The American Association of Grant Professionals (AAGP) saw the value of creating an affiliate agency with 501(C)(3) tax-exempt status to provide support to AAGP educational programs and projects, provide another avenue for donations for those who require the ability to deduct charitable contributions, and to provide a means of submitting grant requests.

The AAGP Foundation's milestones include:

2005

• Call for AAGP volunteers to begin work on the Foundation
• Articles of incorporation developed, adopted, and filed.
• Initial Board of Directors named: Phyl Renninger (Chairman), Deanna Nurnberg (Vice-Chair), Bernard Turner (Treasurer), and Pauline Annarino (Secretary)

2006

• Bylaws written and accepted by Foundation member vote and AAGP Board of Directors vote
• AAGP Board Liaison appointed to the Foundation:
  • Phyl Renninger
• Officers elected:
  • Carolyn Kesner (Chair),
  • Krisitn Koschke (Vice-Chair),
  • Lynn DeLorme (Secretary)
• Board of Directors:  Mary McRae Miller (Alaska), Lea Benson (Arizona), Chante Ramsey (New York), Mary Lunn Johnson (Arizona), Fatimoh Harris (Illinois), Sandra Jordan-Freeman (Tennessee), Sarah Brophy (Massachusetts), Sue Pardee (Ohio), Anna Anderson (Kansas), Rebecca Evans (Iowa), Steve Harrington (South Carolina), Stephen Nill (California)

2007

• AAGP Board Liaison appointed to the Foundation:
  • Phyl Renninger - (September 2007) Karen Stinson
• Officers elected:
  • Carolyn Kesner  - (September 2007) Phyl Renninger (Chair),
  • Krisitn Koschke (Vice-Chair),
  • Steve Harrington (Secretary),
  • Sandra Jordan-Freeman - (August 2007) Sue Pardee (Treasurer) 
• Board of Directors:  Sarah Brophy (Massachusetts), Anna Anderson (Kansas), Danny Blitch (Georgia), Marcedia Bolden-Tillman (Indiana), Iris Coffin (Iowa), Stephen Nill (California)
• IRS 501(c)(3) designation
• 2007 Conference Scholarships awarded
• "Be A Star" fundraising campaign launched at the November AAGP Conference in Washington, DC

2008 

• AAGP Foundation Administrative Procedures Manual approved
• Officers elected:
  • Danny Blitch (Chair),
  • Anna Andersen (Vice-Chair),
  • Steve Harrington (Secretary),
  • Sue Pardee (Treasurer)
• Board of Directors:  Sandra Jordan (Tennessee), Carolyn Kesner (District of Columbia), Kristin Koschke (Arizona), Bernard Turner (Tennessee)
• Board Ex Officio:  Gail Vertz, AAGP Executive Director (Kansas)
• 2008 Conference Scholarships awarded - Long Beach, California
• Dawn Bluhm (Illinois), V.C. League (Central Indiana Chapter), Bernard Turner Consulting Conference Scholarships
• Every Chapter Challenge launched
• 2008 Star Chapter (Georgia)
• Charter members of the Chapter Shooting Star Club

2009

• Foundation Officers elected:
  • Danny Blitch (Chair),
  • Sandra Jordan (Vice-Chair),
  • Steve Harrington (Secretary),
  • Sue Pardee (Treasurer)
• Board of Directors:  Anna Ferguson (Kansas), Kitty Wojick (District of Columbia), Kristin Koschke (Arizona), Bernard Turner (Tennessee)
• Board Ex Officio:  Gail Vertz, AAGP Chief Executive Officer (Kansas)
• 2009 Conference Scholarship Program (Registration and Lodging, GPCI, and Travel Scholarships) - Austin, Texas
• 2009 Every Chapter Challenge
• Dawn Bluhm Scholarship (Illinois), Bernard Turner Consulting Conference Scholarship
• 2009 Star Chapter (Georgia)
• Shooting Star Club Members
• Hired Fundraising Consultant

 2010

• Foundation Officers elected:
  • Danny Blitch (Chair),
  • Sandra Jordan (Vice-Chair),
  • Sue Pardee (Secretary),
  • Bernard Turner (Treasurer)
• Board of Directors:  Steve Harrington (South Carolina), Kitty Wojick (District of Columbia), and Lisa Chutjian (Florida) 
• Board Ex Officio:  Gail Vertz, AAGP Chief Executive Officer (Kansas)
• 2010 GPC Scholarships - Applications accepted online
• 2010 Conference Scholarships - Applications accepted online
• Chapter Scholarship Program:  V.C. League Scholarship (Indiana), Dawn Bluhm Scholarship (Illinois), Peachstate Scholarship (Georgia) 
• 2010 Every Chapter Challenge
• Approved name change to "Grant Professionals Foundation"