Title: How to Get Foundation Funding
Instructor: Mark Glaser, executive editor and publisher, MediaShift
Tips for working with media foundations
Have you ever considered getting foundation grants to help support your journalism and media projects? Didn’t know where to start? This training will give an overview of the major foundations and what they typically fund. There’s also a chance for one-on-one feedback from the instructor.
Major media foundations are going through upheaval, with major reorganizations happening at Knight Foundation, McCormick Foundation, Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation and others. There will be a discussion of these changes, and how they will affect your chances for grants. And now foundations are supporting both for-profit and non-profit organizations.
What you’ll learn from this training:
- Basics of foundation funding
- Importance of contacts and networking
- How MediaShift received grants and support from various foundations
- Personal feedback on your grant ideas
Handouts:
- Presentation slides and notes
- List of relevant foundations and key contacts
Who should take this training:
- Independent media makers who are seeking grants
- Media company employees who are interested in grants
- Public media or non-profit media companies interested in grants
Date and Time: Jan. 25, 2017 at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT
Price: $39
Register here!
Note: If you can’t attend the live session, you can still register and see the archived video and ask questions of the instructor. Free registration for BigMarker is required.
About the Instructor:
Mark Glaser is founder and publisher of MediaShift. He is an award-winning writer and accidental entrepreneur, who has taken MediaShift from a one-person blog to a growing media company with events such as Platforms + Publishers roundtables and weekend hackathons; the weekly MediaShift Podcast; and digital trainings, DigitalEd, in partnership with top journalism schools. MediaShift has received funding support from the Knight Foundation, Ford Foundation, McCormick Foundation and others. You can follow him on Twitter @mediatwit.
