GWFPP: Ethical Practice in the Grants Profession, Grant Scams, and Writing the Program Plan

CEUs: Prevention, CHES
3 Hours
Domains: PS2- Fiscal Management

Description: Ethics in the grants profession seems fairly simple: be honest, practice with integrity, adhere to laws and regulations, value the freedom and privacy of those you serve, etc. However, as with any profession, there are gray areas in which we must all walk a fine line to determine how to respond in challenging situations. While we all consider how to maintain our own ethical practices, we must also constantly be leery about potential grant scams that are out there in the digital world. This session will help ensure your grant writing maintains the utmost of ethical practices. It will also describe the most common grant scams out there and help you learn how to weed out scammers. As a bonus, you will also learn about how to develop a solid program plan that will appeal to funders and increase your grants competitiveness. It’s a trio of topics!

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe ethical considerations in the grants profession.
2. Explain how to avoid grant scams.
3. Articulate the steps to writing a comprehensive program plan in your grant proposals.

Presenter(s): Deborah Combs, MA
Deborah Combs is an experienced grant researcher and proposal writer whose work has won over $26 million in awards for nonprofit organizations in regions throughout southwest Ohio. In addition to two decades as a grant professional, she has ten years of experience as a composition instructor and English literature lecturer for Dayton-area colleges and universities, and she is also an experienced technical writer. She is a founding member and past president of the Grant Professionals Association’s Miami Valley Chapter (GPA MV) and a Grant Professional Certified (GPC) from 2009-2016. She holds a Master of Arts in English from the University of Dayton with Minors in Communication Arts and Education. She brings her broad base of experience to You Thrive Training & Consulting to produce winning proposals to private, community, and corporate foundations and county, state, and federal funding opportunities.