Funder Relations

27 Oct Ethics: The Ethics of Program Implementation and Reporting

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Ethics: The Ethics of Program Implementation and Reporting Session 7 of the Ethics Series While ethics must be considered in all stages of the grant lifecycle, the part that most people worry about is program implementation and reporting. Here grant professionals worry about wearing orange jumpsuits because...

20 Oct Ethics: Creating Ethical Grant Budgets and Sustainability Plans

Posted at 23:14h in Budgets, Competency Four, Competency Six, Courses, Ethics, Ethics, GPCI Competencies, Grant Training Series, Grant Writing, How-To, Julie Assel, Julie Assel, GPC, Professional Development, Sustainability, Uncategorized

Ethics: Creating Ethical Grant Budgets and Sustainability Plans Session 6 of the Ethics Series For many organizations, a federal grant will be a significant expansion to an existing program or the initial funding for a program that does not yet exist. This can make the creation of...

19 Oct Ethics: The Ethics of Program Design: Plans and Partners

Posted at 23:09h in Competency Six, Competency Three, Courses, Ethics, Ethics, GPCI Competencies, Grant Training Series, Grant Writing, How-To, Julie Assel, Julie Assel, GPC, Partnerships, Professional Development, Program Design, Program Development, Uncategorized

Ethics: The Ethics of Program Design: Plans and Partners Session 5 of the Ethics Series Creating a high-quality grant proposal can be challenging when organizations may also be designing the program at the same time. Alignment to the mission of the organization and its strategic plan versus...

14 Oct Ethics: Ethics for Grant Proposal Need Statements

Posted at 22:58h in Competency Four, Competency Six, Competency Three, Courses, Ethics, Ethics, GPCI Competencies, Grant Training Series, Grant Writing, How-To, Julie Assel, Julie Assel, GPC, Need & Need Statements, Professional Development, Uncategorized

Ethics: Ethics for Grant Proposal Need Statements Session 4 of the Ethics Series The way grant professionals describe the needs of their community is an important part of persuading reviewers and grant funders to award a grant. Which need is greatest and most aligned to the funders’...

13 Oct Ethics: Organizational Capacity and Readiness Grant Ethics

Posted at 22:57h in Competency Six, Competency Two, Courses, Ethics, Ethics, GPCI Competencies, Grant Readiness, Grant Training Series, Grant Writing, How-To, Julie Assel, Julie Assel, GPC, Professional Development, Uncategorized

Ethics: Organizational Capacity and Readiness Grant Ethics Session 3 of the Ethics Series Issues of ethics abound when grant professionals examine their organization's readiness to apply for grants. Is the grant aligned to the organization's strategic plan or is the organization chasing money and causing mission creep?...

12 Oct Ethics: Grant Ethics for Prospect Research and Funder Relationships

Posted at 10:24h in Competency Three, Courses, Ethics, Ethics, GPCI Competencies, Grant Readiness, Grant Training Series, Grant Writing, How-To, Julie Assel, Julie Assel, GPC, Professional Development, Uncategorized

Ethics: Grant Ethics for Prospect Research and Funder Relationships Session 2 of the Ethics Series Have you ever been uncomfortable applying to a foundation which didn’t seem to really match your organization’s profile? Many nonprofit professionals are pressured into writing to foundations who don’t match their giving...

12 Oct Ethics: Grant Ethics Codes of Conduct

Posted at 10:20h in Competency Three, Courses, Ethics, Ethics, GPCI Competencies, Grant Readiness, Grant Training Series, Grant Writing, How-To, Julie Assel, Julie Assel, GPC, Professional Development, Uncategorized

Ethics: Grant Ethics Codes of Conduct: What Do They Say and Why are They Different Session 1 of the Ethics Series Ethics in grants can be a hot-button discussion, but what does it mean to be an ethical grant professional? In this first session on grant ethics,...

11 Oct Grant Management: Monitoring and Subrecipients

Posted at 10:39h in Competency Three, Courses, Ethics, Ethics, GPCI Competencies, Grant MGMT, Grant Readiness, Grant Training Series, Grant Writing, How-To, Julie Assel, Julie Assel, GPC, Professional Development, Uncategorized

Grant Management: Monitoring and Subrecipients Session 6 of the Grant Management Series Grant recipients have an ethical and legal responsibility to monitor their own compliance and programmatic performance as well as the compliance and performance of any subrecipients included in the project. In the Monitoring and Subrecipients...

18 Nov Ethics: Grant Ethics for Consultants

Posted at 13:00h in Budgets, Competency Five, Competency Six, Consulting, Courses, Ethics, Ethics, GPCI Competencies, Grant Training Series, Grant Writing, How-To, Julie Assel, Julie Assel, GPC, Program Implementation, Reporting, Sustainability, Uncategorized

Ethics: Grant Ethics for Consultants Session 8 of the Ethics Series While all nonprofit professionals have many ethical issues to consider as they conduct pre-award and post-award grant activities, grant consultants have additional areas of which to be mindful because they run their own businesses instead of...

18 Nov Grants 101 – Basic Grant Management

Posted at 12:55h in Budgets, Competency Five, Competency Three, Courses, Ethics, GPCI Competencies, Grant Management, Grant Readiness, Grant Training Series, Grant Writing, Grants 101, How-To, Julie Assel, Julie Assel, GPC, Uncategorized

Grants 101 - Basic Grant Management Session 11 of the Grants 101 Series Grant management is a continuum directly related to grant readiness. It points to an organization’s ability to follow through on what it said it would do and follow established best practices for financial, data,...