Grant Writer and Nonprofit Development Officer Business Cards

Grant writers and nonprofit development professionals secure the public and private funding that sustains mission-driven organizations — researching funding opportunities, building relationships with foundation program officers and government program managers, writing competitive grant proposals, and managing the reporting and stewardship requirements that keep funders invested in an organization's work. Development professionals work for nonprofits, higher education institutions, healthcare organizations, museums, social service agencies, and community organizations, or as independent consultants serving multiple clients.

What Grant Writer / Development Professional Cards Include

Your Credentials

• GPC (Grant Professional Certified) — Grant Professionals Association (GPA) — the primary grant writing credential; requires experience, training, and examination; the credential that signals serious professional commitment to grant writing as a discipline
• GPC-Candidate — pre-exam status for working toward GPC
• CFRE (Certified Fund Raising Executive) — AFP (Association of Fundraising Professionals) — the primary credential for broad development/fundraising professionals (annual giving, major gifts, planned giving, grants); requires experience and examination
• ACFRE (Advanced Certified Fund Raising Executive) — AFP — senior-level advancement credential
• GPA member (Grant Professionals Association) — professional organization for grant writers
• AFP member (Association of Fundraising Professionals) — broader fundraising community
• CASE member (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) — higher education advancement

Your Grant Specialization

By funder type:

• Federal grants (NIH, NSF, CDC, HHS, DOE, DOJ, USDA, NEA/NEH, HUD, DOL)
• State grants (state health departments, arts councils, housing agencies)
• Private foundations (local, regional, national foundations)
• Corporate foundations and community grants
• Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs)

By sector/mission:

• Social services (homelessness, food security, domestic violence, child welfare)
• Health and behavioral health (mental health, substance use, public health)
• Education (K-12, early childhood, higher education, adult literacy)
• Arts, culture, and humanities
• Environment and conservation
• Housing and community development
• Criminal justice and reentry
• Workforce development

Specialty skills:

• Federal grant writing — NOFA, RFQA, 424 application
• NIH biosketch and specific aims writing
• NSF broader impacts writing
• SAMHSA, HRSA, HUD, DOJ grant specialists
• Capacity building and organizational development grants
• Research grant writing (PI support)
• Letters of inquiry (LOIs) and concept papers
• Grant budget development and justification

Your Services (For Consultants)

• Grant research and opportunity identification
• Grant calendar management
• Full proposal writing
• Letters of inquiry and LOIs
• Grant reporting
• Development department capacity building
• Grant database management (Salesforce, Raiser's Edge, Bloomerang)
• Board and staff training in grant writing

Your Success Metrics

• "[$X million] secured in grant funding"
• "[X]% win rate on competitive proposals"
• "Average $[X] per grant awarded"
• "[X] grants managed simultaneously"

Design for Grant Writers

Mission-Driven, Professional, Trust-Forward

Grant writer card design:

• Nonprofit professional adjacent — mission-driven but professionally polished
• Trust and credibility — funders and nonprofit leaders both need to trust you
• Clean and readable — grant writers value clarity

Color palette:

• Deep teal + white: mission-driven professional
• Navy + white: formal nonprofit professional
• Sage green + white: social impact

Back of Card

1. "Grant Professional | GPC | CFRE | GPA | AFP | [State]"
2. "[Specialization: Federal | Foundation | NIH/NSF | Social services | Education | Health]"
3. "Grant research | Proposal writing | Reporting | Budget development | LOIs"
4. "[$X million secured] | [X]% win rate | Deadline-driven | Confidentiality assured"
5. "[email] | [phone] | [LinkedIn] | [website with portfolio] | Remote consulting"

Checklist

• [ ] GPC (Grant Professionals Certified)
• [ ] CFRE (if broader development)
• [ ] GPA membership
• [ ] AFP membership
• [ ] Federal grant experience (NIH, NSF, SAMHSA, HUD, DOJ)
• [ ] Foundation grant experience
• [ ] Sector specialty
• [ ] Services (research, proposals, reporting, budget)
• [ ] Funding secured metric
• [ ] Win rate (if favorable)
• [ ] Confidentiality statement (client list often confidential)
• [ ] Remote availability
• [ ] LinkedIn (important for nonprofit consulting BD)