In a previous post, Julie Alsup, GPC looked at competency 2.2 through a budget lens. For this post, I’ll look at an agency’s readiness to seek project funding through an evaluation lens. Evaluation is crucial to project sustainability, a key factor in grant requests. Carefully...
My wife, Julie Assel, likes writing federal grants. I’ve been told that’s odd, and I guess I can understand why. Consider your average small-to-medium foundation grant. It might be a 2-3-page letter with an attached organizational budget, maybe your 501c3 letter and a board roster,...
The GPC exam. Is it really that scary? I mean, what’s there to fear? Sure, it costs about $500, and you might fail, which would be a hit to the wallet as well as the ego. And all that time you spent preparing will have...
Life can be full of twists and turns. At the tender age of 17, I made my plan. I would finish high school (check!). I would do a year of community college to get a feel for college life and get some basics out of...