Beyond Grant Writing At Your Nonprofit

Creating Strong Grantmaker Relationships that Fuel (and Fund) Your Nonprofit's Future

What you'll learn

What defines grantmaker relationships, what grants are, and where they come from.

The importance of a code of ethics in seeking and using grants.

Developing strategic approaches for team-level management of grantmakers.

The concept of “high empathy grantmaking" and how the human needs of belonging and self-esteem come up in our grantmaker relationships.

Three ways that non-financial support can impact your organization.

How minimizing power difference can build healthy grantmaker relationships and effective nonprofit fundraising overall.

Four tips for starting and enhancing the relationships you have with grantmakers.

A change management model that can help reframe your typical grantmaker conversations and practices.

Requirements

No prerequisites needed!

Description

About this topic…This capacity area focuses on an organization's ability to manage their relationships with all types of grantmakers, including corporate, foundation, and governmental sources, in order to secure funds and support. Throughout this series, you'll have the opportunity to explore a fresh perspective on the relationships behind the institutional side of nonprofit fundraising.What You Will LearnWhat defines grantmaker relationships, what grants are, and where they come from.Three ways that non-financial support can impact your organization.The importance of a code of ethics in seeking and using grants.How minimizing power difference can build healthy grantmaker relationships and effective nonprofit fundraising overall.Developing strategic approaches for team-level management of grantmakers.Four tips for starting and enhancing the relationships you have with grantmakers.The concept of “high empathy grantmaking" and how the human needs of belonging and self-esteem come up in our grantmaker relationships.A change management model that can help reframe your typical grantmaker conversations and practices.Who is this learning path for?Everyone can benefit from this learning path, although those who are involved in any way with reaching, informing, and nurturing institutional supporters of your work will find this particularly beneficial.While this is not a formal grant writing course, the principals presented here will help you foster healthy and deep relationships with the foundations that support your work, with an emphasis on operating within your nonprofit's code of ethics.This learning path explores the following Korn Ferry competencies:Instilling TrustInterpersonal SavvyDriving Vision and PurposeBalancing StakeholdersCollaborates

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction to Grantmaker Relationships

Lecture 2 Introduction to Beyond Grant Writing at Your Nonprofit

Lecture 3 Downloadable Workbook

Section 2: Bronze 1: What Defines Grantmaker Relationships?

Lecture 4 What you can expect in this lesson

Lecture 5 What defines grantmaker relationships?

Lecture 6 Why does grantmaker relationship management matter?

Section 3: Bronze 2: Relationship-Building Skills for Success with Grantmakers

Lecture 7 Relationship-Building Skills for Success with Grantmakers

Section 4: Bronze 3: What Effective Grantmaker Relationships Look Like

Lecture 8 What Effective Grantmaker Relationships Look Like

Lecture 9 Measuring Your Effectiveness in Managing Grantmaker Relationships

Section 5: Silver 1:Activating your Relationship-Building Efforts for Grant-Seeking Success

Lecture 10 What you can expect in this badge

Lecture 11 Activating your Relationship-Building Efforts for Grant-Seeking Success

Lecture 12 Leading Relationship-Building Efforts to Enhance Grant-Seeking

Section 6: Silver 2: How to Start Building Grantmaker Relationships in your Nonprofit

Lecture 13 How to Start Building Grantmaker Relationships in your Nonprofit

Section 7: Silver 3: How to Set Goals Around Grantmaker Relationship-Building

Lecture 14 How to Set Goals Around Grantmaker Relationship-Building for Yourself

Lecture 15 How to set Team Goals around Grantmaker Relationship-Building

Section 8: Gold 1: Getting Motivated about Relationship-Building for Grant-Seeking

Lecture 16 What you can expect

Lecture 17 Getting Motivated about Relationship-Building for Grant-Seeking

Lecture 18 Motivating Others In the Grantmaker Relationship

Section 9: Gold 2: Grantmaker Relationships in Review

Lecture 19 Grantmaker Relationships In Review

Everyone can benefit from this learning path, although those who are involved in any way with reaching, informing, and nurturing institutional supporters of your work will find this particularly beneficial.