Wednesday, March 25, 2020 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM In-person meetings are canceled due to covid-19. A new Grants Cafe Facebook Group will discuss this “hot grant topic” on our scheduled day (last Wednesday of the month, 12:00-1:00 pm). The FB Group is a private group extension of this meetup. Request to join at https://www.facebook.com/groups/188416265934167/about/.
Introduction to Nonprofit Resource Center Databases
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 10:30 AM–12:30 PM Join us for this introduction to the four databases provided at the Nonprofit Resource Center, including: GuideStar Pro – Our upgraded subscription now provides a more comprehensive tool to easily find, research, and analyze millions of nonprofits. Foundation Directory Online – Our premier database for nonprofits seeking grants includes […]
Grant Writing Workshop
January 15, 2020, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. $15.00 – $30.00 Join us for a grant writing workshop at Slippery Rock University presented by Laurie Anderson. This hands on workshop will walk you through writing a grant proposal. We’ll cover developing letters of inquiry and requests, creating a budget, outcomes, program evaluations, and program sustainability – everything […]
Advanced Proposal Writing Series
Tuesday, October 01, 2019 9:30 AM–3:30 PM Main (Oakland) This series of three full-day sessions is designed for those who have a basic understanding of grants and want to develop more expertise in writing proposals to foundations in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Each session is packed with in-depth PowerPoint instruction, exercises, template tools and proposal examples to assist attendees […]
Introduction to Finding Grants
Wednesday, September 25, 2019 10:30 AM–12:00 PM Main (Oakland) This program is for anyone in the nonprofit field who is new to the process of grant seeking. Attendees will learn the 10 most important things you need to know about finding grants including: Who funds nonprofits and what their motivations are; What funders really want to know […]
Grants Cafe: The Pittsburgh Foundation: Donor-Advised Funds, Small & Mighty, Wish Book
June 26th – 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM Kelly Uranker, Director of Philanthropy and Emmie Calland, Senior Manager for the Center for Philanthropy at The Pittsburgh Foundation will speak about donor-advised funds at TPF and in general (https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Working-With-Donor-Advised/243282). The Small and Mighty Program was created to reduce barriers to grant-seeking for organizations with annual budgets under $600,000 (two-thirds […]
Finding Best Fit Funders, Developing Relationships, and Reporting Outcomes
Fri, May 3, 2019, 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM EDT United Way of Southwestern PA 1250 Penn Avenue 1st Fl Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Got the grant writing down, but need help finding funders and following up with reports? Katherine F.H. Heart is back to help in this final installment of our 2-Part Intro to Grant […]
Working with our Foundation Allies: Equity in Grantmaking
Working with Our Foundation Allies: Equity in Grantmaking on Friday, April 26 from 9 – 11 a.m. Generous gifts from foundations in our region have secured the future for nonprofits, but how do they ensure they are using a racial equity lens in their grantmaking? We’ll talk to foundation leaders who pay disciplined attention to race […]
Awesome Funders for Awesome Projects
Mon, March 18, 2019 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT CoLab 18 Nova Place 100 S. Commons Pittsburgh, PA 15212 Calling all artists, innovators, entrepreneurs, dreamers… Do you have an awesome idea in need of funding? Awesome Pittsburgh invites you to learn about some of the nontraditional funding sources available to Pittsburghers. First, a panel of […]
Introduction to Finding Grants
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 10:30 AM–12:00 PM Main (Oakland) This program is for anyone in the nonprofit field who is new to the process of grant seeking. Attendees will learn the 10 most important things you need to know about finding grants including: Who funds nonprofits and what their motivations are; What do funders really want to […]