Get that Grant! Strategies for Grassroots Organizations

Sometimes applying for grants feels about as hopeful and strategic as playing the lottery. So how do you best navigate the maze of grant applications and stand out from the crowd? How do you get your excellent work noticed and supported?

Andy Robinson draws on his 25 years of experience in fundraising excellence to give participants the edge and best strategies for getting better grant results. A great course for both experienced fundraisers and those new to writing grants, Andy has a reputation for packing his classes with relevant and useful tips, tools and strategies from the field.

At the conclusion of Get that Grant! Strategies for Grassroots Organizations, participants will have intermediate learning in how to design and market their projects to grantees, how to build relationships with funders, and how to differentiate their organization.

Combine your newly acquired skills from Winning Grassroots Grants with The Nuts & Bolts of Fundraising.  Participants will have introductory training in individual fundraising covering the basic principals of prospect identification, asking in person, asking by mail, and other tactics.  Participants who register for both courses will pay a reduced price of $250 for both. Limited scholarships are available.

About the Faculty:
For 25 years Andy Robinson worked with a variety of nonprofits as a fundraiser, publicist, grant writer, and community organizer.  Since starting his consulting practice in 1995, he’s provided support and training to thousands of nonprofit staff and volunteers in 42 U.S. states and Canada.

Andy specializes in the needs of organizations working for human rights, social justice, environmental conservation, and community development.  His own activist experience includes campaigns for nuclear disarmament, toxic waste reduction, community reinvestment, wilderness protection, utility rate reform, reproductive rights, and the protection and restoration of traditional culture and agriculture.  Andy has also been active in the arts as a writer, editor, presenter, and participant.

Andy has written a number of books on fundraising strategy including Grassroots Grants, Second Edition and Selling Social Change (Without Selling Out): Earned Income Strategies for Nonprofits, available from Jossey-Bass.  His latest books, Big Gifts for Small Groups and Great Boards for Small Groups, were recently published by Emerson & Church, the book division of Contributions magazine.  He is known for his common-sense style and sound advice that is always practical, achievable and on target for the challenges that social change organizations face.

Andy lives in Plainfield, Vermont with his spouse Jan, a woodlot filled with wildlife, and a garden that is completely out of control.