Program Design - Assel Grant Services

03 Jan Seeing Stars: Identifying High-Impact, High-Profit Programs by AGS Staff

Posted at 20:51h in AGS Staff, Competency One, Funding, Program Design, Program Development, Research

As grant professionals, we are all too aware that nonprofit organizations have dual bottom lines: mission and money.

13 Dec Bring Your Logic Model to Life – Julie Alsup, GPC

Posted at 21:27h in Competency Four, Competency Three, Julie Alsup, GPC, Logic Models, Program Design, Program Development, Research, Strategy

Do you consider a logic model an afterthought or simply a required attachment that is done at the end of the proposal process?

03 Dec What’s So Scary About Federal Grants? by Thomas Assel, GPC

Posted at 21:28h in Competency Five, Competency Four, Federal Grants, Organizational Development, Program Design, Thomas Assel, GPC

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, but nothing you haven’t seen ten or a hundred times before. On the more complex end of what we normally experience, you’ve got agencies like the Health Forward Foundation in Kansas City asking for all that plus a logic model and theory of change indicator chart, with a 15-page narrative limit on certain grants. Fifteen single-spaced pages is nothing to sneeze at. Federal grants can have even higher page limits and even more attachments. The SF-424 alone can take more time to fill out than some grants can take to write.

15 Apr Preparing Your District to Become a 21st Century Community Learning Centers Funded Partner by Julie Alsup, GPC

Posted at 21:55h in Childcare, Competency Two, Federal Grants, Julie Alsup, GPC, K-12 Education, Professional Development, Program Design, Research, Youth Development

Is your school district or youth-serving organization looking to launch or expand an afterschool program? If so, the U.S. Department of Education’s 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) grant opportunity may be a fit for you. These grants are federal dollars passed through the states to...

25 Sep Grants Solve Problems by Julie Alsup, GPC

Posted at 21:59h in Competency Three, Inspiration, Julie Alsup, GPC, Program Design

The credentials behind my name state that I am a certified grant writer with the technical knowledge needed to write a strong grant proposal. I love logic models, evidence-based strategies, and rigorous data collection methods. Those things make my job easier. Yet the clients I...

15 Oct Logic Models for Human Service Organizations by Julie Assel, GPC

Posted at 22:05h in Competency Three, Human Services, Julie Assel, GPC, Logic Models, Program Design, Writing

All nonprofit organizations are noticing an increase in requests for logic models, but I believe these requests are more frequent for human service organizations. In addition, I believe human service organizations struggle with developing high-quality logic models more than any other nonprofit sector. A standard logic...

03 Aug Commonly Requested Financial Documents by Julie Assel, GPC

Posted at 22:06h in Budgets, Competency Three, Julie Assel, GPC, News, Organizational Development, Program Design

One of the ways organizations can be more prepared when the “perfect” grant comes along with a very short timeline is to already have a file of standard attachments.

24 Jul Small Classroom Projects by Julie Assel, GPC

Posted at 22:07h in Competency Two, Funding, Julie Assel, GPC, K-12 Education, Program Design, Program Development, Research

I got my start grant writing when I was a music teacher. There were many small fun projects I wanted to do with my students which did not require a lot of money.