Developing Sustainable Funding Streams: Growing Your Grants Portfolio (Lunch Presentation by Melanie R. Negrin, Founder of For GrantWriters Only)

During this presentation, we will think creatively about the funding development plans for your organizations and consider how each fundraising method improves your chances of growing your grants portfolio long-term. We'll also explore the four stages of the fundraising cycle and try to answer the question, "Are you grant ready?"

Presenter: Melanie R. Negrin

An avid entrepreneur and supporter of social enterprise, Melanie R. Negrin, GPC is founder of both Merocune Marketing & PR and the For GrantWriters Only learning and social support network community. As a marketing and fund development specialist, Melanie specializes in consulting with organizations in a start-up or transitional stage, often beginning a formal fund development program for the first time and considering options as far ranging as individual giving, grants, impact investing, tax credits, loans for microenterprise, and earned income ventures. Business planning/organizational development and program development/evaluation - as related to marketing positioning and getting "grant ready" - are core aspects of her service offerings. Her marketing expertise includes online PR/developing social communities and offline communications, including newsletters.