How to Prospect – Finding Foundations to Fund You
Event Details
This webinar is offered in partnership with Common Good Vermont.
Did you know there are more than 86,000 foundations in the U.S.? Finding the right ones for your organization can feel overwhelming—but it doesn’t have to be.
In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn what excites foundations about funding an organization and how to identify your best-fit funders. We’ll cover key criteria foundations use to make decisions, practical strategies and databases for research, and how to narrow your list into a focused prospecting plan.
You’ll leave with ready-to-use tools and templates, including AI prompts to support your work. We’ll also briefly explore how these same strategies can inform individual donor prospecting.
By the end of the session, you’ll have clearer next steps and greater confidence to strengthen your foundation fundraising efforts.
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Cost + Registration
- MANP Members save 10%!
- Individual Session: $40.50 Members | $45 Nonmembers
- Full Series: $126 Members | $140 Nonmembers
- Teams (up to 4): $300 (Members + Nonmembers)
- When registering, please enter "Maine Association of Nonprofits" in the Referring State Nonprofit Association box and use coupon code ncnmembers at checkout to receive the member rate.
- This is a virtual event. You will receive an email with a Zoom link in advance of the event
Individual Session Registration
About the Presenter
Through her company Social Impact Compass, Shoshana Grossman-Crist helps NGO grant teams exceed their annual fundraising goals so they can make the world a better place without working themselves to the bone.
Having worked with the Vermont Parent Representation Center, Danone, Chemonics, the Inter-American Development Bank, and local NGOs across the world, Shoshana brings a unique set of tools. Results include growing clients’ grant funding from $15k to $300k over two years and 10x´ing their individual donations. She has been credited with “truly transforming” organizations’ grant capacity, powerfully leverages AI, and takes a mindful leadership approach to all her work.
When Shoshana is not chugging away with her clients, you can find her volunteering in the fields gleaning for the Vermont food bank. She lives between Vermont, Mexico and the rest of the world.