Fundraising Fundamentals
Grant Writing Fundamentals

GRANT WRITING FUNDAMENTALS

Your grant-writing roadmap

A hands-on introductory workshop to grant writing for fundraisers and nonprofits.

This practical two-hour masterclass is your foundation to build the infrastructure that gets your organisation funded. This session will teach you that it’s not about chasing money, but about leveraging strategic knowledge and building confidence in your application approach.

Over the course of two hours, we’ll cover five key topics:

  • Cracking the funder code: Learn how funders think, what drives their decisions, and how to position your organisation for success.
  • The eight-step grant cycle: Move beyond the one-off application and embrace the full-cycle approach to planning, applying, and managing grants.
  • Bringing your mission to the room first: Learn how to stop reacting to funding opportunities and, instead, how to align funding with your mission.
  • The five key components of a strong project: Understand the essentials of building a fundable project that ties to your vision and goals.
  • Mock funder interviews: Practice real-world funder conversations, discover the questions you should be asking, and find out how you should answer theirs.

Learning outcomes

  • Learn to shift from reactive to proactive grant-seeking.
  • Build your confidence in funder engagement.
  • Understand the mindset of funders.

Secure your place

Register for 10 June

This session is scheduled for participants in North & South America, Europe, Africa, and India: 07.00 PDT | 10.00 EDT | 15.00 BST | 16.00 CEST/CAT | 19.30 IST.

Register for 18/19 June

This session is scheduled for participants in North & South America and Oceania: 18 June | 14.00 PDT | 17.00 EDT • 19 June 07.00 AEST | 09.00 NZST. Please note: Depending on your time zone, the event date may be 18 or 19 June. Please check carefully before registering.

Course leader

The session will be delivered & facilitated by specialist Sara Stepa of Circles of Impact. Sara has over a decade of experience in the nonprofit sector and holds expertise in grant writing, nonprofit strategy, and aligned leadership development. Having worked on both sides of the grant pipeline, she brings a unique perspective on what funders are looking for and what it takes to craft a winning application.