Watch as Adriennie Hatten, Program Officer for Education at The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland, discusses the Foundation and its funding initiatives, with a special focus on the Cleveland Promise Neighborhood Initiative.

Susan Weiner, executive director of the Georgia Council for the Arts, explains the vital importance of advocating for the arts community and provides practical advocacy advice for all artists and nonprofit arts organizations.

Listen as Valerie Raines, Vice President of Corporate Philanthropy at KeyBank Foundation, discusses the foundation's grantmaking priorities and how they relate to arts and culture. Their priorities include advancing economic self-sufficiency through financial education, workforce development, and diversity.

Listen as Deena Epstein, Senior Program Officer for Arts at The George Gund Foundation, discusses the Foundation's arts grantmaking and the role that arts play in making Cleveland and its region a more desirable place to live.

In this Funding for Arts Month program, presented in collaboration with the Arts & Business Council of New York, panelists offered an inside view of how arts funders decide what to fund and why as well as advice about navigating the new normal in the arts world.

Rachel Gourvitz, program officer, fiscal sponsorship at New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), discusses how her organization supports emerging arts organizations across the country, as well as other avenues people with ideas for serving social good might pursue at NYFA.

Robert Miller, executive director, The Generation Foundation, discusses the foundation's grantmaking priorities.

Deborah Vesy, President and CEO of the Deaconess Community Foundation, talks about the foundation's history, mission, current activities and grantmaking priorities, as well as ongoing activities within the philanthropic world of greater Cleveland.

A panel of program staff members from the Cleveland Foundation discuss the foundation's community and economic development initiatives.

Take a one-minute tour of GrantSpace to see all the resources we have to offer grantseekers.

In this program, representatives of five grantmaking organizations discuss how funders use their online systems to effectively manage across the cycle of a grant, and what nonprofits can do to navigate the system more efficiently.

A recent report by the Southern Education Foundation (SEF) finds that the South's public schools have a majority of students of color for the first time in history. Lynn Huntley of the Southern Education Foundation discusses the report and its implications on funding. Grantmakers, grantseekers, and educators will appreciate the insight Lynn has to offer about this report.

Ann K. Mullin, Senior Program Officer for Education at The George Gund Foundation, discusses the foundation's grantmaking priorities, particularly their support of the transformation of public education in Cleveland in order to equip children from early childhood onward with the skills they will need to meet the demands of college, the 21st century workplace and international standards.

Deborah Hoover, president of The Burton D. Morgan Foundation, discusses the foundation's grantmaking priorities, particularly its support of innovation in entrepreneurship education.

Betsy Baker, president of The Grant Authority, discusses best practices for approaching individual and corporate donors.

Michael Edwards, author of Small Change: Why Business Won't Save the World, addresses the question "Should Nonprofits Embrace Business and the Market?"

Michael Kaiser, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, is interviewed by Susan Weiner, executive director of the Georgia Council for the Arts.

This introductory course provides an overview of the funding research process for those seeking grants from foundations, corporations, and grantmaking public charities.

Celeste E. Terry discusses the activities, priorities and projects of the United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland.

The Foundation Center partnered with the Global Philanthropy Forum to create a customized web portal including short videos in support of the 2010 Forum conference's four central themes: Food Security, Global Health, Access to Water, and Climate Change.

The Foundation Center partnered with the Global Philanthropy Forum to create a customized web portal including short videos in support of the 2010 Forum conference's four central themes: Food Security, Global Health, Access to Water, and Climate Change.

The Foundation Center partnered with the Global Philanthropy Forum to create a customized web portal including short videos in support of the 2010 Forum conference's four central themes: Food Security, Global Health, Access to Water, and Climate Change.

The Foundation Center partnered with the Global Philanthropy Forum to create a customized web portal including short videos in support of the 2010 Forum conference's four central themes: Food Security, Global Health, Access to Water, and Climate Change.

So you got the grant, now what? While many new to grantseeking consider the grant check to be the end of a long process, from the grantmakers' perspective that process has just begun. This program helps you learn how to make the most of your existing relationships with grantmakers. Based on the Foundation Center's new book, After the Grant: The Nonprofit's Guide to Good Stewardship, panelists addressed a variety of stewardship issues including meeting and communicating with funders, issues related to reporting on grants, and troubleshooting advice when things don't go as planned. Panelists include grantmakers who are chapter authors or featured case studies in the new book, as well as other local foundation representatives.

So you got the grant, now what? While many new to grantseeking consider the grant check to be the end of a long process, from the grantmakers' perspective that process has just begun. This program helps you learn how to make the most of your existing relationships with grantmakers. Based on the Foundation Center's new book, After the Grant: The Nonprofit's Guide to Good Stewardship, panelists addressed a variety of stewardship issues including meeting and communicating with funders, issues related to reporting on grants, and troubleshooting advice when things don't go as planned. Panelists include grantmakers who are chapter authors or featured case studies in the new book, as well as other local foundation representatives.