WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.210 --> 00:00:30.100 GrantStation - Jeremy: Welcome everyone to today's webinar. My name is Jeremy. I'm with grantstation. We haven't started quite yet letting everybody log in and get connected. We have quite a few people joining us today. So don't worry. We haven't started quite yet. We're just making sure everything's working, and everyone can see and hear everything. So to that. Could you go ahead and visit the chat and let us know where you're joining us from, just to see who we have here today, and where you're at. So go to the chat. Let us know 2 00:00:30.100 --> 00:00:39.350 GrantStation - Jeremy: where you're at today, so I'll start. My name's Jeremy Smith. I'm with grantstation, and I'm up in Fairbanks, Alaska. So where are you, Amy? You're the 1st you're in Cooperstown, New York. 3 00:00:39.610 --> 00:00:41.420 GrantStation - Jeremy: You ever been there, Alice Cooperstown. 4 00:00:41.420 --> 00:00:42.780 Alice: I have not, I have not. 5 00:00:42.780 --> 00:00:43.140 GrantStation - Jeremy: Been there. 6 00:00:43.140 --> 00:00:44.019 Alice: For some. 7 00:00:44.190 --> 00:00:46.209 GrantStation - Jeremy: Alice, where are you joining us from today? 8 00:00:46.210 --> 00:00:48.550 Alice: I am in Charleston, West Virginia. 9 00:00:49.190 --> 00:01:14.160 GrantStation - Jeremy: You know, I just saw something. Interestingly enough, West Virginia is one of the best places they recommend. People retire to West Virginia and Mississippi. Actually, they say it's affordable. It's very pretty, and it's like a nice level of like things for people to do when you get older, which is nice, because I'm getting older. I live in Alaska, which is actually number one of the worst place to retire. 10 00:01:15.090 --> 00:01:25.130 GrantStation - Jeremy: So yeah, if you're going to retire, don't come to Alaska unless you're like a Yeti or something, because there's really no reason to come up here. It's not the best. If you're old, because old and cold is not the best. 11 00:01:25.780 --> 00:01:50.759 GrantStation - Jeremy: A lot of people here today. This is fantastic, quick reminder. You'll be getting a copy of the recording. Don't worry about that. But there's a lot of people joining us today, so we may not be able to get to everybody's question. But we'll do our best job to make sure we get an answer to you. And worst case scenario after everything's done. If you still have a question, maybe about grandstation, about what we talked about today. You can always reach out to us directly at info@grantstation.com. We're more than happy to answer your question. That 12 00:01:50.760 --> 00:02:13.800 GrantStation - Jeremy: also, I'm going to go ahead and pop up a little poll while I do a couple things here. And it's really, how did you 1st hear about grantstation? And hopefully it shows up. If you can't see it, don't worry. You can go and put that in the chat. It'll help us. How'd you hear about us through Google from a colleague, the insider social media? Was it Techsoup? 13 00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:36.449 GrantStation - Jeremy: Was it grant Professional association, key organization, or just heard about it from, you know, somewhere else on the Internet, or possibly word of mouth or whatnot. That's what the other section is for. So while you're doing that, gonna let you know again, full recording sent to you. We're going to probably save the questions to the end. Look at about 45 min sort of going over how to navigate Federal funding, and then we'll have time for getting your questions in. 14 00:02:36.450 --> 00:02:46.409 GrantStation - Jeremy: Go ahead and put those in the Q. And A. Section. I will not be able to find them any other way. So put them in Q&A. And I'll be able to go ahead and find those questions and ask them of Alice when we get to that point. 15 00:02:46.470 --> 00:02:57.319 GrantStation - Jeremy: And with that said, I think we're in a pretty good area to go ahead and begin. So I'm going to go ahead and pause for a second, and then we'll officially start. So just one moment 16 00:02:58.030 --> 00:03:22.640 GrantStation - Jeremy: welcome everyone to today's webinar. My name is Jeremy Smith, and I'm with Grantstation's Online education team. I'll be your host for today's webinar, and that's navigating Federal funding uncertainty. Your presenter for today will be Alice Runke. Let me tell you a little bit about her. She's the President of Grantstation, and has raised over 45 million dollars from Federal, State and private grantmakers, and knows what it takes to get funded. She's a former nonprofit program coordinator and director 17 00:03:22.640 --> 00:03:29.409 GrantStation - Jeremy: and founder of the Grant advantage, and Alice has a really deep understanding of the challenges that nonprofits face. 18 00:03:29.410 --> 00:03:32.139 GrantStation - Jeremy: and with that it's my pleasure to hand it over now to Alice Runke. 19 00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:34.960 Alice: Wonderful. Well, thank you, Jeremy, and 20 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:54.189 Alice: you know I think you know my bio there of, you know, having that understanding of what nonprofits are facing. You know that it's really right now is such a challenging time. That that I'm I'm still kind of there with you. I'm just doing it from a different lens. 21 00:03:54.530 --> 00:04:09.160 Alice: So what we're going to do today is talk just a little bit kind of just a little bit on the background of the funding freeze and kind of what's going on right now where we're at with a few of those things. 22 00:04:09.460 --> 00:04:25.409 Alice: but because most of us really kind of know where we're at with those things. I want to talk a little more about what we can do. And look at 1st how funders have responded have or have not responded to this moment. 23 00:04:26.227 --> 00:04:31.900 Alice: And then, as this just continues to grow in scope 24 00:04:32.465 --> 00:05:00.850 Alice: when we 1st started, we were worried about executive orders and the funding freeze memo. Well, the issues are really rippling out into the community where more and more and more people are being impacted. Again, I I 100 believe that that people will be impacted even just at that small scope of, you know, just the nonprofits having the funding freeze, but everything is really escalating. 25 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:13.429 Alice: And so again, what's going on with that? And and and maybe how can we use some of that to advocate more and get our messages out 26 00:05:13.911 --> 00:05:33.539 Alice: and kind of just navigating what's going on, you know, right now, what are some things that we can do. I have found that, you know we've been doing trying to. We have been doing an update every month and some of the things that the very 1st time that I thought would immediately happen, maybe didn't happen. 27 00:05:34.070 --> 00:05:55.160 Alice: And so, you know, I think that this is something we're always, you know, really needing to keep our eyes on and being willing and able to pivot as we need to. And I do believe as well that that's kind of one of the great things about nonprofits. We are generally built to be pretty fast to move on a dime 28 00:05:55.702 --> 00:06:02.050 Alice: and so you know what? And then what are some other resources that are out there just to help you 29 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:09.130 Alice: navigate? And then some personal resources to help you? Just deal with what's going on right now? 30 00:06:09.682 --> 00:06:24.290 Alice: And then we will have the time for question and answers. And then, like Jeremy said, because there's such a large group here today, make sure to put it in the QA. And not the chat, so that so that we can get to. To your question. 31 00:06:25.020 --> 00:06:25.570 Alice: So 32 00:06:26.570 --> 00:06:48.790 Alice: if you're like me, which I'm sure you are. I'm dizzy right now, looking at the landscape, you know. Again we started with looking at executive orders. And what did that mean? And then the funding freeze came out. Then the funding memo was rescinded, and then we started to see Federal Government employees being laid off. 33 00:06:49.190 --> 00:07:05.779 Alice: you know, after that entire wave you started seeing the dismantling of different agencies like Usaid and the Department of Education, and right now the Museum and Library Institute, you know, just all of a sudden starting to be, you know, taken apart it, it seems. 34 00:07:06.402 --> 00:07:19.070 Alice: And then, you know, if it's not just that, you know, add the tariffs and what's going on in the economy and the stock market, you know, going down, and all those sorts of things, and it's 35 00:07:19.280 --> 00:07:28.330 Alice: really hard to focus on, you know. One thing at a time. And so 36 00:07:28.918 --> 00:07:47.300 Alice: what I've spent, you know, tried to spend my time focusing on is that funding freeze. So keeping people informed of just that one area. But you know, these things do start to overlap at times and and those kinds of things. But you know it's really I'm just being honest. It's so hard right now. 37 00:07:48.320 --> 00:07:49.940 Alice: But yesterday 38 00:07:50.430 --> 00:07:57.739 Alice: I have to admit I I found this on the Internet, and this is from Patrick Kirby at do good, better consulting 39 00:07:58.352 --> 00:08:08.979 Alice: and this was part of a message that he had sent out. Of this, you know. Market crash cool. Let's do some good or still care about people cool. Let's do some good. 40 00:08:09.190 --> 00:08:16.880 Alice: and this is the kind of thing that I have to keep, you know as my north Star, and sometimes help me to 41 00:08:17.040 --> 00:08:29.929 Alice: calm down, to focus on what I can impact what I can do, making sure that I'm always at least doing what I can do, and that the focus is that people need help 42 00:08:30.080 --> 00:08:42.020 Alice: and nonprofits are the people out there helping their communities doing important good work. And that part doesn't change. Right? We are. We are always focused on doing good 43 00:08:42.459 --> 00:08:52.970 Alice: and you know sometimes that can kind of help to take away some of the noise. So that, like I said, we can concentrate on those areas that we can make a difference in. 44 00:08:54.090 --> 00:09:09.010 Alice: So what I'm gonna start with is just the funding freeze. I do have a blog that I update every week with what's going on again. This is strictly related to the funding freeze. 45 00:09:09.190 --> 00:09:28.229 Alice: And I'm just gonna give a really brief background. I know, you know, we all know this, but just just to make sure that we're all on the same page that you know. This started back in the end of January, January 27, th where there was a memo that was sent out by the office of management and budget 46 00:09:28.360 --> 00:09:37.860 Alice: to the agency department heads, saying that they had to temporarily pause their grants and loans and financial assistance programs. 47 00:09:38.330 --> 00:09:42.109 Alice: So that's where this started on that day. 48 00:09:42.843 --> 00:10:02.480 Alice: From that memo again, they, the President, wanted every agency to make sure that all of the policies, all of the monies that were being distributed by the Federal Government, adhered to all of his executive orders. 49 00:10:03.515 --> 00:10:26.810 Alice: And said, you know that that you know these these funds are paused, especially those related to foreign aid, non-government organizations. Dei woke gender ideology and the green new deal right? So those kind of especially were asked to were asked to were told to pause. 50 00:10:27.350 --> 00:10:50.740 Alice: So from there. Then that's where you start to get the lawsuits right, and so kind of where we're at with these. And I'm also, you know, tracking other things as well. And I'm kind of seeing this same part of the process. And you know again I'm not a lawyer, so this is all kind of new to me as well. But I'm seeing this same process kind of play out in in the 51 00:10:50.750 --> 00:11:06.040 Alice: field in other cases as well. If it's the dismantling of departments or layoffs, and you know, and things like that. That was just, you know, something was just announced right before we came on here about those layoffs. So 52 00:11:06.210 --> 00:11:35.329 Alice: anyway, what these, you know are is that the the plaintiffs then file for an emergency administrative stay, and if they're standing they can then file for that temporary restraining order. And then, again, if there is standing, then it leads to a preliminary injunction. And so with most of these cases. This is where we're at that all 3, all of these things have been filed. 53 00:11:35.470 --> 00:11:39.080 Alice: They've went gone through the process. 54 00:11:39.190 --> 00:11:57.660 Alice: And we're waiting until they can actually have these court cases for decisions to be made. And so we're in a bit of a holding pattern waiting on the courts to see these cases and and hear these cases. Right? 55 00:11:58.070 --> 00:12:08.669 Alice: So. But with this waiting there is a few things that we're seeing with the courts. Some a little more positive, some maybe a little less positive. 56 00:12:09.284 --> 00:12:33.070 Alice: So the the kind of 1st the 1st one was that, as you know, these injunctions are set, that then the the rulings get appealed, and then that goes to another court. And so what we have found so far with the funding freeze is that the the Us. Circuit Court of Appeals. 57 00:12:33.580 --> 00:12:50.849 Alice: continued with that injunction, and said, You know, yes, again, you you cannot continue this freeze, you know, so as it's working its way up the courts. The courts are defending. The lower courts. Okay, so that's good. 58 00:12:51.660 --> 00:13:08.250 Alice: However. Yesterday, or or whenever the 4th was the Supreme Court did allow for the trump Administration to cancel millions of dollars in education grants that were going out to teachers. 59 00:13:08.912 --> 00:13:22.970 Alice: Because they said that they were funding diversity, equity, and inclusion, and so that had gone all the way up to the Supreme Court. So some of these again, like I said some of them. You know you're seeing the 60 00:13:23.230 --> 00:13:39.530 Alice: the assistance to the nonprofit community. Things like this would be less assisted, less less help for us as a as a sector, because those, you know, education grants, I'm sure, are very, very important in what they're doing in their communities. 61 00:13:39.640 --> 00:13:45.840 Alice: So this is kind of what we're waiting on to see how each thing kind of rules out in a court of law. 62 00:13:48.095 --> 00:13:51.905 Alice: So we're in a holding pattern. 63 00:13:52.740 --> 00:13:59.250 Alice: what are funders doing as non-governmental funders right? And so 64 00:14:00.220 --> 00:14:10.260 Alice: to talk about this. I would also like as I talk about this, if it's not too disruptive for you in the chat to say. 65 00:14:10.670 --> 00:14:27.110 Alice: if you have a local funder that like has changed in a positive way to help you out to provide emergency funding that sort of thing. Can you just put? Yes, in the chat, if you have a local funder that's, you know, kind of adapted to what's going on and trying to help 66 00:14:27.260 --> 00:14:39.210 Alice: or no, if you just haven't seen any because what I'm going to show you here are some of like the bigger funders, which is great. There's nothing wrong with these big funders. They make a a big difference. 67 00:14:39.220 --> 00:14:57.320 Alice: But you know, it's just important to also kind of know what's going on on the ground right? So the center for effective philanthropy. Wrote a report, or not, wrote a report, did a study and came up, came out with 2 major kind of 68 00:14:58.233 --> 00:15:27.740 Alice: conclusions that won't surprise anybody on this call. That the current political climate is negatively affecting their organizations. You know. I I would say that a majority of people would say that, and that nonprofit leaders are looking for more communication from their funders, and they're not getting it. So again, that's kind of why, in the chat I'm just trying to see, you know. Are we getting, you know not everything we need. But like, are your local funders trying to adapt 69 00:15:28.860 --> 00:15:45.029 Alice: because the response from funders has been very, very slow and very varied. You know again. When this 1st happened, I thought it would be as rapid as it was during the pandemic of their response, and this time it hasn't been. 70 00:15:45.190 --> 00:16:00.410 Alice: and if you follow this link here you'll see some of the different funders that are increasing, how much they're giving out. They're required to give their 5%. They're giving more than their 5%. And so there's a lot of funders doing that. 71 00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:18.319 Alice: There's a lot of funders who are setting up emergency funds for nonprofits to access, or giving them to different intermediary organizations that are pooling them together, that you can then apply for. So that's another kind of positive trend with the funders. 72 00:16:19.070 --> 00:16:33.049 Alice: Some have completely backed down and taken out all their anything that would be counter to the executive orders, and and laying really low and and not making any noise that way, and just complying with everything. 73 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:47.720 Alice: And then others are really stepping up to, you know again pour more money into, you know the areas of Dei or climate, you know, funding, or you know, you know anything that's really being challenged right now. 74 00:16:48.336 --> 00:16:53.319 Alice: So there's a lot of very, you know various things that funders are doing. 75 00:16:54.660 --> 00:17:21.580 Alice: funders are still funding, you know. We don't want to forget that the competition is going to go up. So we're really going to have to tighten up our Grant applications and things like that. But now is really the time that you do want to be focusing on those private funders and corporate funders and groups like that, you know, local, national, all those sorts of things to, you know, trying to shore up some of your support. 76 00:17:21.941 --> 00:17:34.609 Alice: And you know, see if you can get some, you know again, emergency funds, transitional funds, capacity building funds, any of those kinds of things to help you out in this really really challenging time? 77 00:17:36.800 --> 00:17:46.939 Alice: And then I'm gonna come back and look at those in the chat, Jeremy, if you or maybe by the end, if you could kind of tell me like, Oh, there was this, this percent said no. And this person said, Yes. 78 00:17:47.893 --> 00:18:08.016 Alice: so one of the things that I have been doing a lot of is reading about what's going on watching different webinars from, you know, different organizations that are involved with this and then just looking at what people are doing. And I found this thing from Kentucky, from basically like the Kentucky 79 00:18:08.500 --> 00:18:10.529 Alice: nonprofit Association. 80 00:18:10.936 --> 00:18:18.440 Alice: And they wrote this impact report, I'm gonna show you just the highlights. But you can go down here and and download it. 81 00:18:18.893 --> 00:18:46.130 Alice: But it's it's a really interesting concept. And I I think that this could really help, you know in other places, right? I mean, you could tailor it to your own state. Talk to your nonprofit association. But it's really saying, you know, nonprofits impact more than just the non their own nonprofit or the the people that they serve. We have a lot of effects in the community. 82 00:18:46.280 --> 00:18:49.549 Alice: and the report talks about those effects. 83 00:18:50.118 --> 00:19:08.929 Alice: So here's just it's longer than this, and has really, you know, neat stuff in it. But I just have 4 major points that they brought out to highlight. You know, number one, that Kentuckians trust nonprofits, that that people do look at nonprofits as the nonpartisan place to go 84 00:19:09.647 --> 00:19:30.709 Alice: to get that support, to provide services that government either can't or, you know, shouldn't provide right? And so, you know, again, looking at your own state and seeing what you know. What is that percentage? and and then I'm gonna talk about messaging all of this in a bit 85 00:19:31.484 --> 00:19:42.159 Alice: critical service delivery nonprofits are providing services on the Government's behalf with a 66% at financial risk due to the funding pauses. 86 00:19:42.499 --> 00:20:04.539 Alice: Again, I'm going to give you some resources at the end. That's going to talk about what your State risk is based on different criteria, that you could look up to see what your you know how much of your State State nonprofits are reliant on Federal funds, and and you can find that out on a State by state basis to again message this. 87 00:20:06.264 --> 00:20:21.649 Alice: Another one. The effects on employment and the economy. You know that that in in Kentucky, anyway, you know one in 10 Kentuckians are employed by nonprofits, and they generate 27.4 billion in payroll 88 00:20:22.065 --> 00:20:47.339 Alice: and expenditures. And so again, this is going to be a significant you know, if if we're cutting the nonprofit, you know sector, and we're doing all these things at this Federal level, it's, gonna you know, come down to the state level. It's gonna impact people in your state. And this is significant. For you know, a lot of businesses and all those sorts of things. 89 00:20:47.988 --> 00:20:51.269 Alice: And it's gonna make a ripple effect in our communities. 90 00:20:51.936 --> 00:21:19.070 Alice: And then just kind of you know who we are as a sector, that we are very accountable and transparent in all of our work that we do our documents, our tax documents are all public documents. Right? You know we are here to, you know, for the public good to do good right. And we need that public trust to raise the dollars from donors and those sorts of things. 91 00:21:19.070 --> 00:21:29.509 Alice: And you know, we have a lot of rules and regulations that we have to keep up with in order to survive 92 00:21:29.730 --> 00:21:37.349 Alice: and and and keep our 5 0 1 c. 3. Status and things like that. And so again, part of these 4 things 93 00:21:37.520 --> 00:21:44.370 Alice: are just things that, I think are really good messages to be creating for your own communities. 94 00:21:44.800 --> 00:22:09.169 Alice: to share with both individuals, with people in your community, to educate them more on what's going on. I have to admit I was a rather taken aback when a lot of this started to happen, and I was looking on social media. And then I was hearing people say that, you know they just give grants to organizations. And you know I'm like, do you know about the discretionary grant process, you know, because I'm 95 00:22:09.170 --> 00:22:22.669 Alice: to educate you on that. But they don't give money to anybody without a very rigorous process, right? And I felt really compelled to educate people about that, thinking that well, people know that already. But they don't 96 00:22:23.270 --> 00:22:35.869 Alice: so again, I'm gonna show you some resources at the end where you could maybe find this information for your own state and start to kind of message this stuff to both stakeholders 97 00:22:36.360 --> 00:22:40.159 Alice: and to your government officials. 98 00:22:41.031 --> 00:22:46.549 Alice: And right now, kind of watching what went on last weekend 99 00:22:47.053 --> 00:23:03.169 Alice: and the rallies. This is a silver lining for me. This is something that gives me a little more hope than maybe I had 2 weeks ago. To see all these people mobilizing all across the country. 100 00:23:03.787 --> 00:23:28.999 Alice: And so again, we're people. It's getting down to everybody's business. Right? People are impacted. People are starting to say something. So now, maybe people are a little bit more receptive to hearing what we have to say than they were, you know. Maybe you know, in in February or in March, right? And so now's a good time 101 00:23:29.120 --> 00:23:43.893 Alice: to create those messages and tell your story and get out there and take these people who are already energized and and continue to mobilize them and bring additional people along. 102 00:23:44.590 --> 00:23:51.296 Alice: and so this really does give me give me some really, really needed 103 00:23:52.840 --> 00:24:01.240 Alice: boost in in feeling like we're gonna make it through this as people get together and and work together. 104 00:24:03.138 --> 00:24:27.030 Alice: I want to talk a little bit about diversity, equity and inclusion. You know, and and diversity, equity, inclusion is not political. It's not a political topic. It's been politicized, but it's not political diversity of ideas. Diversity of people, including people in the process. And it's at the core of most of the work that we do 105 00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:38.069 Alice: right in the nonprofit community. And so I think that some of the things that we really have to do is start to 106 00:24:38.270 --> 00:24:57.620 Alice: talk about it, and you know we might have to change some words, and you know that's not what I want to do. But okay, if that's what I have to do. But it's good for business. So start to look at how diversity is good for business in your community right? And start to get the stories and statistics behind that as well. 107 00:24:57.940 --> 00:25:01.709 Alice: so that when you're talking to people, you can share this with them. 108 00:25:04.010 --> 00:25:33.320 Alice: and and you know, as we need to continue, you know, we we're going to be serving people who are less served where the underserved we're going to be serving people who don't have. You know the the equity isn't there? And so you know, you will want to work with, you know, different, you know, lawyers, or you know different things looking at your programs and stuff. And you want to stay in compliance, obviously, with the the Federal Government. But 109 00:25:33.320 --> 00:25:40.440 Alice: you also can't compromise your core values right? Like that's that's who we are. That's the heart of who we are. 110 00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:45.668 Alice: So really, looking at how your you know 111 00:25:46.320 --> 00:26:04.309 Alice: inclusive in providing services across the spectrum, looking at how you're creating equity where there are disparities again. How that is good for your community. If it's economic, if it's social, whatever 112 00:26:04.637 --> 00:26:24.279 Alice: and and start to pull together whatever you can. I don't think I really have a place to go to to pull this information, but you know a lot of places. We're doing a lot of great work around this. And so there probably are resources out there to kind of find how you can quantify this again to keep. 113 00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:34.080 Alice: You know this. This is this is the heart of what we do. And so we have to figure out how to balance that enough. 114 00:26:34.210 --> 00:26:36.260 Alice: And so. 115 00:26:36.540 --> 00:26:49.899 Alice: anyway, I really just wanted to bring that up, because that's very, very important. And something that we're gonna have to figure out how to address and again. It's just critical to who we are as a sector. 116 00:26:51.656 --> 00:27:14.859 Alice: So the next thing I want to talk about is a little bit more just advocacy in general. This was something that I did talk about at the very 1st webinar I did for the free webinar but again, I think that this is again a time that that maybe the receptiveness of people to listen is a little bit higher. 117 00:27:15.461 --> 00:27:26.150 Alice: You know, people have been calling, you know, their senators and their representatives. My husband calls them every single solitary day. Not a lie! And 118 00:27:26.610 --> 00:27:42.689 Alice: you know, and but right now more and more people are calling right again. You see the people on the streets. You're seeing people impacted economically or in different ways, or their retirement accounts being, you know, dissolved. And and then things like that. So your people are really starting to feel it. 119 00:27:43.266 --> 00:28:00.620 Alice: And you know the margins are very slim, you know, and so there might be people who at this point that might be able to pivot enough to actually make a difference in the Senate and in Congress. 120 00:28:01.124 --> 00:28:06.619 Alice: So I've kind of picked back up in my calling as well. I don't do it every single day but 121 00:28:07.411 --> 00:28:17.900 Alice: I've gotten back into doing this and so again, if you haven't done this, or you haven't mobilized your stakeholders to do this, or your volunteers, or your 122 00:28:18.030 --> 00:28:45.659 Alice: the people you serve, or your board members. This would be a good thing to do to find out who your representatives are. Also look at different committee assignments that you know they're like the Appropriations Committee. Look at the Health Committee, the Education Committee in the Senate, in the House, those kinds of things, and find out who those folks are and and talk to them. Call them to talk. 123 00:28:45.970 --> 00:29:04.317 Alice: And I have just some kind of best kind of practices, and how we're gonna do that right? So the best options are those local events. Whenever they come back into town they have town halls. I know they're starting to cancel those, because again, people are coming and people are 124 00:29:05.060 --> 00:29:14.459 Alice: sharing their displeasure. So if the town halls start to get canceled because of that, then I think we're gonna have to just keep calling just keep calling 125 00:29:15.282 --> 00:29:44.309 Alice: you can call you can make 7 or 6 calls a day if you want right where you can call the DC. Office of your senator and the local office of your Senator, your 2 senators, and then your local representative, their DC office and their local office and as you call them, some things to really craft in your message. You know who you are, your nonprofit who you serve. You know what you do. 126 00:29:44.891 --> 00:30:00.490 Alice: Really showing how the funding freeze, or if it's you know it, it can be other components, the layoffs or the dismantling of departments. You know any of these things, but how they're affecting your organizations and the communities that you support. 127 00:30:01.122 --> 00:30:15.419 Alice: Using as much data as you can with that again, I am going to show you some different impact reports that you can go to to start to pull some of that local information, or at least statewide information for yourself. 128 00:30:16.221 --> 00:30:20.419 Alice: And then I think that again, as nonprofits one of our 129 00:30:20.590 --> 00:30:32.469 Alice: greatest assets is that we have the people that we serve, and we can help tell their stories or have them tell their stories. Which is always very, very powerful. To add to any data. 130 00:30:33.321 --> 00:30:58.230 Alice: Then, what's that specific thing that you're asking them to do? You know, I'm asking you to you know. Restore the funding to this program. I'm asking you to, you know. Stand up against this. I'm asking you to not pass this budget, whatever it is that you know you're calling about and then just kind of, you know. Thank you. Follow up with them and that sort of thing. 131 00:30:58.510 --> 00:31:22.129 Alice: So when I've like talked to different people who do advocacy work as the main work that they do. And this is also just something that I've always talked about when you're talking to funders, even though we're talking about talking to political folks. But make sure when you're out there talking to people that you're really talking about how 132 00:31:22.230 --> 00:31:36.150 Alice: the lack of your service or the you know, not being funded impacts your community impacts those you serve more than saying, You know I need. You know, I I had to fire my my 133 00:31:36.150 --> 00:31:58.390 Alice: program coordinator because of this. And I really need that program coordinator, right? That maybe has happened right. But talk more about the impact of the people who aren't being served now because there's no program coordinator, right? And so you know, talking more about what that impact is than talking about your needs as an organization, right? 134 00:31:58.620 --> 00:32:06.489 Alice: So not that you can't. But just focus, put focus heavier on your solutions that you provide in the community. 135 00:32:07.622 --> 00:32:37.009 Alice: Just a couple other best practices in in calling and stuff. When you're calling the DC office. They usually have, like a Staffer kind of for different areas. So you know, you could call if you were in healthcare or education or climate, you know you can call and say, can I speak with the staffer in charge of that they might not be available. They might be busy. But if you can get a hold of that person that they're just always there taking that information in in their particular topic. 136 00:32:37.565 --> 00:32:43.780 Alice: And local offices. They might have them, but they won't always have. You know, those specific staff members. 137 00:32:44.535 --> 00:32:49.654 Alice: And then, you know, just kind of keep talking. You know, if if 138 00:32:50.479 --> 00:33:16.179 Alice: you know, if you get transferred to somebody that that you didn't want to necessarily talk to. Just keep talking. Keep telling that person your story right? Most of these groups they get together at the end of, you know, a business day, or maybe a couple of business days, and they do talk about what those calls are about. And what's coming into that Senator or Congressperson's office, and so just keep talking. Don't feel like 139 00:33:16.633 --> 00:33:25.110 Alice: you're bugging them. That that you're supposed to be bugging them right now, that's that's that's part of the process, the democratic process. 140 00:33:26.850 --> 00:33:45.189 Alice: When a lot of times when I call, they'll either ask for my zip code or or if not, I've gotten into the habit of telling them my zip code. Just because that that also kind of helps that that they really know that you are one of their constituents, in in their communities. 141 00:33:45.585 --> 00:34:07.719 Alice: And then, you know, and then extra points. You know if that if your zip code. Also, you know, like, let's say your zip code always votes for that person. You know, or voted you know them in into office, you know, or that kind of thing like, you know, letting them know that you're in that zip code, and you care. And you're calling. And you're telling them what you think. 142 00:34:10.030 --> 00:34:33.560 Alice: just a couple of other things, you know. If you can make it personal, you can make it personal. You know. I voted for you? Or you know maybe not. Maybe you didn't vote for them, you know. But I'm a i'm a small business owner in your community who really cares about, you know, children's health. And so I'm calling about this because I'm worried and and being very specific. 143 00:34:34.322 --> 00:34:48.960 Alice: And then, you know it. It is kind of hard with all that's going on. To pick one or 2 things to talk about, because it all just seems bonkers at times when you try to look at everything. So 144 00:34:49.290 --> 00:35:07.449 Alice: you know, kind of focus in on just, you know, maybe one day this topic another day this topic, and and and really focus in on specific things that you can say what you're asking for specifically, you know. What are you asking them to do? What's the call to action that you're asking from 145 00:35:07.680 --> 00:35:08.520 Alice: them. 146 00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:36.339 Alice: And then I think I've kind of always said this. Yeah, I think I really said this, but you know, be clear on what you want. What do you want them to do? You know there's also nothing wrong with calling up your senators that are all you know that are out there supporting what you want and just thanking them. I'm sure it's very hard to be out there right now, and and so just even calling to give your positive support. 147 00:35:36.768 --> 00:35:52.970 Alice: Can be really helpful. For those that are out there doing that work day in and day out. So that's also something. That that you know the flip side of the positiveness. Can just help keep the momentum moving forward. 148 00:35:53.393 --> 00:36:00.250 Alice: And then, yeah, I always, you know, was worried like, Oh, my gosh! Like with my husband, I'm like you call every day I'm like, do they? 149 00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:13.209 Alice: Do they know it's you? And he was like, well, yeah, I give them my name every day, I'm like, Oh, my gosh! They probably really don't want to talk to you every day, but they do so pretty interesting, and they'll take this call every single day. 150 00:36:14.958 --> 00:36:33.019 Alice: So we have some of that. We have that advocacy again, if we start to mobilize some of those folks that are now in get more engaged in the process, we can get them calling some of those. You know, government reps, getting those people out there. 151 00:36:33.320 --> 00:36:53.179 Alice: There's also different just groups that are, you know, really pulling together great stories really doing a lot of important work out there. So a big ones, the National Council of Nonprofits, you guys have probably heard of them. They're the plaintiffs in the one of the plaintiffs in the case on the funding freeze. 152 00:36:53.488 --> 00:37:09.519 Alice: And I'm gonna point you to a bunch of their resources. They're updating their resources very frequently. And I go to them a lot. They have a frequently asked questions that helps helps me answer questions that are in my head has lots of resources. I'll point you to that. 153 00:37:09.965 --> 00:37:32.469 Alice: Then also check with your State Nonprofit Association again. That Kentucky thing that I showed you was from a Kentucky Nonprofit Association. So check with your Nonprofit association. See what they're doing. See how you can help see how you can join. See how the storytelling. You know that they're pulling stories together. What can we do with these stories? How can we get this messaging out 154 00:37:33.140 --> 00:37:56.720 Alice: connecting with your other grantees, I think, is also a great idea. If you're, you know, funded through a federal program, call your your other grantees. Even if your funding has been frozen, talk to them about what they're doing and what strategies they're putting together. And you know how they're coping and and those kinds of things, or even doing it more on a local level, where, if you have a local private funder. 155 00:37:57.459 --> 00:38:08.639 Alice: have them. You know, connect with the other grantees to see how how folks are doing. Then other just partnerships that you may have, or coalitions in your community. Again. 156 00:38:08.870 --> 00:38:09.690 Alice: there's 157 00:38:10.520 --> 00:38:30.140 Alice: their strength in numbers. And so the more we can connect the better. And then, just with general community education, you know, writing OP-eds, calling the press, reaching out to journalists, telling them the story of what's happening and how your community is impacted, and all those sorts of things 158 00:38:30.140 --> 00:38:41.919 Alice: really important things to do to get that message out, that people just might not be aware of what that impact is on your local community. And and the local journalists can help tell that story. 159 00:38:43.935 --> 00:39:07.080 Alice: Here's some of the resources that I want. And when I'm just gonna have Jeremy send the actual slides because I linked all of these within it. So it'd just be easier if I send the slides than a Pdf. So we'll send those out after. But you know we have. This is from the the National Council of nonprofits. And so they have updated the executive orders. 160 00:39:07.080 --> 00:39:24.689 Alice: They have them kind of originally when you know January into February, but now they've updated it with additional ones and a better tracking thing. So you can track what's going on, where the lawsuits are, what stage they're in, and all that sort of thing, with the different executive orders. 161 00:39:24.970 --> 00:39:33.920 Alice: Then their faqs is really great. Like, I said. I get a lot of answers to my personal questions answered there by reading that. 162 00:39:34.410 --> 00:39:55.919 Alice: And then the impact map is is by the impact project. And that's where you're going to see that data on you know how your state how much of your you know, your your State nonprofits are funded by Federal grants, and how it could be impacted, or what the economic impact is of the nonprofit community. 163 00:39:56.309 --> 00:40:13.440 Alice: On your in your community? So. And then there's also places that you can submit information to this map to make it a more robust map for people to really see the scope of of how this is impacting the entire country everywhere. 164 00:40:15.636 --> 00:40:35.939 Alice: We're also going to have a target. Ed series. On kind of shifting our perspectives, you know. How do we move forward with our Grant writing when we're looking at those like, just, for example, those Dei things, and we might have to shift language. How do we do that and stay true to ourselves? 165 00:40:35.940 --> 00:40:53.049 Alice: So how do we shift to going from being, you know, kind of socially based. And we we provide good services, and we do a social good in the community to how do we shift to talking about having that economic impact in the community? 166 00:40:53.457 --> 00:41:12.200 Alice: How do we shift to a more strength based process? How do we design programs that are more scalable, those kinds of things. So our 1st one is going to be free. And and you can come and just listen and see if this is a series that you want to take, you can take them individually, if you'd like. 167 00:41:12.220 --> 00:41:29.400 Alice: You can take the whole series if you'd like but you can come to the free one kind of seeing what we're, you know, looking at as to how to reset the priorities in line more with what funders, Federal and a lot of government a lot of private funders are asking for. 168 00:41:30.700 --> 00:41:53.709 Alice: And then I have kind of as a wrap up here, just a really great toolkit that I saw, and you can just click on this and go to this toolkit. But I really thought it was very important. They were talking. This particular blog is talking about how you cope. But in a previous blog they talked about how 169 00:41:53.710 --> 00:42:01.929 Alice: this uncertainty that we're going through, that it can really rewire our brains with chronic stress and overload 170 00:42:02.623 --> 00:42:17.799 Alice: and how are we, you know, able to stop that or prevent that and you know. How can you unwire that once you get that that you know really chronic stress? Build up? 171 00:42:18.360 --> 00:42:32.379 Alice: And so those were some of the things they talked about at first, st but then they give you lots of great coping mechanisms about the 3 steps, and this I also found very interesting. 172 00:42:33.082 --> 00:42:41.850 Alice: Is I've talked a lot about restore, you know. How do you? How do you self care? How do you do those kinds of things without talking about that 173 00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:55.589 Alice: regulate component of how do we regulate to get our systems back into this calm place so that we can restore? Because if we're come into the restore space. 174 00:42:55.850 --> 00:43:03.569 Alice: and we're not regulated, and we're still full of of overwired stimulation. We're not going to be able to restore. 175 00:43:03.720 --> 00:43:33.160 Alice: And so and then ways to reframe. Kind of like you're seeing there with Patrick's thing that that helps me reframe things a bit in my own head and keeps me moving forward. And it has lots of options for all of them like, how can you regulate? How can you restore? How can you reframe? And you can find different ways that match your style, and and to to just help yourself, continue to cope through all of these changes 176 00:43:33.300 --> 00:43:37.220 Alice: and uncertainty which is challenging 177 00:43:39.226 --> 00:43:54.290 Alice: so with all of that, I think we will go ahead. And I see we have some questions in the Q. And A, so I'm gonna take a quick drink, and then we'll see what kinds of questions we have. 178 00:43:54.570 --> 00:44:14.770 GrantStation - Jeremy: That sounds great. I want to thank everybody for being with us today. Quick reminder. You'll get a copy of the recording as well as the slides which have all the links on them. So then you'll be able to click them and find everything we've talked about today. Also, I'll include a copy of the Slides. Sorry the slides, the chat as well. That'll have all the links in there. And one thing that's been talking a lot about 179 00:44:14.850 --> 00:44:43.670 GrantStation - Jeremy: coming up. A lot in chat is about Lillian. People are interested in her policies. And she just put her email address in there. If you're interested in finding out more about this policy she's been talking about in the chat. A lot of people seemed interested. So I just wanted to call that out directly. So thank you for offering that, Lillian. And with that let's do some questions. So Crystal asks. I'm wondering what your opinion is regarding Grant proposals that were submitted prior to the Dei Executive order, will they be thrown out. 180 00:44:45.790 --> 00:44:52.858 Alice: 1st of all, I honestly don't have an answer to that question, and so I don't want to give an incorrect answer. 181 00:44:53.620 --> 00:44:58.800 Alice: My assumption would be that it would be reviewed 182 00:44:59.010 --> 00:45:18.660 Alice: for all the Dei language and that it probably would not be funded, because there's probably Dei language in there. That is one of the questions. You might want to go to the National Council of Nonprofits, faqs, because they they might have some guidance there. 183 00:45:19.260 --> 00:45:23.669 Alice: But I don't know it, but just knowing that 184 00:45:23.840 --> 00:45:40.660 Alice: that, like currently awarded grants, if you had it, they were throwing out those parts as well. My assumption would be that they would either come back and say, You know, we're not funding it, or they're going to come back and say, if you change all of these things. 185 00:45:42.170 --> 00:45:51.599 Alice: but I I really highly doubt that they're gonna go through. But that's just Alice Runky talking, not not anybody who knows that answer. 186 00:45:51.680 --> 00:45:53.810 GrantStation - Jeremy: What's that disclaimer? It's like, I'm not a lawyer. 187 00:45:54.440 --> 00:45:57.829 GrantStation - Jeremy: for you know, this is not lawyer like advice. Yeah. 188 00:45:57.830 --> 00:45:58.400 Alice: Yup! 189 00:45:58.460 --> 00:46:16.880 GrantStation - Jeremy: So let's do another one. This is kind of a big one, and I think we're ready for it. This one's from Mary. What are your thoughts, or especially opinions on the dismantling department of education she's anxious to apply for department of Ed funding that's typically announced in the spring title 3 and Fscs. Specifically. 190 00:46:17.090 --> 00:46:23.763 Alice: Yeah, so again, don't really know anything. But I do. 191 00:46:24.500 --> 00:46:38.369 Alice: I think that they are talking about with the Department of Ed in moving a lot of the funding over to you know other agencies, and and still being administered through other agencies. 192 00:46:38.770 --> 00:46:45.579 Alice: I don't know about, like I have seen some things of like will trio programs be 193 00:46:46.382 --> 00:47:02.069 Alice: you know, awarded because they're entirely for you know, students who are underserved. Will they come out again, you know, as a funding opportunity. And so I don't. You know. I don't have the answer to that. But they. 194 00:47:02.350 --> 00:47:11.719 Alice: from the things being said right now they are saying that the it wouldn't be through the Department of Education. But some of those funding opportunities would still be available 195 00:47:12.340 --> 00:47:19.585 Alice: so hopefully. Yes, but I don't know the answer to that one, either. I probably don't know the answer to any of these. 196 00:47:19.900 --> 00:47:20.889 Alice: Well, I do, I think. 197 00:47:20.890 --> 00:47:26.199 Alice: to give out answers when I don't know the answer. So you know, just want to be honest about that. 198 00:47:26.200 --> 00:47:31.960 GrantStation - Jeremy: Well, also, like we're all saying I mean, no one really knows what's going to happen. Each day is a. 199 00:47:31.960 --> 00:47:32.550 Alice: Yes. 200 00:47:32.550 --> 00:47:49.510 GrantStation - Jeremy: Fresh new adventure is the best way to look at it. So here's 1 that maybe this might be more up our alley. Svetlana Svetlana has had a problem that was asked earlier by Crystal, and this is just a really sort of boiled down version. They use the word diversity 5 times in Nea Grant. 201 00:47:49.630 --> 00:47:53.350 GrantStation - Jeremy: They're supposed to hear about it this month, but they have no idea. 202 00:47:53.630 --> 00:47:54.110 Alice: Bye. 203 00:47:54.110 --> 00:48:00.389 GrantStation - Jeremy: Think this is like, do you think grants with that type of language will probably be denied. 204 00:48:02.090 --> 00:48:30.430 Alice: I mean, I know that we are going to have to change our language. Kind of moving forward. If there's words that are gonna automatically kick your grant out of consideration. Then we're gonna have to change our words. And you know, I mean, that's very silly. And I I don't like that. But if that's what we have to do to get the money to provide the services that we provide, we can. We can learn how to change those words. 205 00:48:31.200 --> 00:48:38.580 Alice: so. But I don't know. You know again, with things that have already been submitted. You know again I have a feeling that. 206 00:48:41.610 --> 00:48:53.969 Alice: you know that that probably that will be a problem, because it's a problem with already awarded grants. So if they haven't even been awarded yet I could see where they just wouldn't fund them. 207 00:48:54.080 --> 00:49:18.769 Alice: I know that a lot of agencies also, you know, have had so much Federal appeal that that this might not be possible. But if you look at those Federal grants that you're applying for, or wanting to apply for, or did apply for, see if you can call any of those. Usually there's the 2 or 3 people in the back of the Rfp. That are the program people, or whatever the finance person usually. 208 00:49:19.055 --> 00:49:33.064 Alice: See if you can get a hold of them as well. See if they can, you know, provide any direction for you. I know that's not. That doesn't always work, but I think it's worth a try. To just help you, you know. Try to figure out what 209 00:49:34.190 --> 00:49:38.530 Alice: what what you can you know what what options you have. 210 00:49:40.320 --> 00:49:49.979 GrantStation - Jeremy: This question is from Helen. I wonder if you have any advice for how to talk to donors who are responding in a less than polite way to outreach. 211 00:49:50.090 --> 00:49:52.950 GrantStation - Jeremy: as they may be getting more and more requests. 212 00:49:53.530 --> 00:50:12.460 GrantStation - Jeremy: Probably some frantic requests, too, because of what's happening at the Federal level, especially when they've been loyal. You have a history with them, and just wondering any advice for how to talk to donors in that situation. That sort of heightened. They don't have their their chakras aren't aligned as you were talking about. 213 00:50:13.050 --> 00:50:13.640 Alice: Right? 214 00:50:13.710 --> 00:50:34.540 Alice: I mean, I think that. Yes, it is going to be harder to even fundraise at a you know fundraising level. Because everybody in your community is going through this. And if there's people who traditionally donate, they're being asked to donate more to their causes that they already support being asked to donate, to causes that 215 00:50:34.900 --> 00:50:57.449 Alice: you know that resonate with them. So I think it's kind of, you know, going back, you know, to those relationships. They are super important if they're donors that you rarely have talked to in the in the past year, and you come around once a year and ask for money. You haven't probably built as good enough of a relationship with them to help you through these hard times. 216 00:50:57.820 --> 00:51:20.420 Alice: You know, if you're only kind of treating those donors, as you know, once a year. Give me money kind of transactional kind of way. So I think that it's you know it's about developing. And you know we're right in the moment of it, but developing those strategies of closer connections, and then appealing as much as you can 217 00:51:20.760 --> 00:51:43.180 Alice: again, not to your organization, but to the cause. Because if they're giving to your organization, they obviously care about the cause. So connecting with them on that level and maintaining that connection throughout the year, and making your donor base a relational situation and not a transactional situation. 218 00:51:45.850 --> 00:51:50.780 GrantStation - Jeremy: Interesting one from here's an interesting one from Susan, which I think is a good follow up for that. 219 00:51:51.020 --> 00:51:57.650 GrantStation - Jeremy: Do you think that language needs to be rethunk, rethink rethunk for for not 220 00:51:57.650 --> 00:52:02.739 GrantStation - Jeremy: non-government funders as well, especially because we're wondering if you know this, if 221 00:52:03.370 --> 00:52:12.149 GrantStation - Jeremy: you know if one person's doing it. And it's, you know, the Us. Government, do we think that everyone's going to follow, even if they're not government based. 222 00:52:12.510 --> 00:52:16.650 Alice: Right. I think that. I mean, I think that in a lot of 223 00:52:16.940 --> 00:52:32.619 Alice: you know, in a lot of cases your local funders, you know, may very well be be keeping their Dei initiatives, keeping their woke ideology, you know, as it as it's written in the executive order, and they're not changing 224 00:52:33.031 --> 00:52:39.790 Alice: and so I mean, definitely at the Federal level. Yes, we are gonna have to change the language. That's just that's 225 00:52:39.850 --> 00:52:41.780 Alice: we're gonna have to do that. 226 00:52:41.840 --> 00:53:00.280 Alice: But your local funders that doesn't mean that you have to change at that level. So again, I think it is, you know, talking to other grantees that get funding from that funder talking to that funder asking them, you know, if they're changing with any of this. 227 00:53:00.280 --> 00:53:16.410 Alice: But in in all reality we don't have to change for private funders or corporate funders that that haven't changed. So this is, you know, really a government issue, and unless the funders are following suit, which some are 228 00:53:16.879 --> 00:53:22.569 Alice: but if they're not following suit, you can do do as you used to. 229 00:53:25.240 --> 00:53:32.220 GrantStation - Jeremy: This one. I don't know if there is really an answer for, but I think it's an interesting topic to bring up from Alexandria. 230 00:53:32.720 --> 00:53:49.020 GrantStation - Jeremy: They can pivot with Dei by changing the language and eliminating terminology. That administration finds offensive. But a serious concern, though, about funding for arts and cultural activities. She received an email that was sent out from the West Virginia. I'm assuming Humanities Council. 231 00:53:49.020 --> 00:54:06.300 GrantStation - Jeremy: and they're basically terminated immediately, due to their loss of Federal funding. According to the administration, arts and culture, nonprofits, museums and libraries will no longer be integrated into strategies, policies, and programs that advance the economic development, well-being and resilience of all communities. 232 00:54:08.150 --> 00:54:11.379 GrantStation - Jeremy: I'm just wondering what's your take on that. 233 00:54:11.790 --> 00:54:15.070 Alice: It's baffling. I mean, 234 00:54:16.000 --> 00:54:24.829 Alice: it. It is actually so contrary to the truth. Because arts and culture do have a lot of 235 00:54:25.200 --> 00:54:31.161 Alice: economic impact on our communities. I'm I'm from West Virginia. Actually. So 236 00:54:31.750 --> 00:54:36.850 Alice: so this doesn't surprise me. Unfortunately, but anything. 237 00:54:37.710 --> 00:54:41.079 Alice: it's really hard to try to 238 00:54:42.330 --> 00:54:45.990 Alice: understand what that logic is when we know 239 00:54:46.480 --> 00:54:53.319 Alice: that that arts and culture do have an economic and and community impact. And if people are just saying it, doesn't 240 00:54:54.060 --> 00:55:23.860 Alice: I? I honestly don't know where to go with that, either, you know. Because it's, you know. Can you? Can you collect that data that says, what that economic can you go? You know, kind of like the way tourism has things does. Is there information that the Humanities Council has pulled together over the years that talk about. You know the benefits to to West Virginia and the community because of the arts. I'm sure that they have data to prove it. So if it's 241 00:55:24.310 --> 00:55:33.650 Alice: just messaging, going out to newspapers with information on this, this is what was said. But this is the truth. 242 00:55:34.144 --> 00:55:38.980 Alice: This is where this is what we have data to support, that that this is not accurate. 243 00:55:39.500 --> 00:55:46.710 Alice: It's just trying to dismantle those myths that that are being put out there. And I'm not saying that's easy. 244 00:55:47.590 --> 00:55:56.860 Alice: But again, if we can get more and more people to do it, more people educated about what's going on more people talking about it. 245 00:55:57.860 --> 00:56:01.900 Alice: you know, as as an entire group. Maybe we can make a difference. 246 00:56:03.300 --> 00:56:07.450 GrantStation - Jeremy: And I know it's a tough one. So I just I thought it was good to talk about, though. Yeah. 247 00:56:07.450 --> 00:56:07.890 Alice: Yeah. 248 00:56:07.890 --> 00:56:12.839 GrantStation - Jeremy: Cj. Is in a very unique situation. All their fed reps are quite blue. 249 00:56:13.020 --> 00:56:17.069 GrantStation - Jeremy: so they can call and thank them, and they do often that you mentioned earlier. 250 00:56:17.240 --> 00:56:20.190 GrantStation - Jeremy: But how can they impact those elsewhere 251 00:56:20.600 --> 00:56:27.059 GrantStation - Jeremy: in the major party? And this is, we were just talking about that, as you said, getting this groundswell support. That's there. Now, let's 252 00:56:27.470 --> 00:56:34.890 GrantStation - Jeremy: what other ideas do you have for someone who's already in at least a politically good situation for their funding needs? 253 00:56:35.190 --> 00:56:43.565 Alice: Yup, I think that. Some of the things I'm trying to think of what you know, because if you called to say 254 00:56:44.430 --> 00:57:04.050 Alice: a red state called the West Virginia. Right? that would be a red state, you know. Would they listen to you? And you're not from the state. You can't give your zip code. You know. What? What does that really kind of matter? So I think that I would call your your fed reps, you know, and talk to them, and kind of say. 255 00:57:04.300 --> 00:57:15.969 Alice: where would be places and people that we could reach out to, that, you think would make a difference. To have that communication with. So maybe it's like somebody on 256 00:57:16.090 --> 00:57:29.474 Alice: like I said, like the Appropriations Committee or the Healthcare Committee or Education Committee, or whatever, and maybe contacting people, even though you don't live in their state. But you have an interest. 257 00:57:30.170 --> 00:57:50.070 Alice: you're a stakeholder in education. You're a stakeholder in health. You know you're a stakeholder in these things as a Us. Citizen. And maybe you know, they could tell you those to kind of target because they would know more what's going on like behind the scenes, and and who is maybe in 258 00:57:50.860 --> 00:58:12.639 Alice: different areas where votes are a little more fluid? That that having that having more noise, would help sway things one way or the other. So. And and I think just asking your you know your people who to contact that would give you a good 259 00:58:13.810 --> 00:58:17.370 Alice: way to kind of develop a strategy. 260 00:58:19.410 --> 00:58:47.570 GrantStation - Jeremy: There's been some really great information in the chats. I'm trying to read the chats. Listen to Alice, make sure the question answer is good. So if we do miss something, we apologize. It's just we're not able to handle it all. But quick note. You'll be getting a copy of everything that you've seen and heard, as well as a copy of the Slides, and we'll include all the information to you. But I do want to do one more question. I think we can fit in to round up today. This one's from Laura, which is very handy, blending all this together. Thank you, Laura. That's very clever of you to. 261 00:58:47.570 --> 00:58:48.230 Alice: Put it that way. 262 00:58:48.600 --> 00:59:00.329 GrantStation - Jeremy: How do you build a non-transactional relationship with funders, while also advocating for them not to change their values based on what the Federal government says, is a priority or not. 263 00:59:04.410 --> 00:59:06.560 Alice: Well, I mean, I think that 264 00:59:08.510 --> 00:59:14.499 Alice: I mean that is a good question. I think that you know, having those relationships with vendors. They 265 00:59:16.420 --> 00:59:19.069 Alice: I think I think you have to do it with 266 00:59:19.750 --> 00:59:36.080 Alice: information, with data and stories. Right? But you have to show you know what you know. Instead of just saying Dei is is illegal, you know it's not. It's not political. 267 00:59:36.260 --> 00:59:39.290 Alice: you know, and- and- and so 268 00:59:40.930 --> 00:59:47.470 Alice: you know, talking with them about what's going on and what the impact is on the community, I mean, usually. 269 00:59:47.770 --> 01:00:03.479 Alice: let me let me start over again. So funders, you know, will usually have areas that they want to fund, and they want to make a difference in right. That's part of their mission. So again, if it's healthcare or the homeless, or you know, whatever education, youth, whatever. 270 01:00:03.720 --> 01:00:08.220 Alice: And so I think that connecting on that topic 271 01:00:08.460 --> 01:00:15.740 Alice: and and how you have solutions to helping that topic that furthers their mission 272 01:00:16.600 --> 01:00:19.960 Alice: and that you're in partnership with them. 273 01:00:21.020 --> 01:00:24.410 Alice: And that you know 274 01:00:25.610 --> 01:00:50.140 Alice: that there isn't a good logical reason to say, you know, that that you don't have an impact. Show them your impact. Tell them your impact. We get this many kids to graduate from high school we get, which is has an economic impact. We get people off the streets which has this economic impact, you know. And and so just talking about the issue and how you have solutions that you provide. 275 01:00:51.310 --> 01:00:53.630 Alice: you know that's a benefit to them. 276 01:00:54.040 --> 01:01:10.089 Alice: And you know, maybe you don't have to talk about any of the Federal stuff with that you know. That's that's the core. That's what you're doing. That's what you're trying to make a difference in. That's your mission. And usually it aligns with the funders mission that that's what they want to change, too. 277 01:01:10.270 --> 01:01:15.270 Alice: So you know, going into it as a partner without. 278 01:01:15.650 --> 01:01:21.330 Alice: you know, with only talking about the solutions, and maybe not even talking about this stuff. 279 01:01:23.980 --> 01:01:42.520 Alice: or if you're gonna talk about it, show how what that, what that impact is that you know again, you probably have to do a little research. But we know Dei is good for business. We know it's good for community. We know it's good for whatever. So how do we then, you know, tell that story to them. 280 01:01:43.700 --> 01:01:53.190 GrantStation - Jeremy: And one of the ways to tell that story actually is with a webinar. We have coming up tomorrow, which is logic models more than extra work with Alice Runke. See my idea that, Alice, I was totally. 281 01:01:53.190 --> 01:01:54.590 Alice: That was pretty nice, actually. 282 01:01:54.590 --> 01:02:16.629 GrantStation - Jeremy: You like that? Yeah, if you want to understand how logic models work, and really, how to get that data from what you currently do with your organization. This webinar is all about how to do that. It gives you actionable ideas, and it also will break down what every aspect of a logic model is, and then how you can use them to tell your story, so to use it to effectively communicate to a Funder. 283 01:02:16.630 --> 01:02:25.090 GrantStation - Jeremy: This is the best way to do it, using a logic model. And that's tomorrow's webinar. You can find out more about it on our website@grantstation.com. And with that I'm going to go ahead and 284 01:02:25.090 --> 01:02:38.610 GrantStation - Jeremy: call it because we have reached the top of the hour. I want to thank everyone for your time. We really appreciate you taking your time to do this. I hope it was helpful for you, and if it was well, we have a little pop-up survey that should be there. Let us know when you exit, or it might be there already. 285 01:02:38.610 --> 01:03:03.930 GrantStation - Jeremy: How was this webinar? Was it helpful for you? Is this the type of thing you like. It's a free webinar we provided to you for free. We want to know this is the type of information that's helpful, and if you want more more in-depth information such as people have been mentioning having something about school funding. This is the greatest way to do it. Let us know through the feedback that we know we're giving you exactly what you need to do your good work. And with that, Alice, thank you so much. Any final parting bits of. 286 01:03:04.540 --> 01:03:07.793 Alice: No, I appreciate you all being here and 287 01:03:08.370 --> 01:03:24.470 Alice: just good luck and everything that you're doing and keep in touch. And we're we're we're here to help you find those funders. We're here to help you navigate and keep you updated. So please keep coming back to get our information and a Grant station membership. 288 01:03:24.650 --> 01:03:36.730 GrantStation - Jeremy: I highly encourage that. That'll help you do all the things we talked about today, and more with the Grantstation membership again. Find it all out@grantstation.com. With that. Thanks again. Again. You get the recording later on. Today. Be on the lookout. Bye, for now. 289 01:03:36.730 --> 01:03:38.619 Alice: Thanks, all bye, bye.