Wednesday, June 10, 2026
1:30pm – 2:45pm Eastern
Click Here to Register (no recording): $85
Click Here to Register (recording included: $125
This 75-minute seminar includes live Q&A and interactive problem-solving — plus a preview of the exact tools and methods participants use in our 5-Week Grant Writing Intensive to develop full proposals, budgets, and funding strategies with personalized feedback. If you’re considering the Intensive, this session gives you a first step and a clear sense of what you’ll be able to accomplish in the full program.
How well you respond to grant opportunities can make or break your organization’s budget. This dynamic 75-minute session is designed for busy nonprofit and municipality professionals who need practical, actionable tools to strengthen their proposals today.
Whether you’re writing to foundations, corporations, or government agencies, you’ll learn how to streamline your approach, sharpen your message — and harness artificial intelligence to make your writing more persuasive and efficient.
Highlights Include:
- The Do’s and Don’ts of Winning Proposals: What reviewers look for — and what turns them off.
- How to Write an LOI That Gets Noticed: The essentials of clarity, tone, and fit.
- Managing the Proposal Process for Small Teams: Strategies to stay organized and hit deadlines without burnout.
- Finding the Right Grant Opportunities: Where to locate local, state, and federal grants — and foundation/corporate funders — that align with your mission.
- Budget Basics That Strengthen Your Ask: How to build a clear, funder-friendly project budget.
- Navigating the 2025 Funding Landscape: What’s changing in philanthropy and federal funding and how to adapt.
- Responding to RFPs (or Not): How to evaluate when an opportunity is worth pursuing.
- Developing Reusable “Boilerplate” Language: Save time while maintaining your organization’s unique voice.
- Using AI to Supercharge Your Writing: Learn how to use AI tools to
- Draft and refine Letters of Intent and proposals
- Adjust tone and clarity for different audiences
- Personalize outreach to funders
- Translate and localize content
- Generate outlines, summaries, and polished final drafts
Instructor
Bill Edelstein is a consultant specializing in helping not-for-profits develop diversified revenue streams. He holds Advanced Degrees in Education and Not-for-Profit Development. His professional work is focused on Donor Relations and Fundraising. Bill is an adjunct professor at John Jay College of the City University of New York.
Bill Edelstein https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-edelstein-ba8159112/
Testimonials
I participated in the P2P webinar which, by the way, was amazing. Thanks for all the information you shared. – Elliot, Adcieo
Thank you Bill!! I enjoyed the presentation, in fact one of the best I have attended in some time. – Wendy, Ferris State University
A great Grant Writing Class 101! – Cheryl, Tulane University
Keep up the great work. Really glad I was able to join today. – Anna, Community Bridges
Thanks so much for an amazing Webinar. So much info there. I’ve already sent my notes to the fundraisers but I am glad they will be getting your recording! – Diana, St. Joseph Center
Thank you for your time and effort teaching this course – I am really enjoying participating with other ‘students’! – Liz, AFTD
GREAT CLASSES! – Karen, Chicago Urban League
I’d like to thank you once again for the great virtual facilitation and training sessions. You were patient, understanding, engaging, and checked in with us on our learning in several ways. I admit that this is a very busy time for me as it is reporting season so I wasn’t able to participate in the homework the way I would have liked. I was so grateful that I felt nothing but understanding from you and was able to learn so much from your sessions! – Clarinda, United Way of Central Minnesota
Thank you Bill. I found the course helpful because you provided a comprehensive overview of all the moving parts with grants management and specific resources to help. – Julia, Wings for Kids