Top 10 Tips for Grantseeking
Calling all grant adventurers! This imaginative session synthesizes what The Grant Plant has learned in our over two decades in the business. We’ll share tips and information on project management, proposal packages, prioritizing and getting key information, drafting content strategically and with unknowns, racking up reviewer points, translating federal budget jargon, leaning on your team, and “knowing thyself” (and thine reviewer!) as a writer. What are the common missteps and how can you avoid them? Watch now to find out!
Aly Sanchez, GPC – Director of Strategy and Organizational Development, The Grant Plant
Aly has more than two decades of grant writing experience including planning, request preparation, and reporting for complex private, state, and federal awards. In addition to direct proposal preparation, she specializes in proposal strategy development, project design, and staff and organizational development for The Grant Plant. Aly also leads the company’s capacity-building services, in which she develops learning materials, workshops, and trainings. Aly holds a BA in Psychology and an MBA focused on executive leadership.
Tonia Brown-Kinzel, GPC – Grant Compliance Manager, The Grant Plant
Tonia has worked or volunteered as a grant writer, grant reviewer, and grant maker since 1999. Her unique combination of experience yields special insights, helping Tonia earn nearly $20 million in grants throughout her career. She is the President of the Miami Valley Chapter of the Grant Professionals Association (GPA) and a member of the National Grant Management Association. She has also served on the GPA’s Professional Education Committee since 2021 and is a GPA Approved Trainer.
Hannah Peterson – Program Development Director, American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA)
Hannah Peterson is the Program Development Director for AIANTA, bringing to the role extensive experience in fundraising and program development. In her role as Program Development Director, Hannah works to advance the mission of AIANTA through strategic fundraising and program development. Hannah spent more than five years with J Murphy & Associates working as a consultant and grant writer and two years as grants manager for Urban Homeworks, Inc. For more than nine years, she worked as a paralegal working on business litigation, intellectual properties, worker’s compensation and insurance. She was raised in Anchorage, Alaska, and received a degree in English from the University of Washington, Seattle and a Master of Public Administration from Hamline University, Minnesota.