Grant Research: Identifying Private Grant Funders

About the Workshop: 

This class is designed to give participants (nonprofit employees and board members) hands on experience in identifying foundation and corporate funders that are likely to give to their organization. Participants will learn how to identify appropriate funders, how to verify the funder is a good fit, and how to outreach the funder for more information. Participants will leave class with a list of potential funders. Public grant identification (federal, state, municipal) will be covered briefly, but the focus of the session will be on private grantors.

Please note, workshop will be held virtually through Zoom. Students will have access to a pay-walled funder database for use during the class and should use a device that will enable them to access this database during session.

Participants do not need to have any grant writing experience.

About the Presenter: Fielding Jezreel

Fielding Jezreel specializes in helping nonprofits plan and apply for federal grants. Using her passion for program planning, Fielding helps organizations streamline their grant funding strategy; pursue federal and other nationally competed grants; and provides one-on-one coaching to new grant writers.

Fielding has worked in the grants field since 2013 and has raised over $35 million for nonprofits. She has a Master of Social Work degree from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis where she now teaches grant writing. She served three years on the board of the St. Louis Chapter of the Grant Professionals Association and continues to support the Programs Committee to develop high quality professional development opportunities for grant professionals.