Central Iowa GPA Chapter Meeting

Our next Central Iowa GPA Chapter meeting is coming up! We will be meeting IN PERSON. Details on the meeting are included below:

Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Time: 8:30-10am

Location: DMACC Urban Campus, Building 7 (Student Life Center), Room 170. The Urban Campus is located at 1170 7^th Street in Des Moines. A map of the campus can be found here: https://www.dmacc.edu/urban/Pages/campusmap.aspx.  I have confirmed that we can park in any of the surrounding parking lots. We will have someone watching for arrivals to ensure you find the right room!

Topic: "How to Be a Great Grant Manager.” Knowing how to effectively and ethically manage the grants your organization receives is an essential part of being a grant professional. We will learn from local grant managers how they ensure grant awards get used and get used correctly, tips and systems for ensuring compliance, and other essentials about grant management. We will also learn from the National Grant Management Association about how you can dive deeper and become a certified grant manager. This meeting will also feature remarks from the newly-formed Iowa Nonprofit Alliance, a membership organization dedicated to advocating for and supporting the nonprofit sector. 

Our topic will touch on the following GPCI Competencies & Skills:

• Competency #5: Knowledge of post-award grant management practices sufficient to inform effective grant design and development
• Competency #6: Knowledge of nationally recognized standards of ethical practice by grant developers

We hope to see you at the meeting! If you know of anyone who is interested in joining or would like to learn more about our organization, we allow guests to attend one meeting for free before joining. Please feel free to share this event with others who might be interested.

For those of you located outside of central Iowa, we are planning for our next Chapter meeting in May to be held via Zoom, and will share more details on that meeting as we have them.