Training Overview

Position your organization for success by gaining knowledge, skills, and tools for effective post-award grants management! Participants will learn best practices for kicking off their grants and establishing roles, responsibilities, and internal controls to manage grants. Participants will also learn how set up an evaluation framework and data collection tools in order to monitor and assess the progress of their project(s), as well as what funders REALLY want to see and learn through grant performance reporting. Finally, attendees will learn how to monitor their "burn rate" (or grant expenditure rate) to ensure appropriate fiscal management.

    1. Welcome & Training Overview

About this course

  • $325.00
  • October 20, 2025
  • Nusenda Training Center
  • 4100 Pan American Fwy NE Building B-Piedra Lisa Room Albuquerque, NM 87104

This event is eligible for Job Training ABQ. If your organization is a small business (for-profit or nonprofit) headquartered in Albuquerque, you can apply for free tuition.

Instructor

Tonia Brown-Kinzel

Grant Compliance Manager

Tonia Brown-Kinzel, GPC, is the Grant Compliance Manager for The Grant Plant, Inc. She is one of 70 people nationwide who is a Grant Professionals Association (GPA) “Approved Trainer” and has extensive public speaking and training experience which spans more than 30 years. She serves on the national GPA Professional Education Committee, is the Board President of the GPA Ohio-Miami Valley Chapter, is a member of the Ohio Chapter of the NGMA, and has repeatedly been selected to present multiple grant-related training sessions at several conferences over the past few years. She has been employed as a grant seeker, grants manager, and a grant maker, as well as having served as a grant reviewer for both Federal and private sector grants – so she has a unique combination of experiences that yield special insights that have earned more than $20 million in funding for nonprofit organizations, Tribal nations, and municipal agencies over the course of her career. She has twice earned the Grant Professional Certified (GPC) certification, was selected as a “40 Under 40” leader by the Greater Fort Wayne Business Journal, and is an alumna of Leadership Fort Wayne.