Among others, GPCI embraces the values of:
Accountability — We recognize and accept the responsibility to sustain, promote, grow and infuse certification into our field. To this end, we will strive to keep the organization financially sound and its certification process available to all who seek to be certified.
Psychometric Integrity – We ensure that GPCI testing products are developed within only the highest standards of validity, reliability and legal defensibility.
Delivery of Certification -- We value the broad range of ways in which certification may be delivered to candidates: paper in pencil, online, face to face. We will consider the diversity of potential applicants in the creation of certification programs.
Challenging the Status Quo – We seek to move the field of grantsmanship forward by challenging long-held assumptions, building new partnerships with all stakeholders and encouraging innovation and creativity.
Strong Ethical Standards – We seek to maintain only the highest of ethical standards, encouraging ourselves and those around us to act with integrity, fairness and a sense of respect for the responsibilities associated with the oversight of certification.
Service to the Fields Constituents – We seek to always keep the beneficiaries of philanthropy, education, government and other constituents “forward and center” as we make decisions that affect our field.
Social Justice – We seek to treat all people with respect and equally.
Diversity -- We recognize that people have different cultural, linguistic, social, class and ethic backgrounds. Each of us is enriched by the lives and experience of others. We will actively seek input, counsel and involvement from communities of color, the disabled community and from stakeholders who are under-represented in our field.
Cultural Sensitivity -- We will demonstrate appreciation for others through active listening and respect for one another’s values and norms. We will keep our minds open to new perspectives and challenge our own thinking.
Life Long Learning – We encourage our community to hone it craft through lifelong learning.
Service to our Community -- We recognize the importance of giving back to the community through service, pro bono work and other acts that strengthen the world around us.
Collaboration -- We recognize the key to creating change is identifying our partners in the process and engaging in collaboration.