About this event
Five Unconventional Strategies to Go Beyond Mission Match and Find More “Sweet-Spot” Funders
Dates
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Cost
Free – RSVP Required
Produced in Partnership with GrantsMagicU
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Event Details
Did you know there are over 120,000 grantmaking organizations in the U.S. alone? That’s good news! The bad news is, fewer than 1/10th of 1% of them have any interest at all in seeing a proposal from your organization.
Don’t take it personally – there’s more good news: That 1/10th of 1% still leaves plenty of grantmakers who would be happy to consider supporting your organization’s work with a grant award. You can think of that 1/10th of 1% as your “sweet spot” funders. And there’s more good news: You don’t have to knock on 120,000 doors to find them. That’s what thoughtful funder research is for: To help us cut through all the “no thank you’s” and zero in quickly and efficiently on that much smaller group in your organization’s “sweet spot” who are most likely to give your proposal an enthusiastic thumbs-up.
In this lively, fast-paced 90-minute session, we’ll look at how you can make sure you get the very most from the time you invest in your grants research.
- Are you thinking “mission match”? That’s a great start! – But did you know some of your best prospective grantmaking partners may have no specific interest at all in your organization’s mission?
- Five ways – beyond mission match – to frame the work you’re proposing to do that will connect you with five completely different groups of potential funders
- Using two-fers and three-fers (and maybe even four-fers) to really power up your connection with “sweet-spot” funders
- A real-life scenario: How our unconventional simple tweaks helped a struggling nonprofit turn up 12 new-to-them “sweet-spot” funders resulting in over $100,000 in grant awards
- BONUS: The two best sources for all your grants research … the only sources you really need … and they’re both free!
Join the Ultimate Grant Proposal Blueprint Series
During the webinar, you’ll get a sneak peek at GrantsMagic U’s new all-in-one online course, “The Ultimate Grant Proposal Blueprint” – opening Jan. 30 in partnership with the Nonprofit Association of Oregon. For more information, click here.
About the Presenter
Over her 20+ year career in the nonprofit world, Maryn Boess has been an on-staff program developer and grantwriter, an independent grants consultant, a grants project manager, a grants trainer, a grants reviewer, author, speaker, mentor, and coach, and– yes– for the past 10 years, even a grantmaker. GrantsMagic U, launched in Fall 2015, is the "virtual academy" she created to make her extensive portfolio of practical and inspiring trainings on successful grantsmanship available (and affordable!) for anyone, anytime, anywhere. See all of GrantsMagic U's courses here!