Expanded Funding Foundations: Building Stability Amidst Uncertainty

Expanded Funding Foundations: Building Stability Amidst Uncertainty

With the federal government highlighting the uncertainty of federal grant funding, and with shared concerns about growing rifts between income classes, development professionals across the nation are facing the same questions and uncertainties around maintaining stable funding streams while continuing to meet growing community needs.

But nonprofits cannot merely survive when community need grows. We must thrive. Our communities need higher levels of service and stronger outcomes. Fundraising strategist June Eastham will share practical strategies for analyzing your sector and building adaptive approaches that strengthen both your organization and community. Discover questions that leverage your unique strengths and enhance operations while building sustainable revenue, regardless of your sector. This workshop is designed to help local development professionals move from anxiety to action.

You will leave with these tools, immediately applicable to building organizational resilience:

• Clear frameworks for mapping funding uncertainties and opportunities
• Tools for leveraging program success to strengthen community and financial supports
• An understanding of how development staff must play a greater role within our organizations and the community
• A set of digital assessment matrices to take back to work, helping to guide you and your organization through responsive and predictive strategy building

Date: Thu Mar 13 2025

Time: 11:30 AM (Pacific Daylight Time)

Location: Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County (CAPSLO)

About the Speaker

June Eastham: June has been working as a fundraiser and consultant in the health, education, and human services sectors for over eleven years, helping nonprofits transform funding challenges into opportunities for growth and enhanced community impact. She has provided short- and long-term consulting services to over 25 nonprofits, and has spent over six years as the Grants Manager at People’s Self-Help Housing. Her expertise includes fundraising, staff and leadership capacity building, and program development for nonprofits of all sizes.

Host or Publisher AFP San Luis Obispo County Chapter