Connected Philanthropy

Connected Philanthropy

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Connected Philanthropy episodes

  • Learning to Love Your Finance Team

    Grant writing is a misnomer. Half of putting together a winning proposal is building and collecting all the budget and financial documents that help tell your story. Learn tips and tricks from two highly successful grant writers who learned the power of collaboration when you partner with your financial team, because who knows numbers better than finance?

    Topics:

    • Tips for successful communication between accountants and grant writers;
    • The importance of building the budget first; and
    • Tools for internal collaboration that lead to successful proposals.

    Speakers:

    Amanda Day, GPC | Board Member of the Grant Professionals Association and  Fundraising HayDay Podcast co-host

    Kimberly Hays de Muga, GPC | Board Member of the Grant Professionals Association and  Fundraising HayDay Podcast co-host

    Listen to Fundrasining HayDay: fundraisinghayday.podbean.com

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    Connect with other members of the philanthropic community at Community.foundant.com

    1 hr 2 min
  • Adapting Your Programs for COVID-19

    Are you a board member or nonprofit leader looking to pivot your programs in light of COVID-19? Are you a grant professional struggling with articulating how your organization will meet program goals while accounting for the impacts of COVID-19?

    Well, let’s face it, COVID-19 is here to stay. Listen as we discuss what it means to adapt our community programs and tell our ‘COVID-19 updated’ impact story to funders.

    Topics:

    • How to pivot your program for greater impact in the community
    • Tips on modifying and communicating goals that take into consideration the impacts of COVID-19
    • The importance of keeping staff, participants, and stakeholders accountable while running a program virtually

    Grant professionals, nonprofit leaders, board members, and program managers of all experience levels can benefit from this session.

    Speaker:

    Shavonn Richardson, MBA | Founder of Think and Ink Grant Consulting™

    Shavonn is a grant writer, nonprofit consultant, speaker and an active member of the Grant Professionals Association. In her spare time, she practices yoga, prefers red wine over white, and loves to travel to the most remote vacation spots ever.

    To learn more about Think and Ink Grants or to ask Shavonn follow-up questions, please visit https://www.thinkandinkgrants.com/. To view more of Shavonn’s resources on COVID-19, visit https://www.thinkandinkgrants.com/covid19.

    Want to see additional resources? Visit resources.foundant.com

    Connect with other members of the philanthropic community at Community.foundant.com

    43 min
  • Building Resilience Into Your Year-End Fundraising

    Listen as your peers discuss building resilience into their year-end fundraising. We identify strategies that are working well in our current climate, and ways in which people are learning, improving, and looking forward.

    Topics:

    • How has your organization adjusted your normal approach to year-end fundraising? Are you pursuing any new collaborations?
    • How is storytelling playing a role in your year-end efforts? How are you sharing your COVID-19 story?
    • What are some ways you are working to build confidence among your donors when there is so much uncertainty right now?
    • What are you looking forward to in 2021?

    Want to see additional resources? Visit resources.foundant.com

    Connect with other members of the philanthropic community at Community.foundant.com

    44 min
  • Navigating CARES Act and Other Government Funding Programs

    The CARES Act has created increased government funding for grantmakers across the country. Listen in to hear how other funders are effectively managing the process of distributing government funds to generate maximum impact in their communities.

    Topics:

    • What’s an aspect of your application or administration of funding that is working well?
    • Are you working collectively with others in your state? What does that look like?
    • What are the expectations and standards for reporting that you must meet?
    • How are you managing the high volume of requests?

    Want to see additional resources? Visit resources.foundant.com

    Connect with other members of the philanthropic community at Community.foundant.com

    35 min
  • Learn from the past and look to the future

    Scholarships run annually for most scholarship providers. The new year means getting your calendar in order to ensure success. Though some of you may have already opened your applications, there are lessons to be gathered, reminders to be made, and new ideas to talk through. This coffee talk is a brain storming session from your peers. We learned this year that we can’t plan for everything, but we will all feel a bit better with a few preparations in place. 

    Confession Time:

    • What activities have fallen off your radar in the past?
    • What activities/tasks seems to always be a struggle?
    • What is a kink in your system that you feel like you’ve worked out?
    • Are there any new activities/tasks that you’re trying out next year?

    Want to see additional resources? Visit resources.foundant.com

    Connect with other members of the philanthropic community at Community.foundant.com

    27 min
  • Pursuing Federal Grants

    Applying for federal grants can – to put it mildly – be daunting. In this training, presenter Julie Assel, GPC makes it easier by guiding participants through the major components, the key similarities and differences between foundation and federal grants, and how policy can impact the timelines of federal grant opportunities and deadlines. She then guides you through some of the pitfalls and highlights of writing federal grants, including planning, writing, submission, management, and the hotly debated topics of writing styles and budgets/finances.

    Topics:

    • Examine major trends in federal funding and how to find appropriate grant opportunities for your organization as an awardee or as a partner agency
    • Examine key similarities and differences between foundation and federal grants
    • Learn about whether federal grants are more difficult to manage
    • Learn about federal planning approaches and writing styles
    • Learn about factors impacting budgets

    Speaker:

    Julie Assel | President/CEO, Assel Grant Services

    Julie has written awarded grants totaling more than $100 million since 2003, writing both federal and foundation grants for non-profit organizations, healthcare organizations, universities, and school districts. She currently serves as Board President for the national Grant Professional Certification Institute and holds a Fundraising Certificate from the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership and a Bachelor's Degree in Education from Luther College. Her organization, Assel Grant Services , takes the mystery out of the grant process, including research , proposal creation, and application process. Assel Grant Services is a GPCI Accepted Provider and Julie Assel is one of 10 GPA Approved Trainers who is also a credentialed grant professional (GPC).

    Want to see additional resources? Visit resources.foundant.com

    Connect with other members of the philanthropic community at Community.foundant.com

    1 hr 6 min
  • Handling the Year-End Spike in a Virtual World

    With this year ending different than normal, many foundations are rethinking what year-end looks like for them.

    Topics Covered:

    • Scholarships - how is your organization handling students taking a gap semester due to COVID?
    • Is your organization expecting year-end to look different from prior years?
    • Has your organization started planning for year-end? If so, what are you doing to manage this typically busy season?

    Want to see additional resources? Visit resources.foundant.com

    Connect with other members of the philanthropic community at Community.foundant.com

    17 min
  • The “Sustainability Question”
    Many grant applications ask a “sustainability question”, which often looks like this: “How will you continue the program after the grant funding ends?”
    The sustainability question is a stumbling block for many grant professionals. Federal and state government grants, as well as foundation and corporate grants all ask a sustainability question in one form or another. But how will you sustain your program and keep up the positive impact on your community?
    Topics:
    Learn how to avoid the common pitfalls that grant writers experience when addressing sustainability;
    Understand what funders are REALLY asking with the “sustainability question”;
    Receive specific solutions and examples for your next grant proposal (and for truly sustaining your important work!).
    Speaker:
    Margit Brazda Poirier, GPC, M.S. | Founder & CEO, Grants4Good LLC®
    Margit Brazda Poirier, GPC, M.S. is Owner and CEO of Grants4Good LLC®, a grant consulting company that specializes in online training and grant strategy, and has over 20 years of nonprofit management and grants experience. She holds the GPC certification from the nationally-accredited Grant Professional Certification Institute. Margit has written and received over 8 million in grants from federal, state, foundation, and corporate sources – and she has the unique perspective of understanding both grant seeking and grant making, given her experience leading a prominent foundation that issued over one million in grants annually. Having spent several years in grant seeking and writing, followed by leading a private foundation, Margit wanted to put her skills to use helping organizations to better understand and navigate the philanthropic community. Margit’s interests include working with organizations to help them develop a sustainable and manageable grant seeking plan that ensures their long-term operational and programmatic success. Margit is a published national journal author and frequent speaker on all aspects of grant writing. Grants4Good LLC is certified as a Woman-Owned Business by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council and New York Empire State Development, and is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the Grant Professionals Association.
    Download resorces mentioned in episode https://info.foundant.com/rs/356-VHW-319/images/Sustainabilty%20Question%20-%20Handouts.pdf (here)
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    Brought to you by Foundant Technologies.
    47 min
  • Post-Award Communication… or Lack Of

    Keeping open lines of communication with your awardees can be difficult - and the award is just the beginning! Once selected, students may need to formally accept the award, confirm their university, and provide proof of enrollment or transcripts prior to receiving funding. Though you hope students will provide what you’ve asked for in a timely manner, there is often more to it than that. If after your efforts, students are still lacking documentation, what happens next? We'll talk about what’s worked, what hasn’t, and learn from each other as we move forward into the coming award season.

    Topics Covered:

    • What types of documentation are you asking students for and do you see any patterns in what is easy or what is hard for them to provide?
    • How do you manage your post-award communication with students?
    • If information does not make it to you in a reasonable amount of time and/or students fail to inform you of an important change (school, major, etc.) how do you move forward?

    Want to see additional resources? Visit resources.foundant.com

    Connect with other members of the philanthropic community at Community.foundant.com

    34 min
  • Non-monetary Grantmaking and Assistance

    Non-monetary grantmaking traditionally includes in-kind grants of land, equipment, or free space. However, in recent years, an emphasis has been put on providing assistance intended to build a nonprofit’s internal capacity. Grants of succession planning, executive coaching, and program evaluation are just a few examples. Listen to your peers share experiences in the what, why, and how of non-monetary grantmaking.

    Topics:

    • How did your organization decide to provide non-monetary assistance? What shaped the conversation?
    • What is your organization’s process for making and tracking non-monetary grants? Is it similar to that of a monetary award?
    • What have been the challenges and results of this type of grantmaking?

    Want to see additional resources? Visit resources.foundant.com

    Connect with other members of the philanthropic community at Community.foundant.com

    28 min

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