Grant Professionals of Lower Hudson
Our regularly scheduled Grant Connections conference calls, held on the first Wednesday of every other month, are generally open to GPLH members only. However, our August call will be open to all grant professionals!
The call will follow our usual format. There’s no planned speaker. It’s an open-forum discussion led by the GPLH members who have phoned in. One of our two Co-Presidents will moderate.
It's a great networking opportunity and a chance to:
It's always an informal, 30 minute conference call. Call from your home, car or office. Stay on as long as you like: for 5 minutes or for the entire half hour. Just bring your questions or industry news and a cup of coffee.
Join us in August! No need to RSVP. Just dial in:
Date: Wednesday, August 7
Time: 8:30 am
Dial-In Number: 515-739-1403
Access Code: 621-539
Questions? Contact us at info.GPLH@gmail.com
We recently distributed a survey to GPLH members, seeking feedback about how we’re doing, and asking members what they need and want. In addition to receiving excellent ideas for future program topics, we learned a lot about who GPLH members are, and why they value our organization.
We learned that our members:
Would recommend GPLH to a friend or colleague: 100% of respondents agreed they would recommend that their friends and colleagues join GPLH.
Have many years of experience: 57% of respondents have been writing grants for 11 years or more. Another 13% have 5-10 years experience.
Have many other skills and are rich in experience: Many respondents are doing more than just grant writing. They are involved in a wide range of fundraising and related tasks, including Grants Management (71%), Special Events (32%), Marketing/Communications (32%), Individual Giving (21%) and Major Gifts (14%).
Participate in other professional organizations: We asked whether our members are involved with other professional groups for grant writers or fundraisers, and many are: 63% belong to the Association of Development Officers, 47% are Association of Fundraising Professionals members, and 31% belong to the Grant Professionals Association.
Respondents also shared specific comments explaining why GPLH membership is valuable:
A big congratulations to the recently announced 2019 IMPACT100 WESTCHESTER winners, many of whom were assisted by GPLH members!
We are delighted to report that Gilda's Club Westchester was one of the three $100,000 transformational project grant winners, for their proposal in support of a Teen Cancer Center. Gilda's Club Westchester is a client of Howie Marketing & Consulting, the firm owned and operated by Lydia Howie, GPLH founder and current Co-President.
The other two Transformational Project Grant Winners ($100,000 each) were:
Three Core Mission Grants ($12,333 each) were awarded to:
Also: A $15,000 Focus Area Grant, given for the first time this year, was awarded to Prison Communities International: Rehabilitation Through The Arts
A HUGE congrats to all the nonprofit winners, and the amazing GPLH members who helped make it happen! And thank you to IMPACT100 WESTCHESTER for being such a wonderful supporter of these important programs helping residents of Westchester County.
GPLH is happy to announce that two of our member organizations - Westchester Jewish Community Services and Howie Marketing & Consulting - have submitted 4 of the 6 grant proposals chosen as finalists in the Impact100 Westchester competition.
The six finalists vying for three $100,000 awards are:
Submitted by WJCS:
Submitted by Howie Marketing and Consulting:
Other Finalists:
The three runners-up will receive unrestricted Core Mission Grants of $12,333 each.
Best of luck to all the finalists, and special congratulations to GPLH members Westchester Jewish Community Services and Howie Marketing & Consulting!
We hope to see you at the Not-For-Profit Leadership Summit XVII on Monday, May 6, 2019 at the Doubletree Hotel in Tarrytown.
Presented by United Way of Westchester and Putnam and The Business Council of Westchester, this annual conference is dedicated to building professional and volunteer excellence in the purpose-driven organizations of Westchester and Putnam. It's a full day of informative workshops. Some will be eligible for continuing ed credits for Social Workers, CPAs, and Certified Fund Raising Executives.
Click here for details and to register.
GPLH will have a table at the Summit.
Be sure to stop by to say hello!
Also: Bring along friends or colleagues who are not yet GPLH members. For that day only, we’ll be offering a Membership Special for $50 which will include full membership benefits through this calendar year, expiring Dec. 31, 2019.
Through our Member Referral program, if you refer a new member who joins that day, you’ll receive a $10 gift card as our thank you.
In honor of International Grants Professionals Day (March 8, 2019) GPLH invited members to share their unique grant writing stories for a chance to win a free GPLH membership. Members were asked to tell us about a heartwarming grant story, or a success they were most proud of.
All of our members do great things, so choosing a winner was hard! Nevertheless, we are happy to share the winning entry from Maria Smith Dautruche:
As the Grants Officer at Sports and Arts in Schools Foundation (now New York Edge), I wrote 21st Century Community Learning Center grants to support out-of-school time funding in NYC public schools. Many were funded and renewed. What I didn't expect was the opportunity to make history - collaborating in writing the winning proposal for the first 21st CCLC grant to service a NYCHA residence.
Still, my greatest source of pride was winning grant funds to support much-needed out-of-school time funding for programs in my hometown of Mount Vernon, NY, renewable for up to 5 years - expanding the organization's service area and serving families I knew personally. To this day, seeing children on Gramatan Avenue or Lincoln Avenue wearing SASF t-shirts and knapsacks brings me such tremendous joy! We win grants that can really change the course of people's lives. I hope we find great fulfillment, motivation, and pride in that possibility and potential.
Congratulations to Maria on receiving her free GPLH membership! And congratulations to all of our members for the fantastic work they do every day!
GPLH had a strong presence at the Association of Development Officers’ 2019 Philanthropy Awards Breakfast, which was held on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at Abigail Kirsch at Tappan Hill. As always, it was a wonderful event, and a terrific opportunity to interact with fellow fundraising professionals and pay tribute to those honored for their outstanding achievements.
We are happy to share a couple of photos from the event:
(L - R) GPLH members Terri Eberle Katz, Lisa Kaurich, Nancy Keane, Stephanie Russo, Adie Shore, Tia Levinson, Lisa Keogh, Joanne Stewart and Laura Silberstein.
(L - R) Lisa Keogh, GPLH Co-President and Nancy Keane, Vice President, present Joanne Stewart with a gift to acknowledge her exemplary service as GPLH president from 2017-2019.
Grant Professionals of Lower Hudson has partnered with the Grant Professionals Association (GPA) to celebrate the fifth annual International Grant Professionals Day on March 8, 2019.
International Grant Professionals Day increases international awareness of the work grant professionals perform, and celebrates the work of grant professionals who serve as administrators, consultants, managers, grant-makers and writers.
Every day, grant professionals work diligently, usually behind the scenes, to seek grant opportunities, administer projects and implement important programs for the benefit of society’s disadvantaged and underserved people. These talented professionals are dedicated to providing the highest standard of ethics, quality program development, thoughtful project implementation and wise financial stewardship. Often, those standards extend beyond the financial to include capacity support, long term solutions to challenges, fundraising assistance, expert project management, sustainable programming, and more.
Events planned for March 8, 2019 encourage grant professionals and their organizations to celebrate themselves and the profession, and to highlight important issues faced by grant professionals.
Grant Professionals Association is an international membership association for everyone in the grants industry. GPA and its affiliates work to advance the profession, certify professionals and fund professionalism.
For more information, visit the International Grant Professionals Day web page.
The Association of Development Officers will hold their 2019 Philanthropy Awards Breakfast on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at Abigail Kirsch at Tappan Hill in Tarrytown. Reservations are requested by March 1.
We have arranged a special $75 GPLH member rate (regularly $125):
This is one of the County’s major networking events of the year. If you plan on attending, please email info.GPLH@gmail.com and let us know. We will be arranging a table for all GPLH members to be together.
The 2019 honorees are:
Outstanding Board: African American Men of Westchester
Community Partner: Andrew Dieckman, Executive Printing & Direct Mail, Inc.
Fundraising Professional: Tom Gabriel, Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
Outstanding Philanthropist: Sue Greene Fuirst, Co-Founder, Spiral Giving • Board Chair, Open Door Foundation
Youth In Philanthropy: Noah Weber
Note: ADO has a special membership offer: Receive 20% off ADO annual membership by joining while registering for the breakfast. (regular price $250 - join while registering for only $200.)
Published on Brewster HamletHub.
Grant Professionals of Lower Hudson, (GPLH) a 501(c)(3) organization that provides educational enrichment, advocacy, networking, professional development and support for grant seekers and grant writing professionals has announced this year’s board of directors.
Lydia Howie, CEO of Howie Marketing and Consulting of Somers and Lisa Keogh, Independent Fundraising Consultant, of Putnam Valley, will serve as Co-Presidents. Ms. Howie founded the Grant Professionals of Lower Hudson in 2008 to advance the field of grant writing in the region and served as its first President from 2008-2016. Ms. Keogh was a founding board member of GPLH, serving as Treasurer and Social Media Chair.
Nancy Keane, Director of Mission Advancement at Wartburg will serve as Vice President; Immediate Past President Joanne Stewart of the Goodworks Advisory Group, Secretary; and Fiona Matthew, Treasurer.
Program Co-Chairs are Jan Fisher of Jan Fisher, LLC and Alison Paul, President, Alison Paul Grantwriting and Consulting; Sharon Camlic of Sharon Camlic Consulting, Member Services Chair; Carol Nordgren of Carol A. Nordgren NonProfit Consulting, Job Bank Chair; Charlisa Garg of Columbia University, Social Media Chair; Christine Chenevey of CAREERS Support Solutions, Public Relations Chair; Terri Eberle Katz of TEK Consulting, LLC, Internship Program Chair; Barbara Cervoni, LMSW, ACSW of Support Connection, Website Manager.
Grant Professionals of Lower Hudson is a nonprofit grant writing professional education and advocacy organization, whose mission is to enhance fundraising and philanthropy in the lower Hudson Valley through the advancement of grantsmanship. GPLH provides educational opportunities for those interested in grant writing, promotes high ethical industry standards and raises public awareness of philanthropy and charitable giving.
For information, visit www.GPLH.org or email info.GPLH@gmail.com.
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