Get Your Board On Board: 5 Tips to Double Your Funding with Jan Spackman

Struggling to align your board's priorities with grantseeking? Join Jan Spackman to learn how she doubled funding in a year. Get actionable tips on advocacy, crafting compelling presentations, and equipping your board to support your funding strategy effectively.

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August 5, 2024

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Get Your Board On Board: 5 Tips to Double Your Funding with Jan Spackman

Key Takeaways

​Struggling to align your board's priorities with your grantseeking strategy?

​Join us for an insightful session with Jan Spackman, Director of Grants at Sleep in Heavenly Peace, who doubled her organization's grant funding in just one year by scaling her grants program.

​Jan will share her step-by-step approach to pitching for the budget she needed, providing you with actionable insights to advocate to leadership.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Learn Jan's successful advocacy techniques to win over board skepticism
  2. Create a compelling presentation outline for your budget needs
  3. Discover 5 strategies to equip your board with the information needed to drive your organization forward

Grantseeker Growth Course: Series 2 / Session 2: This 3-part intensive learning course is best suited for U.S.-based intermediate or expert grant writers who have won at least one grant with a minimum of a $200K operating budget, or consultants working with such organizations. You do not have to join all three sessions to attend these programs.

​​Professional Credits: This session covers GPCI Competency 6. 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.

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Course Instructor: Rachel Fidler Cannella | Events & Community Manager, Instrumentl

​​​​Rachel is a skilled nonprofit professional with over a decade of experience in informal education at history, science, and art museums. Prior to joining Instrumentl, Rachel served as Senior Manager of School & Teacher Programs at the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County and Creative Programs Director at Holocaust Museum LA.

What is Instrumentl? ​Instrumentl is the first full-lifecycle grant solution for grantseekers. In 2023, Instrumentl helped over 3,000 organizations win over $1 billion by bringing grant discovery, research, and tracking to one place. Our customers are on the front lines educating kids, saving endangered species, and restoring watersheds.

Learn more and sign up for a free 14-day trial (no credit card required) here.

🖥 Link to presentation slides: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V6BEFvrJL3D9Nb756f-YID5AycSNvfL2/view?usp=drive_link

📓 Session workbook: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XxOhe6cybnbhIrANaxLZ2jfNfno2LubbIiLlZEThZ4M/copy

⚡️Go here to register for our future free grants workshops: https://lu.ma/instrumentl/events

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