Nonprofit leadership expert Jack Silverstein will help you navigate the abyss of grants. You will learn what to write to ensure your applications resonate with funders’ priorities.
What You'll Learn
- On what foundation should you base your grant writing process?
- What does it take to manage the production of a grant?
- What tools can help you manage multiple, simultaneous grant projects?
- What new ideas will revitalize your current grant writing process?
- Why are diversity, equity, and inclusion particularly important in applications?
- What do grantmakers want to fund today?
Training Overview
Win grants now! Learn how to write grant applications that get results.
Statistics predict that approximately 20% of U.S. nonprofits’ revenue will come from grants in 2022. Funds are available and waiting to help your organization today.
Grants are a staple of any fundraising shop and can be a lifeline for your organization. Writing a single federal grant application takes a nonprofit an average of 80–200 hours. Each requires forethought, careful execution, and continued follow-up.
Private and public foundations, corporations, and governmental agencies have a fiduciary duty to allocate their funds wisely. You need to speak to grant makers’ focus areas to meet the demands of the current moment and win funding.
- On what foundation should you base your grant writing process?
- What does it take to manage the production of a grant?
- What tools can help you manage multiple, simultaneous grant projects?
- What new ideas will revitalize your current grant writing process?
- Why are diversity, equity, and inclusion particularly important in applications?
- What do grantmakers want to fund today?
Who Should Attend?
- Grant writers
- Program directors
- Human resources professionals
- Nonprofit chief executives
- Executive directors
- Board members
- Development staff
- Consultants
- Senior management
- Marketing staff
- Financial staff
- Fundraising staff
- Communications professionals
Expert Presenter


Jack Silverstein
- Leads YUCKS Enterprises, a consulting firm specializing in canvasser training and development audits
- Spent years with a consulting firm, running numerous capital campaigns
- Served as Executive Director of the Annual Campaign for the Jewish Federation of Ottawa and President of the Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation
- Previously Vice President of Financial Development for the National Capital Region YMCA-YWCA
- Began his fundraising career as a student in London, Ontario, canvassing for the Cancer Society
- Author of Tales From the Trenches – What I Learned from 25 years in Fundraising
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