Fundraising for Library and Community Programs: Effective Private Grant Strategies and Trends in Uncertain Times
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Description
Join us for a fireside chat as we discuss how the uncertainties in government funding, along with an increased volume in applications as a result of AI, are having a cascading effect on libraries and grants across the country. We will look at the current state of grantmaking and strategies you can use to be more competitive in the grant seeking process.
These strategies will include fundraising industry best practices; framing your library and programs in community hub terms; identifying new sources of foundation and grant funding; leveraging community partnerships to make your application stand out; and utilizing existing metrics to establish workable goals and objectives.
Presenter
Karen Paul, CFRE, CFRM, is the owner and founder of the Ashworth Nonprofit Group, based in Oklahoma City. Ashworth helps nonprofits across the U.S. transform their fundraising programs and outcomes, with a specific emphasis on grant and foundation support.
As a strategic consultant, Karen draws on more than 20 years of first-hand experience of revenue generation for nonprofits, navigating the challenges nonprofit leaders and fundraisers face. Her experience includes serving as the Development Director for Science Museum Oklahoma where she wrote STEM grants for a collaborative partnership with rural library programs.
Karen is currently the National Chair for the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ Chapter Support Committee and has been published in AFP’s flagship magazine, Advancing Philanthropy. She’s also frequently a state and regional grant reviewer and was previously named the Fundraiser of the Year - Oklahoma City.
About Learning Live
United for Libraries Learning Live sessions take place on the second Tuesday of each month from September to May at 2 p.m. Eastern Time. Each month’s session covers a hot topic of interest to Trustees, Friends, and/or Foundations, followed by Q&A and/or discussions. Sessions are open to all personal members of United for Libraries and those with statewide access (MA, MD, MI, MN, ND, NE, OR, SC, and VA).
NOTE: You must attend live to participate. Breakout rooms will *not* be recorded.
How to Register
United for Libraries Personal Members & Statewide Partners
United for Libraries Personal Members
Statewide Partners (MA, MD, MI, MN, ND, NE, OR, SC, and VA)
Non-Members
Non-members may purchase a one-year subscription to Learning Live, which includes live attendance and on-demand access to nine webinars over a 12-month period beginning with the month of purchase.
