How to Find Good Fit Funders in Under 60 Minutes

Want to win more grants for your nonprofit? The first step to success is being able to find good fit funders. If you've ever struggled to find active grant opportunities that match your cause area, this deep-dive workshop is for you. In this 1-hour special workshop hosted by Instrumentl, you’ll learn how to take your organization from flat-footed to sprinting towards finding and applying for new funding opportunities. By the end of this workshop, you’ll learn: 

• Why grants are so powerful 
• Key questions to ask to evaluate funder alignment 
• How to start finding good fit funders fast using Instrumentl 

Key take aways that participants will experience include: 

• Participants will understand why grants are a powerful funding source and how to leverage them effectively for their nonprofit. 
• Participants will learn the key questions to ask when evaluating whether a funder is a good fit for their organization's cause area. 
• Participants will gain hands-on strategies for finding active, well-aligned grant opportunities quickly using Instrumentl, and leave with personalized grant recommendations for their nonprofit. 
• Plus, you'll leave with personalized grant recommendations for your nonprofit. 

Professional Credits: Full participation in this event is applicable for 1.0 points in Category 1.B - Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification.

About the speaker

Katarina Leiser is a seasoned nonprofit professional with over a decade of expertise in fundraising and resource development. She spent the bulk of her nonprofit career at the Legal Action Center in New York, raising millions of dollars in support of restorative opportunities for people with arrest records, substance use disorders, and HIV or AIDS.

At Instrumentl, Katarina has leveraged her frontline fundraising experience to guide hundreds of nonprofits in building strategic pipelines for grant funding and foundation partnerships. Previously, she served as an Account Manager at Classy (GoFundMe). Katarina holds an M.P.A. in Nonprofit Management from Baruch College.