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2025

January 21, 2025 - United Way Iowa Nonprofit Survey Results

March 11, 2025 - Navigating the Grants World in Uncertain Times

2024

January 16, 2024 - Grants Podcasts

March 26, 2024 - Program Development

May 21, 2024 - 5-Minute Tips

July 16, 2024 (Rescheduled to August 6, 2024) - Storytelling

September 10, 2024 - Annual Meeting + Community Collaboration

November 12, 2024 - Evaluation

2023

November 7, 2023 - AI in the Grants Profession

September 19, 2023 - Annual Meeting

May 16, 2023 - Become a Health Grant Pro

March 28, 2023 - How to Be a Great Grants Manager

January 17, 2023 - Storytelling through Budgets

2022

November 15, 2022 - Food Bank of Iowa

September 20, 2022 - Annual Chapter Meeting

June 28, 2022 - Meeting with Mandela Washington Fellows

May 17, 2022 - Data for Grant Writing

March 29, 2022 - First In-Person Meeting Since COVID!

January 18, 2022 - How to Level Up Your Grant Calendars, Grant Strategy, and Grant Teams (Featuring Diane H. Leonard, GPC, RST)

2021

November 16, 2021 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity (DEI) in Grant Writing (Featuring Dr. Tyane "Ty" Mobley and Dana Wilson)

September 21, 2021 - Annual Chapter Meeting

July 20, 2021 - Facilitated Conversation on Future Chapter Goals

May 18, 2021 - Strategic Planning (Featuring Stacy Fitzsimmons, Founder & CEO, SNF Writing Solutions 

March 23, 2021 - Making your Grant Application More Compelling Using Stories and Arguments (Featuring Linda Wastyn of  Wastyn & Associates, Inc.)

January 2021- Making Friends with Funders: What Grantmakers Want Every Grantseeker to Know Before Submitting a Proposal (featuring Maryn Boess)

2020

November 2020 - Continued Challenges with Covid-19

September 2020 - Annual Meeting

July 2020 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – How it Impacts our Workplace, Community, and Grants

May 2020 - Impact of Covid-19 on Grantmaking

March 2020 - Networking After Covid-19

January 2020 - What to Know about Applying for Continuum of Care (CoC) and Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) Grants

2019

November 2019 - Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI)

September 2019 - Annual Meeting

July 2019 - International Grants

May 2019 - Member Tips, Tricks, and Discussion

March 2019 – Data Analytics

January 2019 – Meet the Funder

2018

November 2018 – “Wherefore ART thou, grant dollars?”

September 2018 – Building a Grant Budget

July 2018 – International Grants

May 2018 – Networking

March 2018 – Round-table discussions

January 2018 – Using data to support grant proposals

2017

April 2017 – Regional Conference – How to Write Winning Grants and Smile While Doing It!

May 2017 – The Future of State and Local Funding

July 2017 – Advanced Excel Training

September 2017 – Writing the Right Grants: Why and How Your Organization Should Create a Proactive Grant Writing Strategy

November 2017 – Panel Discussion: Dissolving the Mystery Behind Getting Your Grant Noticed by the Media