Katherine FH Heart, GPC, M.Ed. is a GPA Approved Trainer with 17 years of grant course development and training experience. Katherine presents in plain language and regularly updates content for regional and national trends.
Due to concerns about the unauthorized sharing of client-privileged information across AI platforms, Katherine utilizes only the Grammarly-Free App to correct the grammar, spelling, punctuation, and readability of grant proposals and training materials.
Click on the links below to view the course descriptions and specific topics. Organizations can request customized webinars and workshops on the Contact page.
*Accepted Education Programs (*) for GPCI-certified individuals and candidates for the GPC by the Grant Professionals Certification Institute in 2022.
See the Events page for upcoming and recent presentations.
Grant Train-Coach-Mentor Service: Katherine utilizes this approach alongside the grant courses (described above) to build the capacity of nonprofit grant teams to complete competitive proposals. Use the Contact page to start the conversation by describing organizational needs and training preferences.
Katherine offers mentoring via private video calls and emails to participants in the GPA Mentor Match Program.
Katherine has provided grant presentations, webinars, and courses for these organizations from 2008 to the present.
American Therapeutic Recreation Association
Association of Fundraising Professionals-Western PA Chapter
Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh-Nonprofit Resource Center (Basic and Advanced Proposal Writing and other grant workshops, 2009-2019)
Carnegie Mellon University
Catalysts for Community (C4C) Program (First-Time Federal Grant Seekers provided to an Arkansas nonprofit to apply for and manage grant awards while creating a pipeline of future nonprofit leaders. The GPA Arkansas Chapter organized the project with partial funding from the Walton Family Foundation)
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pittsburgh
Community College of Allegheny County (Grant curriculum development and grant courses, 2009-2011, 2022)
Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery
Coro Center for Civic Leadership
East Suburban Citizen Advocacy
Emerging Philanthropy Conference sponsored by AFP/PPGC
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: Mission Sustainability Cohorts in Beaver PA, Toledo OH, Fargo ND, San Francisco CA, Southwest Washington State, and Baltimore MD (2016-2020) and Grant Seeking and Proposal Writing for ELCA Mission Development and Sustainability Webinar (2025)
Grant Professionals Association Annual Conference & Webinars
Grant Professionals Association-Western PA Chapter
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank - Huddle 4 Hunger Conference
Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Monroeville Campus
Local Government Academy
Love Your Space Cohort sponsored by Green Building Alliance & The Forbes Funds
Marietta College Nonprofits LEAD Program in cooperation with the United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley (Parkersburg, WV)
Mon Yough Area Chamber of Commerce
Open Avenues (AK)
Pennsylvania Library Association, Southwest Chapter
Pittsburgh Mercy Health System
PRO Youth & Families (Sacramento, CA)
Reimagine Fayette
River Art Works (Westmoreland County, PA)
Steel Rivers Council of Governments
Sto-Rox School District
Student Conservation Association
United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh: English Department, Global Studies Department, Graduate School of Social Work, National Network of Libraries of Medicine Mid-Atlantic Region
VisionServe Alliance
Volunteers of America in Pennsylvania-Working Order Program
Youth Places
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