Grant Readiness

11 Aug Grants 201: Creating Effective Budget Narratives

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Grants 201: Creating an Effective Budget Narrative Session 6 of the Grants 201 Series 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...

02 Aug Grants 201: Logic Models for Program Planning

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Grants 201: Logic Models for Program Planning Session 5 of the Grants 201 Series 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...

01 Aug Grants 201: The Power of Partnerships

Posted at 14:42h in Competency Nine, Competency Two, Courses, GPCI Competencies, Grant Readiness, Grant Training Series, Grant Writing, Grants 201, How-To, Julie Alsup, Julie Assel, Julie Assel, GPC, Partnerships, Uncategorized

Grants 201: The Power of Partnerships Session 4 of the Grants 201 Series 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...

27 Jul Grants 201: Needs Assessments & Strategic Plans

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Grants 201: Needs Assessment & Strategic Plans Session 3 of the Grants 201 Series 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...

17 Jul Grants 201: Managing Grant Meetings

Posted at 10:48h in Courses, Grant Management, Grant Readiness, Grant Training Series, Grant Writing, How-To, Julie Assel, GPC

Grants 201: Managing Grant Meetings Session 2 of the Grants 201 Series No one likes to sit through meetings but managing a grant meeting may be the only want to ensure that everyone on a project sees and hears the same thing before a grant is submitted....

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,...

08 Nov Grants 101 – Grant Ethics

Posted at 08:41h in Budgets, Competency Six, Courses, Ethics, GPCI Competencies, Grant Readiness, Grant Training Series, Grant Writing, Grants 101, How-To, Julie Assel, Julie Assel, GPC, Program Design, Program Development, Sustainability, Uncategorized

Grants 101 - Grant Ethics Session 10 of the Grants 101 Series All grant professionals experience ethical moments throughout their career. It is our professional duty to guide the organizations we work for on ethical conduct. This conduct extends beyond whether funding can be spent differently than...

27 Aug Ethics: Creating Ethical Grant Budgets and Sustainability Plans

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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...

10 Jun Ethics: The Ethics of Program Design – Plans and Partners

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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...

13 May Grants 101: Describing the Key Components of Your Program

Posted at 13:03h in Competency Four, Competency Three, Courses, GPCI Competencies, Grant Readiness, Grant Training Series, Grant Writing, Grants 101, How-To, Julie Assel, Julie Assel, GPC, Need & Need Statements, Uncategorized

Grants 101 - Describing the Key Components of Your Program Session 5 of the Grants 101 Series A common mistake of many grant proposals is not providing enough information for the funder to truly understand the program. This session will guide attendees on what key program...