference, the room was packed. Young professionals and advanced practitioners alike...

03 Jan Assel Grant Services Welcomes Its Fourth Certified Grant Professional to the Grant Writing Team

Posted at 21:52h in About AGS, Competency Seven, Press Releases

Assel Grant Services is growing, adding three new team members to our staff for a total of seven, to meet increasing demand for grant writing services. Our firm is quickly becoming one of the area’s leading teams of grant consultants as the trend of outsourcing...