Network with the region's best grant professionals

GRANT PROFESSIONALS OF LOWER HUDSON

Grant Professionals of Lower Hudson, Inc. is a nonprofit organization committed to enhancing fundraising and philanthropy in the lower Hudson Valley, and more recently throughout the region, through the advancement of grantsmanship. We have members from different parts of NYS, NJ, Delaware, Maryland and other states, all of whom believe that by helping one another we will be stronger grant strategists. We build and support the non-profit community by providing grant writing education, professional development, advocacy, networking, and support for grant seekers and grant writing professionals.

GPLH members possess skills that go beyond “writing grants.” We are grant strategists. In addition to grant writing, our skill-sets include strategic thinking; prospect and field research; funder cultivation; annual grant planning; logic model and program work preparation; data collection; and nonprofit leadership development. Our professional backgrounds include private grant consultants, Development Directors, Executive Directors, and any other nonprofit role connected to grant-related funding.

WHAT WE DO

Increase knowledge of grant writing strategies, techniques, resources, and terminology. *GPLH is a GPCI Accepted Education provider. Learn more here.
Provide nonprofit organizations with answers to their questions about grant seeking.

Help organizations find qualified grant professionals to assist with all aspects of grant writing including planning; finding funders; review of existing proposals; editing; preparing full proposals.
Connect grant strategists and non-profit professionals to best practices and industry news.
Encourage grant strategists to practice their profession with the highest ethical standards: integrity, honesty and truthfulness.

Through these efforts, we seek to improves lives by increasing the amount of grant revenues nonprofits in our area receive.

OUR MISSION

Founded in 2008, Grant Professionals of Lower Hudson is a nonprofit grant writing education and advocacy organization operating in the lower Hudson Valley.

Our mission is to provide educational opportunities for those involved or interested in the fields of fundraising, specifically grant writing; promote high ethical grant writing standards; and raise public awareness and interest in philanthropy and charitable giving.