Nonprofit professionals who don’t live under a rock are well aware of the power differential between funders and nonprofits. And while many of us have learned to navigate the funding system, we also know simply navigating won’t affect change. So join me for today’s conversation with Lauren Steiner about how you as a grant writer and nonprofit professional can work toward building equity in funding — while still getting the funding you need.
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Links
Grants Plus Website
Grants Plus Equitable Language Resources
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Timestamps
(01:30) Changing a broken system
(04:40) Case Study: Autism
(06:06) Promoting equitable language with funders
(10:00) Having frank conversations about equity with funders
(20:06) Having frank conversations about the starvation cycle with funders
(24:00) Allocating expenses
Working in a broken system made me part of the problem. And I wasn’t ok with that.
We have power over language. So language is the way we as grant writers can potentially equitable funding. effect some sort of change.
It’s about getting to know the population you are working with very carefully and figuring out how they want to be described and referred to.
We encourage our clients to challenge inequitable language or expectations with funders. Equitable Funding.
Working in a broken system made me part of the problem. And I wasn’t ok with that.
We have power over language. So language is the way we as grant writers can potentially effect some sort of change.
It’s about getting to know the population you are working with very carefully and figuring out how they want to be described and referred to.
We encourage our clients to challenge inequitable language or expectations with funders.