Grant Proposal Basics: Putting Your Best Foot Forward with Funders

This workshop will prepare you to put your best foot forward the next time you apply for a grant. The goal is to help you gain confidence in your fundraising and proposal writing abilities by providing a solid road map to begin the process. We’ll review the specific components of a proposal, how to convey ideas visually, and how to strike a balance between the big, broad brushstroke ideas and small details that make your project come alive on the page. We’ll also cover the most common mistakes made when writing grant fundraising proposals—and how to avoid them. By the end of the workshop, you should come away with a comprehensive framework for proposal writing that will give you direction and confidence going forward.

Event Breakdown

What: Grant Proposal Basics: Putting Your Best Foot Forward with Funders

When: March 02, 2023 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM ET

Where: Online via Zoom Webinar

Audience: All disciplines

Cost: $15 for NYFA-affiliated artists (Fiscally Sponsored, NYC Women's Fund, NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows, Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program artists) and $20 for the general public.

Register: Click here to register. You will receive an email with information about how to access this webinar before the event. You may attend the session(s) using either a Mac or PC computer (with speakers), standard phone, smartphone, or tablet device. This webinar takes place on Zoom. Strong wifi or hard-wired Internet connection is preferred. 

Questions: Email sponsorship@nyfa.org

Recording: This webinar will be recorded and shared with all previously-registered participants after the session concludes. The recording will be available for viewing up to 30 days after the scheduled date and will not be available for download. A recording of this event will not be available for purchase after the event registration closes. 

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Presenter Bio

Tracie Holder is a filmmaker, consultant, producer and U.S. film funding specialist. She co-directed/produced Joe Papp in Five Acts, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and aired on PBS/American Masters in 2022. Holder leads workshops, tutors, and serves on juries at international pitching and training sessions. She is widely regarded as a “go-to” person and all-round resource for artists seeking funding having raised more than $3 million in grant awards for her own projects. 

Clients include: International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam (IDFA), European Documentary Network (EDN), Ramallah Doc, Lisbon Docs, Doc Nomads, Sheffield Film Festival, Firelight Media, DOC NYC, Doc Lab Poland, Scottish Documentary Institute, Ignite Ireland, Chicken & Egg, Creative Capital, and Gotham Film & Media, among others. Holder was a longtime consultant to Women Make Movies and served as the Development & Funding Strategist for Abigail Disney’s Fork Films. She is a former board member of NY Women in Film and grant panelist for national and local U.S. funders. She is also a film industry envoy on behalf of the American Film Showcase, a program of cultural diplomacy sponsored by the U.S. State Department.

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The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) was established in 1971 to empower artists at critical stages in their creative lives. Today, the nonprofit organization’s programs and services are far-reaching and are rooted in a wealth of physical and online resources. This program is part of NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship, which increases funding opportunities for individual artists and emerging arts organizations in all disciplines by allowing them to raise funds using NYFA's tax-exempt status as a 501(c)(3)-classified organization.

Image: Digital artwork by Autumn Leiker (Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants '22)