Grant Professionals Impact Survey – Your Opinion Matters!

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Grant Professionals Impact Survey – Your Opinion Matters!

The Grant Professionals Foundation invites you to… Click Here! Take our Questionnaire!

Your feedback is important to us, and the Grant Professionals Impact Survey is intended to help us measure the vital impact grant professionals make each year. The survey will collect 2014 fiscal year data to compare against our previous surveys. Your comments will help us to better understand the grant profession and share the results of our work.

We understand how important your time is – by completing the survey you can choose to enter our drawing for a $100 Visa gift card! Your Opinion Matters.  Thank you! 

■ Take our Survey!  ■ Support the Grant Profession! ■ Tell us Your Opinion! ■ Share your Impact!

Follow the link here:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2015CommunityImpact

2014 GPF Annual Report

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The GPF board of directors are pleased to announce that the GPF 2014 Annual Report is available here for your review: 2014 Annual Report

The GPF supports the education that provides knowledge to grant professionals, the advocacy that gives them greater access to funding, and the credentialing that establishes and promotes excellence in the grants field. The Annual Report highlights how GPF helped GPA members and other grant professionals as we worked together to enhance chapter development, provide scholarships so our colleagues can learn and grow, maintain sound financial controls, and increase marketing and outreach.

Questions?  Contact us: info@grantprofessionalsfoundation.org

Donate Silent Auction Items

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Use our Online Form to Donate Silent Auction Items!

The GPF’s mission is to support professional development offered by the GPA. Our annual Silent Auction raises money that makes a difference for grant professionals nationwide. Last year, lucky auction winners went home with four complimentary One-Day Disney Park Hopper passes, a luxury spa basket, high quality jewelry, free registration to the 2015 conference, and more!

In 2015, the Silent Auction take place November 11-14 at the GPA’s Annual Conference in St. Louis. We’re busy collecting items for this year’s auction and hope you’ll consider donating. We’re looking for items with a value of $100 or more that are easy to pack or ship back home. Please visit http://bit.ly/GPFSilentAuctionForm2015 to tell us about your donation today!

 

2015 GPA Conference Scholarship Applications – Open!

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The Grant Professionals Foundation recently opened the online scholarship application for 2015!

This is your opportunity to apply for a scholarship to attend the 2015 Grant Professionals Association’s Annual Conference to be held in St. Louis, MO October November 11-14, 2015.

New for 2015!  GPF is using a single application for all the conference scholarships this year. The scholarship review committee with work with applicants and donors/chapters to ensure the best fit for each applicant and the scholarships available.

Scholarships cover the registration costs: Early-Bird Registration Rates (ends 07/31/15) are $549 for GPA Members; $783 for Non-members; or $449 for Students. Other costs are covered depending on the scholarship.

The Grant Professionals Foundation offers several types of scholarships.

  • Unrestricted scholarships from the Foundation for which you are not required to be a member of the Grant Professionals Association
  • Scholarships offered by GPA Chapters which are restricted to their Chapter members
  • Chuck Howard Legacy Scholarship provides registration and lodging for applicants to attend their first GPA conference
  • Susan Kemp GPA Conference Scholarship provides registration and lodging for applicants new to the grant field
  • Pam Van Pelt Memorial Scholarship sponsored by the Nevada Chapter for their Chapter members

Apply online today!

Questions? Contact us at info@grantprofessionalsfoundation.org

Meet Us in St. Louis – 2015 Silent Auction

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Advancing the careers of grant professionals is our passion. But we need your support!

The GPF’s mission is to support professional development offered by the GPA. Our annual Silent Auction raises money that makes a difference for grant professionals nationwide. In 2015, this outstanding fundraising event will take place November 11-14 at the GPA’s Annual Conference in St. Louis. The auction is full of fantastic gifts donated by generous GPA chapters, dedicated GPA members, and friends of GPF.

Last year, lucky auction winners went home with four complimentary One-Day Disney Park Hopper passes, a luxury spa basket, high quality jewelry, free registration to the 2015 conference, and more!

We’re busy collecting items for this year’s auction and hope you’ll consider donating. We’re looking for items with a value of $100 or more that are easy to pack or ship back home.

When you donate or bid on an item, you support funds that keep the members of your profession in the know through scholarships for GPA national and chapter members, conference registrations, and GPC exams. Remember, your donation is tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

Keep watching GPF e-news for details on how to donate, items to bid on, and more!  You can email us at info@grantprofessionalsfoundation.org!

GPF Awards Open Member Scholarships

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The GPF announced four open membership scholarships for 2015. We send a hearty congratulations to:

  • Nancy Battersby, St. Louis Chapter (Leadership Member Scholar)
  • Pon Angara, Chicago Area Chapter (Leadership Member Scholar)
  • Samantha Lee of Louisiana (New Member Scholar)
  • Dr. Janell Harvey, South Shore Indiana Chapter (Renewing Member Scholar)

GPF’s Open Membership Scholarship Program will accept membership scholarship applications via the online portal through-out the year and award decisions will be made by the GPF Board during regularly scheduled meetings. The scholarship application cut-off dates are as follows:

  • October – March; application period ends March 31st
  • April – September; application period ends September 30th

The membership scholarship applications are accepted until midnight (CDT) of the application period end date.

Apply today!

GPF Awards Regional Conference Sponsorships

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GPF announced the winners of the first-ever regional conference sponsorships. These sponsorships will help chapters implement high quality professional development opportunities in their communities and reach more grant professionals.

The 2015 Regional Conference Sponsorship recipients are:

  • Western Pennsylvania Regional Conference
  • Utah Regional Conference
  • Central Virginia/Blue Ridge Regional Conference
  • Southern Regional Grant Conference/Georgia
  • South Florida Regional Conference

Congratulations!  For more information, contact us at info@grantprofessionalsfoudnation.org

I Heart Grant Professionals

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GPF I Heart Grant Professionals

 

 

 

 

There are lots of ways to give well and there are even more ways to show your love. Our I Heart Grant Professionals campaign is the best way to show how much. Make an online donation to show your support of your favorite grant professional, several or all grant professionals. You can do good deeds, change the world one grant at a time, be passionate about your profession, and celebrate your colleagues.

Give today by Giving Well.