Courses

17 Jul The Power of the Pen: Social Responsibilities of a Grant Professional

Posted at 09:27h in Competency Four, Competency Seven, Courses, Grant Writing, How-To, Julie Asse, GPC

Proposal narratives must reflect the deep social responsibilities of grant professionals to tell the stories of the target population, not just the story of the organization. Words have power, and grant professionals must use that power carefully and with great sensitivity to the clients who...

23 Jun Federal Grant Registration and Portals

Posted at 13:47h in Competency Four, Courses, Federal Grants, Grant Writing, How-To, Julie Asse, GPC

Diverse funding streams are the key to many organizations’ financial sustainability. The complexity and high accountability of federal funding deters many organizations until they are more advanced along the grant readiness continuum. One of the first steps in being prepared to apply for federal funding...

26 May Needs Assessment & Strategic Planning

Posted at 15:35h in Competency Nine, Competency Two, Grant Writing, Need & Need Statements

Needs assessments conducted broadly in the community and specifically by an organization are valuable tools for all individuals who write grants. They help the writer use facts to describe the challenges experienced by the target population of the grant proposal. In addition, the outcomes of...

08 May Advancing Grant Readiness

Posted at 15:00h in Case Statements, Competency Eight, Competency One, Courses, Grant Readiness, Grant Writing, How-To, Julie Assel, Program Development, Uncategorized

What does it mean to be grant ready? There are so many questions to ask, like does this fit our mission? Are we prepared to implement services that are aligned to the funder’s mission? At what point do you go to the next level? And when you...

22 Apr Logic Models for Program Planning and Evaluation

Posted at 08:55h in Competency Four, Competency Three, Courses, GPC, Julie Assel, Logic Models, Uncategorized

You don’t have to love them, but you do have to respect them because logic models are a dynamic tool for program planning, evaluation planning, monitoring, and coalition building. Many funders require them, and even if they don’t always know what they really want from...

07 Apr Demystifying Grant Budgets

Posted at 01:18h in Budgets, Competency Four, Competency Six, Courses, Uncategorized

Grant budgets seem like they should be so simple, just ask for what you need, right? Instead, they can be very complex with unique terms and phrases all their own. This training will start at the very beginning with basic terms and concepts then move...

07 Apr The Power of Partnerships

Posted at 01:02h in Competency Three, Courses, Partnerships, Relationships, Stakeholders, Uncategorized

Working together with other nonprofits to achieve greater impact (e.g. shared services, mergers, joint programming, etc.) Partnerships and collaboration are strategic alliances between nonprofits that are intended to achieve greater impact than any organization could generate on its own. In this training, presenters Julie Alsup,...

06 Apr Pursuing Federal Grants

Posted at 19:54h in Federal Grants, Grant Writing, How-To, Uncategorized

You too can understand and apply for federal grants! Applying for federal grants can - to put it mildly - be daunting. In this training, presenter Julie Assel, GPC makes it easier by guiding participants through the major components, the key similarities and differences between foundation and federal...

06 Apr Creating an Effective Budget Narrative

Posted at 16:17h in Budget Narratives, Budgets, Grant Writing, Grants 101, How-To, Uncategorized

A budget is a key element of most grant proposals and serves as a blueprint for spending the project’s funds. An effective proposal budget outlines the proposed project in fiscal terms and helps reviewers to determine how the project will be conducted. The decisions made...

06 Apr The Role of Grant Writing in Capital Campaigns

Posted at 16:05h in Competency Five, Competency Four, Competency One, Competency Six, Competency Three, Competency Two, Courses, Grant Writing

Grant proposals are an important part of the quiet phase of capital campaigns, but if you aren’t experienced in writing for a capital campaign, there are a lot of questions you may want to ask an experienced grant professional: How do you decide which funders...