Where does the grantseeking process start? How do you find funders interested in your organization and your programs? There are proven tactics for finding funders that are a good fit for your organization–and plentiful resources online–many of them free!

In this three-hour live online training, we’ll discuss the best ways to begin grantseeking (which is closer than you think!), explore four good places to start looking, work through a proven process for finding funder information, discover how to “dig deeper” into a foundation’s interests, and determine the best way for you to start capturing what you are learning about your organization and its potential funders. This training is specifically designed to help you gain important grantseeking competencies and skills related to researching, identifying, and matching funding resources to meet specific needs. Through this training, you will:

• Know more about major trends in grant funding
• Apply methods of locating funding sources
• Explore techniques to learn about specific funders
• Determine the right method for maintaining, tracking, and updating information on potential funders
• Identify fundable programs and projects for your organization
• Locate best matches between funders and specific programs
• Interpret grant application request for proposal (RFP) guidelines and requirements to accurately assess funder intent.