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060225 - Shifting From Static Program Models to Scalable Innovations

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042825 - Shifting the Focus of Your Grants From Social to Economic Impact

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051225 - Shifting From Deficit-Based to Strength-Based Grant Narratives

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041425 - Shifting From Traditional Giving to Strategic Investment

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June 2: Shifting From Static Program Models to Scalable Innovations

Innovation and scalability are now key requirements for competitive grant proposals. This session will focus on designing programs that are adaptable, scalable, and replicable—demonstrating potential for broad impact and long-term sustainability.

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061625 - Shifting From Basic Grant Reporting to Strategic Accountability

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063025 - Shifting From Data-Driven Proposals to Compelling Grant Narratives

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April 28: Shifting the Focus of Your Grants From Social to Economic Impact

As funders increasingly prioritize economic value, nonprofits must demonstrate how their initiatives stimulate local economies, reduce public costs, or contribute to workforce development. Learn how to quantify and communicate your program’s economic impact, making your case compelling to funders seeking social investments with tangible returns.

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April 14: Shifting From Traditional Giving to Strategic Investment

The current federal grant landscape is marked by confusion and shifts in funding priorities, with many organizations reevaluating their strategies. A likely result is increased competition for private and corporate funding. During this session, Alice Ruhnke will explore key trends in funding along with strategies to align your proposals with evolving priorities, including economic value, innovation, and long-term sustainability.

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May 12: Shifting From Deficit-Based to Strength-Based Grant Narratives

Funders are moving away from deficit-focused narratives and toward initiatives that celebrate community strengths and capacities. This session will teach you how to craft proposals that highlight resilience, empowerment, and assets, resonating with funders interested in sustainable, community-led change.

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Nature Center Supervisor at Gumbo Limbo in Florida

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Nature Center Supervisor at Gumbo Limbo in Florida

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Gumbo Limbo is owned and operated by the City of Boca Raton. Recently, we have started collecting donations to help cover costs for larger projects and initiatives. We are interested in learning if there are any grants available that we would be eligible for since we are a municipal government.

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Executive Director at Teaneck Creek Conservancy (NJ)

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Executive Director at Teaneck Creek Conservancy (NJ)

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Teaneck Creek is a public-private partnership between Bergen County and the nonprofit created by the community to steward the 46-acre recently restored wild section of the 800 acre park we are part of. Major maintenance is overseen by the county, and they recently invested $8.6 million into an ecological restoration of 20 acres of freshwater wetlands, but the nonprofit is responsible for operations costs. We don't have a building, but we have staff that need salaries to oversee park stewardship, programs, and volunteer experiences. We are mostly seeking operational grants at this time rather than the more alluring project grants. Our previous operations grant fell through during the pandemic and we want to build in resiliency in our grant support so that we are confident when we employ people that these are long-term jobs and not for the duration of individual annual grants.

I'm Kathleen Farley, the Executive Director. I've been here nearly 3 years, having started the position a few months before the park reopened and am responsible for just about everything as the only full-time staff. We currently have one part-time staff and ideally would like to be able to support that position with more hours in the short term (and benefits). I do fundraising, communications, strategic planning, grant writing, as well as program/volunteer support.

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At GrantStation, we help you to find new funding opportunities, build strong grant programs, write powerful proposals, and win awards to fund your mission. Learn more by checking out our Member Benefits and watching video demos on our Tour page.

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GrantStation Host: Few more from Florida looks like quite a few from Florida today. Tennessee, Connecticut. Great. So it looks like we're kind of spread out all over the Us. And a few Canadians there as well. So welcome everyone.

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GrantStation Host: So today's session is for today's webinar is part of our target Ed series. These sessions are designed to be concise. Alice is going to teach for about 35Â min or so, and then we'll have time for question and answers. We'll use the Q. And A. Section for any questions that come to mind during the webinar. We have a pretty big group here today, so please try to enter them there. I will keep track of those, and then Alice will answer as many as we have time for later today.

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GrantStation Host: I also want to let you all know that we're going to provide you with a link to these slides and the webinar recording these are going to arrive through your webinar registration email on Wednesday evening of this week. But if you would like these slides and the handouts. Right now, I'm going to drop a link for those in the chat. Just so you have them. So you can check out this Google drive folder, and I'll drop that in a couple of times.

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GrantStation Host: Now, today's webinar is the 1st in our new series called Shifting Perspectives to enhance your grant competitiveness.

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GrantStation Host: So the funding landscape is changing rapidly and is requiring nonprofits to innovate and adapt to remain competitive.

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GrantStation Host: To succeed in this ever-evolving. Environment. You must rethink your strategies and adopt new perspectives that resonate with today's funders.

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GrantStation Host: In this 6 part series. You're going to gain insights and practical tools needed to strengthen your Grant proposals and position your organization for funding success.

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GrantStation Host: Each session will help you embrace a key strategic shift, allowing you to navigate the modern funding landscape with confidence. You can still join the full series for a discounted rate, and I'm going to drop a link for that in the chat here shortly.

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GrantStation Host: All right. So it looks like we have most of our group here now. So I'm going to turn off my camera and we'll get officially started here in a moment.

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GrantStation Host: welcome everyone to today's targeted. This is shifting from traditional giving to strategic investment.

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GrantStation Host: My name is David Gates, and I'm the director of online education here at Grantstation.

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GrantStation Host: Your presenter today is Alice Runke. Alice is the president of education and outreach at grantstation, and before she joined Grantstation she ran her own Grant consultancy, where she raised over 45 million dollars from Federal, State and private grant makers. Alice also recently earned the Grant professional certified credential, and today she's going to share that expertise with you. So please welcome Alice Runke.

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Alice: Wonderful. Well, thank you, David, and thank you all for being here and happy. Monday.

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Alice: kind of wanted to talk just a little bit about like the this series, and and kind of what's going on.

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Alice: You know. I I know that we are really in an kind of an unprecedented time. Hate to use that word and kind of overused word. But it really is a historic time for us as nonprofit organizations. And what's happening to our funding streams from government, and then how that's going to shift the competitiveness of looking at other funders as more organizations are going to have to

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Alice: kind of transition from more government funding to more private funding.

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Alice: So throughout the last few months I've been listening and learning and reading and doing all these things to kind of figure out. You know. What? What is it that we can really do? And I came up with this shifting, or, you know, pivoting, really, because

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Alice: a lot of the things that I'm gonna tell you about and talk about are things that maybe we knew in the past. But maybe we just didn't quite get there to do

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Alice: that that kind of shifting our perspective, but having kind of a roadmap of best practices that we would teach anytime, you know, is is how we need to structure some of these changes. But it's not a whole new paradigm. It's more of how we're like shifting our perspectives as grant professionals, as nonprofit leaders and those sorts of things.

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Alice: So that's kind of where this whole shifting thing came from. I think that you know. The good news in this is that there are a lot of best practices, and again, tools and resources to help us orient to what the new normal is.

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Alice: So that's kind of what our agenda is today is to look at that shift from kind of traditional funding, giving to that strategic investment from funders.

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Alice: And I'm gonna spend a little less time talking about that transition and more kind of about how you can. Take what you know, what are best practices around strategic investments and start to build those or booster it up in your own organization.

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Alice: So we're gonna spend a lot of time on different practical strategies, and I have resources and handouts for you. That david shared, and that will also come to you.

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Alice: When the recording comes out. And then, like, I said, we'll have that time for question, and answers at the end. So feel free to put those in the QA box.

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Alice: So what our strategy is today is to where I'm gonna start with a tool. That is a handout that you will have access to to evaluate your own capacity and alignment and practices, to to get and maintain strategic investments from funders.

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Alice: and then you can evaluate that capacity yourself, and set those practical action steps for your organization to become more competitive for these strategic investments.

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Alice: One of the things that you know kind of just in talking kind of about what is the difference? This is really the only kind of background slide that I have is kind of the differences between traditional giving and strategic investments.

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Alice: Where traditional giving, you know, is where a Funder will provide a nonprofit organization to support the mission that they're doing and the cause that they care about. And that's kind of the lens by which they're coming from to support that organization and provide the funding that they need.

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Alice: Whereas when we're looking at strategic investments. We're looking at how

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Alice: our activities through our organizations are gonna have more measurable impact on kind of the systemic issues that we're dealing with and how we're going to set up changes within the issue. It is, you know, whatever issue it is that you're addressing

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Alice: with the funding type, usually with traditional giving. It's more kind of short term and restricted to exactly what you're looking for from, say, one particular grant opportunity where those strategic investments again, the Funder is really investing in you a little bit more long term with more unrestricted funds to do the innovative work that you need to do

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Alice: with traditional giving. Usually it's more of a minimal transaction, if you will, where you're submitting a grant application, they're evaluating it, giving you the funds, whereas the strategic investments are much more deeply collaborative and take much more relationship building. And we'll talk about that

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Alice: with the evaluation focus that traditional giving can sometimes look more about. What did you do? And did you achieve what you said you were going to do, which are what is called outputs in the field.

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Alice: whereas that strategic investment, really, looking at that measurable impact, is really looking at the outcomes that you're achieving with your target populations in your communities and being able to measure that kind of return on investment for the dollars.

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Alice: and then kind of with traditional giving, you know, again, usually, that's a fairly low risk tolerance, kind of situation, less innovative, perhaps less kind of going out to explore new ideas, to deal with issues that we're dealing with, whereas strategic investments, because it is that kind of trust based relationship. Because.

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Alice: you know, you're you're trying out new things and doing different things. That innovation is maybe more encouraged.

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Alice: So you know, I wanna say just a couple of things before we kind of move off this slide that you know not every funder is moving from kind of our traditional giving to our strategic investments.

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Alice: But everything that you're gonna learn today, is gonna help any application that you write, even if it's under traditional giving, it's gonna help make that stronger and make your application more competitive.

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Alice: And then, if you're looking and finding those funders who are, you know, going into more strategic investments? Then you'll kind of have that leg up. That ability to, you know, hit the ground running when you find those funders and are able to develop those relationships. So really, nothing that I'm teaching means it goes only in one bucket versus another.

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Alice: It's just the more you kind of embrace some of these types of ideas and look at these different concepts and build them within your own organization. The more competitive your applications will be overall.

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Alice: So I'm gonna start with an assessment tool that that is one of the handouts.

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Alice: and on that in assessment tool it or strategic investment readiness assessment, as I apparently called it. It has 5 different areas of really looking to how to rate yourself as an organization

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Alice: and then provide those action steps to help increase your scores or guide your organization further along in the development process.

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Alice: With these different 5 areas. So organizational alignment with funders.

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Alice: impact measurement and evaluation, organizational capacity and sustainability fundraisers and funder engagement. And then systems change and innovation.

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Alice: So if you don't have the assessment in front of you. No worries at all. I'm gonna show you pictures as we go along. And you can then, like, I said, you'll get the copy of the assessment to work with your stakeholders and find out how you would kind of rate or score your organization now

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Alice: and then. What are those action steps that you can take to increase those scores within each section to make yourself more competitive and more you know, competitive overall, and then more kind of engaging to a Funder who's looking to strategically invest in longer term investments.

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Alice: So you can see here each one of the statements. I'm gonna kind of talk through so kind of the clear mission and vision, the research that we do, how we really look at root causes and and are addressing root causes of the problems instead of just the symptoms.

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Alice: And then, the last 2 being how we are out there doing outreach to find those corporate donors, those private donors, and how our work will support. You know their, you know, corporate social responsibility goals.

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Alice: and how we can find new partners and companies. That maybe we haven't thought of in the past as we've been look to really find that alignment between our organization and their companies.

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Alice: So again, when you get this form working with different stakeholders providing those scores and then looking for those action steps that I'm gonna talk through here today.

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Alice: So the 1st one kind of talking about the clear mission and strategic plan again, you know, this is stuff we know how to do. Are we working from? You know, a mission statement? And that's our kind of guiding North Star for our organization. And do we engage in a strategic planning process that looks

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Alice: at the things that we want to do in the future. And are we guided by that plan that really assesses our community and decides what needs to happen. So I'm not going to talk much more about that, except just to say we already kind of know that you know that we should be doing that as organizations. And if you don't have a strategic plan, this would be the time that you want to start getting that strategic plan developed.

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Alice: The second part was really targeting funders who are aligned with your mission. How do you do that as an organization?

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Alice: And I would be really remiss if I didn't mention grantstation in this, because that's what we do, that we have the databases for you to find those funders that align with your geographic area and the area of interest that you serve and your mission and your target population and different types of support. And so really doing, your research to finding those that best align with who you are from the beginning

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Alice: will really help you spend your time and energy focusing on those funders that are going to give you the best return on your investment. So those kinds of things, again, are pretty easily solved with, you know, something like a membership to grantstation to help you find the best funders to match who you are.

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Alice: The another part of this was addressing symptomatic issue or systemic issues, and not just the symptoms of what's going on.

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Alice: And I think the best way to do that is through different partnerships and coalitions.

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Alice: I have another handout that I'm going to be sharing with you. That is our project, a project planning framework. And if you have ever taken a webinar with me. You've probably seen this where

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Alice: part of the process in our planning for our Grant applications is really looking here at this top left hand quadrant of what's going on with our target population. So we're finding that data that's showing, you know what the statistics are of what our population is challenged with, how many people are without a home, how many people are hungry, how many people are food insecure.

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Alice: all those kinds of things that we're working on. And we're demonstrating that with data to show how many people are challenge challenged with these different areas.

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Alice: But from this information of this data, the next step behind that that I do think a lot of people forget to do

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Alice: is to do that analysis as to okay. Now, I know why I know how many kids are dropping out of high school before they graduate. I know how many people don't have a home. I know how many people are struggling with mental illness. Right? And so I have that data. But then I have to do that root cause analysis to kind of, say, Okay, why are that many people?

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Alice: You know that many students dropping out of high school. Why are that many people without a home?

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Alice: And when we do that analysis, what we're generally going to find is that that there are many reasons behind the need. Right? There's many root causes of the problems. Most of the things we're dealing with are very complex.

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Alice: And so when we do that root cause analysis, we start to find the other partners that are working in different areas to address this issue, and we can bring them into our projects to address more holistically the you know, the actual root causes of the problem.

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Alice: So let me. Just give you a quick example. Let's say you, you're dealing with unemployment. And so you have the statistics on how many people are unemployed, and you have all the demographic data.

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Alice: And then, when you start to look at, why are this many people unemployed, you might find that it's because there's no jobs. And that's why people are unemployed, or it could be because there's no training for jobs. And so people you know, there's jobs out there. But there's not enough trained people to to take those jobs, or it could be because there's no daycare or childcare for

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Alice: job creation and the wraparound services for daycare and transportation, and you bring those folks into your projects. And then, as a group, you know, you're still asking for your money to provide those services, but as a coalition, as a partnership, you're addressing more of the root causes collectively of unemployment than just doing it individually on your own.

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Alice: So this is kind of a great time. To do that analysis. Analysis. Bring in those other partners and show how you're really addressing the issue and trying to kind of solve the problem. As opposed to just kind of doing one program.

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Alice: And that's something that funders really really like to see that you're addressing that as a group.

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Alice: Another kind of component of this particular section of organization alignment.

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Alice: Was communicating how your work supports. The goals of, you know, businesses, their their corporate social responsibility. And I, for some reason I'm blanking on what Esg stands for but how do we align with those goals that there have of being, you know, equitable, sustainable organizations in their communities?

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Alice: So just I have another resource for you. A heavy resource webinar but you'll be getting a copy of this as well. And so this is just a partnership identification tool.

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Alice: And 2 things that you can do with this tool. So 1st is just kind of to look at any area, any organization that you might be reaching out to, to partner with and engage with to looking at it from 2 different lenses.

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Alice: You know. First, st the thing we're always, you know, initially looking for how can they support what we do? Right? So what you know, what what are we looking for? Are we looking for money from them? Are we looking for volunteers? Are we looking for? Them to funnel people into our programs, you know, advertise for us whatever.

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Alice: So we, you know, we pretty much have that. What do we need now?

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Alice: But always strategically looking at what their motivations are, how your projects and your programs would also be a benefit to them.

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Alice: you know part of that is always kind of that. Educating the community about how this particular company is supporting the community and and the good works that go on. And so you always want to make sure that when you're 1st looking at these partnerships with businesses, that you're always kind of

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Alice: So that's kind of the 1st part of the tool.

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Alice: The second part of the tool is just looking really more broadly at how we're kind of looking at businesses and corporations. You know. Obviously, those that are located in your community are a place that you really want to start what you know, small businesses, what midsize businesses, what large businesses exist in your communities

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Alice: But sometimes you might find I live in a pretty rural area, and there's not just not a lot of corporations and businesses right? And so then it becomes more challenging.

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Alice: So starting to look at companies where your stakeholders work. So making sure that that process of identifying who your Board works for? Who your volunteers work for, who potentially your your target population works for right? And going back to those businesses and and talking to them about how you know their people support you through.

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Alice: You're being a stakeholder, or whatever, or that they're influenced by your work as a participant, and you wouldn't want to use their name necessarily, but just showing that that you know you serve their stakeholders as well. Can open up doors.

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Alice: Looking at different companies that sell to your stakeholders. So this could be again, maybe looking at people who sell products to your target population. Say you work in with with seniors, with mobility issues. And so there's people that that need you know, walkers and canes and wheelchairs and things like that. And so looking nationwide for companies, that kind of support that area

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Alice: usually we're doing a logic model or doing some of this work just not just, but just for the funding you know. But we can use these models to. Really, you know, I hear. Tell your story right and these models. This is your story. This is demonstrating the difference that you make

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Alice: Okay, so we're getting to our 3rd area. And I know I'm kind of running a little bit late, but I have less resources for the end here. But organizational capacity and sustainability, right? So 1st is that diversified funding mix again. We've always been told to diversify our funding, and we know right now why, right, that all of a sudden government funding can go away and you're lost.

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Alice: And then the last part is the systems change of looking to influence policy or doing advocacy, looking at coalitions to amplify your impact. Being innovative, we've already kind of talked a little bit about sharing what you're doing, you know. And so through those logic models and sharing the difference that you make again becoming a contributor in the community to solving these problems?

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Alice: And then just looking again, looking more to changing the root causes of the problems and looking at systems changes as a as opposed to kind of one off grant applications.

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Alice: And then also looking at the different committee assignments, you might also be able to find that. Say, within the health the health committee. Maybe there's people that you would want to connect with. If that's your area and you can share that story and share that information about the difference that you make in the solutions that you have.

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Alice: So those are just some of those kind of action steps with just here again, just some information on how you can craft that message. And you can kind of come back and look to this. But this is the things that we've already talked about about being able to share that data. Telling them exactly what you're asking them for and you know, following up and you know again, just telling that story.

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Alice: and just as kind of a pro tip, you know, as we are out there right now, as we are doing. That communication about, you know, kind of where funding has been cut and what we do, and all those sorts of things to keep that focus in even more on

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Alice: And then, once you kind of are done with the assessment, there's just some different ways of kind of looking at, you know, analyzing it, you know. Kind of adding up the scores. You know, if you're from 101 to 125. You're pretty well positioned. You've got a lot of things done. Start looking to develop those relationships.

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Alice: and then kind of if you're below 50 you'd probably be pretty early in this. So you're still kind of looking a little bit more at that that. What's your strategy. What's your infrastructure look like? How are you gonna evaluate things? And you know, just kind of continue to build from there.

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GrantStation Host: Perfect. Thank you, Alice, and just a reminder. If you do have to jump off early or jump off. Now you will get the full recording. So you'll be able to listen to any of the questions that we go through now. So Amanda asked, do you or grantstation have any data on how many funders who are moving from traditional to strategic investments. Or perhaps, if there are more funders shifting to strategic investment in recent years, just trying to get a handle on how common this is, or is becoming.

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Alice: Yeah. So I mean, I don't have any actual like data on the number of you know, funders like, specifically on that. I do know that, you know, after the pandemic there was a lot of discussions about moving more to trust based philanthropy and those kinds of things. And so there was a bit of a movement to that but I also believe that even if they're not using the term strategic investment.

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Alice: that I think that everything that we talked about today is things that any Funder is going to see you addressing root causes, for example, that's going to make you competitive across the board to be working in coalitions to do different things that's going to help you across the board.

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Alice: So I think that anything in this session is really just gonna help you be more competitive kind of regardless of the term that the Funder uses.

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GrantStation Host: Makes sense. Caitlin says we have a strategic plan that we use internally to guide our operational plan for the year. Is that strategic plan, something you'd recommend. We share on our website for people outside of our organization to see.

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Alice: Oh, that's kind of a neat idea. I think that you could. I think that the you know a lot of different, I know, like government organizations do put their strategic plan out there. I know that a lot of people are a little afraid sometimes, like, Oh, somebody's gonna steal my idea and those kinds of things. But usually the strategic plan is a bit more, you know, kind of visionary with some action steps and those sorts of things, and not the complete roadmap

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GrantStation Host: Yep. Then Drew says, how in this season should we act differently in application, strategy, and creation? We have a strategic plan and seek alignment with potential funders. We also know the landscape has changed. The fundamental question for those of us doing the work already is, how specifically to evolve from where we are now.

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Alice: Yeah, I think that that I mean, that is such a good question, Drew. I mean, it's like that is the challenge right now. And why? Why this series was developed like, how do we make those small? I mean those shifts? And so I think that again communicating you know some of the different components of this again, where it's looking at

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Alice: is probably more important as we're applying for grants now than maybe in the past, so that they can see that you're really, you know, kind of woven into the community. And the groups that are addressing and advocating. And, you know, making policy and all those kinds of things that there's more of a collective effort in that

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GrantStation Host: Then Caitlin says, at the beginning you talked about switching to focusing on outcomes rather than outputs. And now you're talking about measuring social impact both social impact and outcomes are sometimes very hard to measure. Are we changing community minds? Are people more aware of the need in our community? Are we succeeding in educating people about our mission? How do you recommend? We measure and communicate those.

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Alice: And so to me, that's measuring social impact. That's showing that what we do makes a difference in people's lives that, you know, reduces. You know, whatever it is. Incidence of of needing to use emergency services for mental health, because there, it's being addressed earlier, those kinds, I mean, that's just one example. But those kinds of things

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Alice: how much people are aware of the need. But maybe what solutions you offer, and how people actually improve because your organization exists. Right? So it's kind of a level higher than that of just kind of being out there. Doing, you know, educating the community about what we do, but how?

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GrantStation Host: Yep, that does. And then one last question, it is difficult to measure. Roi versus outcomes. Measuring outcomes can be well documented. Measuring. Rois is putting a figure on what can be a subjective state being better off with some of your bills being paid, for example, how do I communicate Roi to funders.

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Alice: Yeah. So that is really gonna be the next webinar, except for when I'm looking at return on investment, I'm looking more at, not necessarily at how bills are being paid, but how the work that we do when we do it, it actually saves money in the long run right that providing you know, this

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Alice: So that's kind of when I'm looking at return on investment. I'm looking at, you know. I invested this money in you, and you know you saved. Actually, you know, not only people's lives. And and you know, issues right that that they would have had to have gone through. But it was also a good economic decision to do, because, you know

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00:15:26	Yontae Samples:	Ohio
00:15:27	Amanda Valente-Confer:	Midland, MI - The ROCK Center for Youth Development
00:15:27	D. Lee Grooms:	Greetings from San Juan Community Theatre on beautiful San Juan Island, WA!
00:15:27	Joan Staunton:	New York City
00:15:28	Bailey Spears:	Harmony Project Phoenix, Arizona
00:15:28	Jen Levy:	Chippewa Nature Center - Midland, MI
00:15:29	Nicholas Cofrancesco:	North Canton, OH, National Inventors Hall of Fame
00:15:31	Jen Levy:	This is Hannah from Walking Mountains in Avon, Colorado
00:15:31	Joshua Rey:	Joshua Rey; Here Tomorrow; Neptune Beach, FL
00:15:31	Taylor Yoder:	Fort Wayne, IN
00:15:32	Michelle Touchstone:	Cultural Arts Alliance in Santa Rosa Beach, FL
00:15:32	Lindsay Garfias:	stg Utah tuacahn
00:15:32	Jen Levy:	Berks Nature, Reading PA
00:15:33	Christine Mitchell:	Carolina Honduras Health Foundation - but I'm from Myrtle Beach
00:15:34	Brianna Nelson:	Greetings from Rapid City, SD1
00:15:35	McCaela Donovan:	Brenna (she/they) from the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington MA
00:15:35	Elizabeth Fourar-Laidi:	Community Partners, NH
00:15:36	McCaela Donovan:	Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington MA
00:15:38	Dr Alice Christie:	Flagstaff, AZ
00:15:38	Satyajit Nadkarni:	Disabled Veterans National Foundation in Maryland
00:15:38	Breanna Polacik:	Maui, HI. The Dotted I Fundraising
00:15:39	Caroline Salazar:	Hello! Caroline Salazar from 100 Women Who Care Hebron CT
00:15:40	Ashleigh Henrichs:	Madison, WI: Wisconsin Literacy, Inc.
00:15:40	Linda Hutson:	Food Bank of Central Louisiana, Alexandria, LA
00:15:40	Lynne Applebaum:	Great Swamp Watershed Association, Morristown, NJ
00:15:40	Jen Levy:	North Texas
00:15:40	Josi Washington:	Newport News, VA
00:15:41	Jennifer Mariano:	Colorado Springs, CO; Colorado Department of Corrections
00:15:41	Robyn Temple-Smolkin:	Rockville, MD  Association for Molecular Pathology
00:15:41	Theresa Bimbela:	HI everyone!  Theresa Bimbela from Las Vegas and Unitek Learning.
00:15:41	Bridget Nolan:	KID smART - New Orleans
00:15:41	Priscilla Clark:	Lumibility  in CT
00:15:41	Linda Weiss:	Aitkin Minnesota, Board Director
00:15:41	Michelle Fullerton:	Michelle from Life Guatemala
00:15:42	Sarah Szczebak:	YWCA Hartford Region, Hartford, CT
00:15:42	Laurel Zhang:	Kansas
00:15:42	Jennifer Mitchell:	Jennifer Mitchell, Development Director at Equine-Assisted Therapies of South Floirda
00:15:43	Jen Levy:	Melissa Hughes, Environmental Specialist II, Lyonia Environmental Center, Deltona FL
00:15:43	Michelle Volk:	Texas
00:15:43	Breanna Polacik:	Hot Springs, Arkansas - The Dotted i
00:15:44	Kimberly Molitor:	Oklahoma City
00:15:44	Shelley Rogers:	Gainesville, FLâ¨Constellation Charter School
00:15:44	Sonia Frischemeier:	North Carolina
00:15:45	Jen Levy:	Trumbull, CT Trumbull Nature & Arts Center
00:15:45	Ruth Marquette:	Northeast Vermont Northeast Kingdom Human Services
00:15:45	Ruth Morton:	Foundation for the Episcopal Church in Wyoming
00:15:46	Kaitlin Pettit:	Kaitlin from Toilet Equity in Grand Junction, CO
00:15:47	Pam Schutz:	Pam Schutz, Greater Fox Valley Wisconsin, Covey--Care and Services for Individuals with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities
00:15:47	Amy Breault:	Myrtle Beach SC
00:15:47	Phyllis Harris:	Phyllis Harris, LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland
00:15:47	Jen Levy:	South Carolina
00:15:48	Marlene Lee:	Bala Cynwyd, PA: Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer
00:15:48	Cheri Ladd:	Bozeman Symphony in Bozeman, Montana. Howdy!
00:15:49	Nora Utech:	Kansas City
00:15:49	Dana Wilson:	Maine!
00:15:49	Susan Shaen:	Beverly, MA
00:15:50	Jan Keister:	Jan Keister, Legal Aid Society of Roanoke Valley, Roanoke, VA
00:15:50	Ashley Dickerson:	Ashley Dickerson, Sobriety House, Denver CO
00:15:52	Patricia Schulte:	Pat from Youth & Family services in Rapid City, SD
00:15:54	Faith Edmondson:	Center for New Beginnings- Autism therapy   Augusta GA
00:15:54	MARK CARRIERE:	Greetings from Carrollton, TX
00:15:55	Jen Levy:	Kerrville, Texas
00:15:55	Veronica Cordova:	Virginia
00:15:56	McCaela Donovan:	Massachusetts
00:15:56	Amanda Paveglio:	State College PA.  hi!
00:15:58	Sarah Schneider:	Maine!
00:16:01	Cookie Wetendorf:	Midland, TX
00:16:02	Collin Bruce:	Collin, San Jose CA
00:16:02	Nancy Wandersee:	Milwaukee Wisconsin, Humane Animal Welfare Society of Waukesha County. Grants Administrator
00:16:04	Carol Maffuccio:	Friends of Public Radio Arizona & Sun Sounds Foundation - Tempe, Arizona
00:16:05	Paul Falzone:	NYC!
00:16:05	Greg Constable:	SE Missouri
00:16:05	Jen Levy:	Pocono Environmental Education Center located in Dingmans Ferry, PA
00:16:05	Jan Carruthers:	Edge Foundation. Edge is headquartered in Seattle but I work remotely from London.
00:16:08	Bethany Parmer:	Lancaster, PA
00:16:09	Elizabeth Frick:	Washington, DC-- Iona Senior Services
00:16:12	Linda Pickens:	Linda - Atlanta & SC
00:16:15	Jen Levy:	Hello from Minnesota!
00:16:18	Emily Halling:	Prisma Community Care, Phoenix, AZ
00:16:37	Abigail Ortiz:	Presque Isle, ME Hope and Justice Project
00:16:41	GrantStation Host:	Access to Slides and Handouts (these will be emailed to you as well)
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00:16:57	Kelsey Willardson:	Center for Rural Affairs, joining from Iowa!
00:16:58	Sara Charters:	Hamilton, Ontario,Canada
00:17:10	Kat Calabrese:	Fort Wayne, Indiana
00:17:15	Jen Levy:	Hungerford Nature Center in Connecticut
00:17:24	Jen Levy:	Reading, PA - Berks Nature
00:17:28	Jen Levy:	Florida
00:17:29	Aaron Ruff:	Abilene, Texas
00:17:33	Julia Gales:	Hamilton, Ontario!!! My daughter was born there!
00:17:34	Kristin Kelly:	Colorado Springs, CO
00:17:35	Jen Levy:	Beloit, WI  Welty Environmental Center
00:17:35	Catherine Held:	Grant writer--Petaluma CA
00:17:36	Christen Makram:	Providence, RI!
00:17:38	Jenny Okamoto:	Jenny from Lutheran Child & Family Services of IN/KY
00:17:54	Julie Wesling:	Hi from Julie in St. Augustine, Florida
00:17:55	Whitney Malone:	Whitney Malone - Nashville, TN
00:17:55	Jen Levy:	Wesselman Woods -- Evansville, IN
00:17:58	Jen Levy:	Kerry Kirk Pflugh, New Jersey School of Conservation
00:18:13	Sally Swenson:	Sally Swenson, Boston MA
00:18:19	Kayla Bostic:	Howdy yâall; Development Associate from Santa Fe NM
00:18:23	Helen Barrington:	Helen Barrington, Manager of Major Donors and Events at the public media organization From the Top. Based in Sacramento.
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00:18:58	Mona Smith:	MZ Smith - Development Consultant, multiple nonprofits, Hudson Valley, NY
00:19:26	Liesel Mendoza:	Hi! Liesel Mendoza here, founder of  The Mentoring Club (https://www.thementoringclub.org/) based out of Silicon Valley. Happy to connect on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/liesel-mendoza-232868/) to learn from each other and help each other help others.
00:19:29	Drew Tucker:	Drew Tucker - HopeWood Outdoors in Ohio (statewide)
00:19:44	Victoria Ravenell:	Victoria Ravenell, Grant Writer and Program Development for Nonprofit organizations; Would love to stay in contact with you all! Victoria@dandvconsulting.com (GA based)
00:20:29	Victoria Ravenell:	Here is my Linkedin as well! www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-ravenell
00:20:32	Amy McCallister-Ethel:	Habitat for Humanity of the Tri-State (Ohio, KY & WV) http://www.hfhtristate.org
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00:21:43	Pamela Williams:	Pamela Williams, board president and grant writer for Hartman Castle Preservation, Gunnison, CO. A Queen Anne historic home to purchase and preserve.
00:22:23	Pamela Williams:	Hartmancastle.org
00:22:55	Jennifer Andrews:	101waysnfp.org
00:25:03	Marji Hess:	Marji Hess, https://www.teenstakeonclimate.org
00:27:32	GrantStation Host:	Access to Slides and Handouts (these will be emailed to you as well)
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00:28:36	Risa Shimoda:	Risa Shimoda, River Management Society, supporting professionals who study, protect and manage North America's rivers. Would love to hear from grant writers!
00:30:01	Ashley Dickerson:	-*
00:31:12	Christen Makram:	Will you be sharing this framework with the materials as well?
00:31:16	Sue Albritton Robbins:	Sue Albritton Robbins Sr. DOD with Catholic Charities SF/Marin/San Mateo Counties
00:31:42	GrantStation Host:	Access to Slides and Handouts (these will be emailed to you as well)
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00:31:45	Jennifer Varenka:	Jen Varenka, Ops Dir & Marketing & Development, Dancing Classrooms Long Island
00:35:11	Audrey Del Prete:	ESG = Environmental Social Governance
00:36:18	Amy McCallister-Ethel:	Environmental Social Governance! (Sustainability and ethical practices) :)
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00:57:25	Pam Schutz:	Excellent materials, thank you!
00:59:17	GrantStation Host:	TargetED Series-Discounted rate of $175 for the full series (6 sessions)
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01:00:25	Jen Levy:	Thank you. Very useful and actionable webinar!
01:01:07	Jen Levy:	Thank you.  This has been great.  Looking forward to the next session. Kerry
01:04:23	REYDEL SANTOS:	Veteran Housing Corp, a 501c3 tax-exempt nonprofit that provides emergency, temporary and longer-term housing to veterans in need or at risk of homelessness,   has been expanding and diversifying its revenue streams for years so the organization does not have to rely on any local, state or federal government funding or grants
01:04:34	Laura Wallace:	Very helpful presentation!  Thank you, Alice.
01:08:31	Liesel Mendoza:	Thank you very much for this session. đ
01:08:40	Lee Ann Kline:	Thank you
01:08:41	Mara Held:	Thank you!
01:08:42	Desiree Santos-Kho:	Thank you, this was great!
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01:08:48	Nora Utech:	Thank you
01:08:51	Michelle Touchstone:	Thank you!
01:08:54	Jen Levy:	Thank you
01:08:55	Amanda Paveglio:	Thanks Alice and GrantStation!
01:09:07	Linda Pickens:	Thank you
01:09:11	McCaela Donovan:	Thank you!
01:09:33	Harriet Rousseau:	Thank you
01:09:40	Linda Wilson:	Thank you
01:09:41	Sarah Schneider:	thank you
01:09:41	Kat Calabrese:	thx

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041425 - Strategic Investment Readiness Assessment

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June 16: Shifting From Basic Grant Reporting to Strategic Accountability

Accountability and transparency are more critical than ever in building trust with funders. Learn how to develop advanced reporting frameworks that go beyond basic metrics, showcasing clear and transparent outcome measurements that demonstrate accountability, effectiveness, and sustainability.

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00:16:08	Amanda Paveglio:	Central PA, Lancaster-Lebanon IU13
00:16:13	Satyajit Nadkarni:	Satyajit Nadkarni, Grant Writer @ DVNF in MD
00:16:14	Kate Alessi:	Literacy Volunteers of Southern CT in Milford, CT
00:16:15	Gwynne Guzzeau:	Helping Our Women, Cape Cod MA
00:16:16	Brianna Nelson:	Youth & Family Services in Rapid City, SD
00:16:18	Megan Baker:	Volunteers in Medicine Jacksonville (FL)
00:16:20	Linda Weiss:	Madelia Health Foundation - South Central MN
00:16:21	Judyann Robinson:	Irving Symphony Orchestra - Irving Texas
00:16:22	Linda Weiss:	Southern Utah, Rural 9
00:16:23	Sarah Schneider:	Portland, Maine - The Telling Room
00:16:24	Jen Levy:	Trumbull Nature & Arts Center, Connecticut
00:16:25	Jonathan Hardin:	Cameron Community - Rochester, NY
00:16:25	Brandi Bair:	Hope House, Independence, MO
00:16:26	Jen Levy:	Walking Mountains in Avon, CO
00:16:29	Vanesa Melius:	Nashville, Tenn. MDHA (housing)
00:16:29	TK Shively:	Melissa Nolte, Grantwriter for Kansas Legal Services
00:16:30	Brandi Day:	People Incorporated of Virginia
00:16:30	Crissy Zitka:	Nashville, TN Ascension Saint Thomas
00:16:30	Anna Marcus:	Pentacle, New York CIty
00:16:30	Sarah Szczebak:	Sarah Szczebak, YWCA Hartford Region, Hartford, CT
00:16:31	Jen Levy:	Jen Levy, Association of Nature Center Administrators. Logan, UT
00:16:31	Leah Sheppard:	Impact Teen Drivers - National but based in California
00:16:32	McCaela Donovan:	Western MA
00:16:32	Erica Parrigin:	Quad Cities IA and IL, World Relief
00:16:33	Sara Cohen:	Independent consultant -Oak Park,, IL
00:16:33	Cynthia Callaway:	Cynthia Callaway, NetworkPeninsula, Virginia
00:16:33	Lisa West:	Scheben Care Center, Florence, Ky
00:16:34	Nicole DeSchaaf:	Chamber of Commerce, Grand Haven, MI
00:16:35	Sarah Kauer:	Wyoming
00:16:36	McCaela Donovan:	Construct Center for Affordable Housing, south Berkshire, MA
00:16:40	McCaela Donovan:	Brenna Hull, Great Barrington MA
00:16:44	Taylor Yoder:	McMillen Health, Fort Wayne, IN
00:16:44	Jen Levy:	Chippewa Nature Center, Midland, MI
00:16:45	Nancy Wandersee:	Nancy, Grant Administrator from Humane Animal Welfare Society in Waukesha WI
00:16:49	Alia Taqieddin:	Legal Access Alameda- Oakland CA
00:16:49	Lori Johnson:	Lori Johnson, CAPMC, Mercer County PA.
00:16:50	Donna Willis:	Tulsa, OK; Amplify Youth Health Collective
00:16:54	Cookie Wetendorf:	Midland, TX
00:16:55	Jen Levy:	Berks Nature
00:16:57	Cristie Duhon:	SafePath Children's Advocacy Center, Marietta, GA
00:17:00	McCaela Donovan:	Hannah - Great Barrington MA - Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
00:17:20	Lynne Bairstow:	Lynne Bairstow, Raise the River, Mexico City & San Francisco
00:17:26	Marci Reaven:	Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst MA
00:18:15	Maryvette Labrie:	Maryvette - Red Lodge, MT - Red Lodge Area Community Foundation
00:18:30	Jon LeRoy:	Jon, Fairport, NY: Perinton Ambulance
00:18:38	GrantStation Host:	Welcome everyone!
00:18:40	Megan Sevastos:	Megan Sevastos, Akron, OH Jobs for Ohio's Graduates
00:18:55	Kelsey Willardson:	Kelsey, Knoxville, Iowa, Center for Rural Affairs
00:19:20	Jenny Greeman:	Jenny Greeman, P2L: Pathways to Leadership, Youth Development and Restorative Justice in NYC
00:19:45	Nidhi Mirani:	Nidhi Mirani, Carina Care Matching (based in Seattle, WA)
00:21:38	Denise Peroune:	Denise Peroune, Greater Newark Health Care Coalition, West Orange, NJ
00:22:21	Krystall Barnes:	Krystall Barnes - Barton Community College in Great Bend, Kansas
00:22:52	Patricia Neale:	Tricia Neale, Feast of Justice in Philadelphia, PA
00:23:19	Becky Gibson:	Ben Wolf, Becky GibsonThe kOlya Project
00:23:41	Ashley Dickerson:	Ashley Dickerson, Sobriety House, Denver CO
00:24:19	Emma Clifford:	Emma Clifford, Animal Balance - CA, NM, TX & AZ
00:25:27	MICHELLE WALKER:	Dr. Michelle Walker-Davis, CEO and Founder, IMG grants and government contracts proposal writers. www.imgconsulting.info
00:29:43	Patricia Holmes:	Patti Holmes, CFRE, Director, Major Gifts - National Inventors HOF, HQ North Canton OH with programs in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C.
00:29:58	Cecelia Wagner:	Could you put that link in the chat?
00:30:32	GrantStation Host:	https://independentsector.org/research/value-of-volunteer-time/
00:31:10	Alisha Garner:	NICE, THANKS!
00:31:52	Cecelia Wagner:	Thank you.
00:36:55	Michelle Christie:	Dr. Michelle Christie, Founder and CEO, No Limits for deaf children and families
00:42:59	Chrissy Franklin:	Chrissy Franklin, Western Heights Learning Center, Albuquerque, NM
00:49:15	Megan Sevastos:	Do you have links or specific locations where to find these valuation resources?
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01:00:44	Tsiporah Nephesh:	Many state nonprofit associations create economic impact reports.  You can check out the National Council of Nonprofits' website to find the state affiliations https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/
01:01:14	Brianna Nelson:	Thank you, Tsiporah!
01:01:17	Elizabeth Hughes:	Google Scholar can be very helpful in finding data.
01:01:29	Gwynne Guzzeau:	chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://kynonprofits.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/FINAL-Impact-Report-040225.pdf
01:02:05	Megan Sevastos:	Thank you, Tsiporah!
01:03:38	Megan Baker:	bls.gov for labor values
01:03:38	Ashley Dickerson:	Thank you!
01:03:46	Satyajit Nadkarni:	thank you
01:03:48	McCaela Donovan:	Thank you!
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01:04:00	McCaela Donovan:	Thank you
01:04:14	Donna Willis:	Thank you!
01:04:27	Annette Pieniazek:	Thank you!
01:04:46	Kate Alessi:	Thank you!
01:04:51	Emma Clifford:	Thank you!
01:04:52	Jenny Greeman:	Thank you!
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Value of Volunteer Time The Current Estimated National Value of Each Volunteer Hour Is: $ 0 Download The Report About Value of Volunteer Time Volunteers in the United States hold up the foundation of civil society. They help their neighbors, serve their communities, and provide their expertise.

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Economic Impact Analysis for Planning | IMPLAN

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Shifting From Deficit-Based to Strength-Based Grant Narratives

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Hello! I am Christie Sweeney, Laguna Canyon Foundation's Senior Director of Education and Outreach. We are the non-profit partner of OC Parks, supporting their nature centers in both Aliso & Wood Canyons and Laguna Coast Wilderness Parks. I am seeking support for our education program, which currently serves over 3,000 Title I students annually. We would like to expand that program to include schools that border these parks, to help build the next generation of stewards for these vital wildlands.

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June 30: Shifting From Data-Driven Proposals to Compelling Grant Narratives

In a crowded field of applications, storytelling remains a powerful tool to connect with funders on both an emotional and intellectual level. Learn to balance data-driven evidence with compelling narratives that resonate with reviewers and effectively communicate the impact of your programs.

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Shifting From Data-Driven Proposals to Compelling Grant Narratives