Thursday, August 15 | 1 - 4 PM

Are you having limited success with grants and need strategies to improve your proposals for funders? Where do you find potential grant funders and what do funders look for in effective proposals? This course will show you how to measure your grant readiness and how to start or enhance your grant efforts using best practices and strategies proven to be successful.

This course will include:

• Grant myths vs realities

• Common grant terms

•  Checklist for your organization’s grant readiness

• Grant research tools

• Financial and budget basics

• Communicating with funders

• Grant resources

• Ethics, and much more!

Presented by Michelle Crim, with Dynamic Development Strategies

Michelle currently serves as President of Dynamic Development Strategies, LLC, an award-winning nonprofit consulting firm she founded in 2019 to provide interim leadership and strategic fundraising services to nonprofits throughout Texas.
With over 20 years in nonprofit work, Michelle Crim, CFRE is uniquely qualified to both understand the work of a nonprofit leader but also be able to work alongside the staff and board of directors to ensure sustainable success.
Michelle received her Certified Fundraising Executive credentials (CFRE) in 2008, is a past president of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Fort Worth Metro Chapter and is a 2010
graduate of Leadership Fort Worth.
Dynamic Development Strategies, LLC won Third Place in the 2019 Fort Worth Business Plan Competition and is a women-owned business, certified by Women's Business Council - Southwest. We are also a member of the Association of Philanthropic Counsel and certified by the Better Business Bureau.