Katherine F.H. Heart, GPC, M.Ed. has 22 years of experience providing social mission-driven grant services to nonprofit organizations in Western PA including 16 years offering grant training regionally and nationally through Heart Resources LLC.
Katherine earned the Grant Professional Certified (GPC) credential in 2013 and was named the first Approved Trainer by the Grant Professionals Association (GPA) in 2014. She has twice been honored with the President's Award from the Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI) - in 2019, for facilitating the first nationwide Virtual GPC Study Group with JulieAnna Carsen, GPC (JVG Synergies, LLC, Arizona) with whom she co-developed a GPA webinar, published strategy paper, and ebook to guide future study groups - and in 2022 for her service as one of 30 GPC Ambassadors serving our communities across the nation.
Available Services:
Comprehensive Grant Services - Heart Resources LLC is registered with the PA Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations to provide grant proposal writing services to nonprofit organizations in the Commonwealth. Pre/post-award services include annual grant planning and consultation, public and private funder research for programs, capital, and operating support, program/project development, grant budget development, post-award external monitoring, report writing, grant reviews, and also preparation of Requests for Proposals for funders.
Grant Training Services - Regional and national nonprofit organizations can request in-person workshops and courses, and virtual presentations to improve grant knowledge, skills, and performance from a GPA Approved Trainer with peer-reviewed courses. All content is aligned with the nationally recognized competencies and skills of the grant profession.
Grant Team Train-Coach-Mentor Service - Katherine assists grant staff and teams to build grant competencies and skills in real time using their own pending draft grant applications. Participants receive targeted training, work plans, proposal reviews, coaching, and editing recommendations. This targeted feedback has assisted high-stakes quick-turnaround grant applications to be funded. She serves as a mentor for the GPA Mentor Match Program and the Catalysts for Community (C4C) Program led by the GPA Arkansas Chapter and funded by the Walton Family Foundation.
Train-the-Grant Trainer Service - Katherine equips experienced grant professionals to provide grant training presentations.
Grantepreneur: Getting Started in a Grant Career and Business (Red Engine Press, 2016) is Katherine’s highly-reviewed award-winning book providing a complete guide to the growing grant profession, including “10-Steps to Get Hired (and Rehired)” focused on the needs of early career grant pros and start-up freelancers. Securely purchase signed copies at https://heartresources.net/store - group purchases of 3 or more books receive a free 30-minute virtual introduction and Q&A session with Katherine.
Social Benefit Work:
Katherine has contributed expertise and time to community projects and Grant Professionals Association committees and publications.
She is a Co-Facilitator and GPC Ambassador for the Grant Café, a free monthly meetup providing “hot grant topics, speakers, and networking” in collaboration with experienced colleagues that has grown to 900+ members since 2016. Heart Resources, LLC sponsors a portion of the platform fee allowing everyone with an interest in learning about grants to participate in monthly sessions free of charge at http://www.meetup.com/grants-professionals-of-western-pa.
Requesting Services: Please review the full list of grant services and grant training options to find the fit with your organizational and professional needs and contact us!
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