All You Ever Wanted to Know About Grant Writing (Full Day)

When:  Jul 18, 2018 from 08:00 AM to 05:00 PM (ET)
Associated with  AFP DE, Brandywine Chapter

Community Services Building, Room 109
8:30am networking/noshing
9:00am – 3:00pm program

Includes continental breakfast and sandwich lunch

$50 member, $75 affiliate, $100 nonmember
5.0 CFRE education credits 

Validated parking in the Community Service Garage, 111 W. 11th Street, Wilmington, DE 19801


Featuring:

“Outcomes Matter” with Janet Tillman, MSW, Tillman Consulting Services, LLC

“The Funders’ Perspective” with Lou Beccaria, PhD, Phoenixville Community Health Foundation

“How to Get Your Proposal to the Top of the Pile: Simple, Successful Strategies” with Janis Julian, Independent Advancement Advisor & Consultant

  

Spend the day learning how to strengthen your grant applications from what you write to how you interact with funders. First, learn the four essential components of a meaningful outcomes management system to demonstrate your organization’s impact and better track and communicate your work. Next, speak directly to a foundation funder to learn what makes the difference between full funding, partial funding, and rejection. Finally, get the inside scoop from a former corporate funder on how you can differentiate your proposal. Take home actionable strategies you can employ immediately to increase your percentage of successful grant submissions.

About the Presenters

Janet Tillman has 40+ years of experience with nonprofit organizations spanning the fields of mental health, substance abuse, disabilities, health care, domestic violence and quality improvement. In October 2007, after seven years with the Community Impact Division of the United Way of Delaware, she started a consulting business focused on building nonprofit organizations’ capacity to align their services with their vision/mission and community needs, deliver quality services, and communicate program effectiveness to stakeholders.

Lou Beccaria has more than 46 years of experience in the nonprofit sector spanning the fields of criminal justice, higher education, health, and human services. Nearly 30 of these years have been on the grantmaking side of philanthropy as a foundation executive, consultant, and adjunct university instructor. Lou is the founding CEO of the Phoenixville Community Health Foundation.

Janis Julian began her professional career in the banking industry before leaving the corporate world to serve as Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations at Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library. She returned to banking as the Senior Vice President and Director of Community Strategy for WSFS Bank where she managed all corporate sponsorships and led all volunteer initiatives for the bank. In 2014, Janis decided to launch her own business as an Advancement Advisor and Consultant. Her path in life has given her an inherent love of the nonprofit-corporate relationship and the expectations of both entities.