The Train-the-Grant Trainer Program is available for experienced grant and fundraising professionals who want to be well-equipped to provide grant presentations for GPA Chapters and GPC Study Groups, nonprofit organizations, and educational institutions with an emphasis on geographically under-resourced areas and populations.

Katherine developed this service for professionals who want to build or “borrow” a grant presentation and slide deck from her curriculum and receive a virtual orientation session to the materials and feedback as requested.

A small license fee is requested for trainers who are receiving compensation from their attendees. Prerequisites include GPA membership, the Grant Professional Certified (GPC) credential or CFRE or similar level of experience in the grants and fundraising field, and the need to present a grant-related workshop.

Here is a description of a pilot-test from the recipient’s perspective. 

“Katherine provided a Train-the-Grant Trainer orientation session via Skype including a PowerPoint and handouts that prepared me to teach Basic Grant Proposal Writing Workshops. It has been a wonderful experience and a fantastic gift to nonprofits in this corner of Alaska, where in-person professional grant training can be hard to come by. A total of 32 participants attended at two sites of the University of Alaska, including 5 people who drove in from the next town 85 miles away. The most appreciated aspect was the pre-proposal worksheet for program support, as well as having your sample short proposal to review as we walked through the components of a grant proposal. Those documents were invaluable in helping participants to fully grasp the material. I loved how we ended the workshop on a positive note with tips for proposal writing success. I think your curriculum is fantastic, and I am so grateful you allowed me to share it with the nonprofit professionals in my community!”  ~ Heather O’Connor, CFRE, Executive Director, Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic, Homer, Alaska

To apply for T-G-T, please copy and paste the following questions and your responses into the message form on our Contact page.

Train-the-Grant-Trainer Assessment:

1. What is the date __________ and length of time ____ for the presentation(s)?

2. Who is your audience and what do they want to learn from you?

a) Level of grant knowledge: ___Beginner ___Intermediate ___ Advanced

b) Prior grants experience: ___Yes ___No ___Unknown ___Mixed

c) Interested in which type(s) of support: __Program __ Operating ___ Capital ___Other ___All

d) Interested in what types of funders: ___Foundations ___Donor-Advised Funds ___Corporate ___United Way ___Local/State ___ Federal

e) What program areas are your audience likely to be interested in?

f) What is your geographic location? ______________ Is it the same as your audience? ___Yes ___No

g) Briefly describe any special needs or challenges to consider for inclusion/accessibility for those who may be attending your presentation.

h) What are your primary learning objectives or outcomes that you want to aim for with participants, or what do you perceive as their primary grant-related learning need that you can provide or facilitate in the time available?

3. Briefly describe your grants experience along with your comfort and experience with group presentations.

4. Are you interested in ___ borrowing (one-time use) or ___ purchasing (multiple use) the slide deck?

5. Would you like to receive a prep session to walk through the slides and presenter notes?

6. Is this presentation ___in-person or ___virtual? Will it be recorded? ___Yes ___No ___Unknown

7. Do you or your organization have a budget for this request?