Improving the communication between grant funders and nonprofits with Foundant Technologies Tammy Tilzey

This episode, Tammy Tilzey explains the common incorrect assumptions funding sources make about non-profits, how they can better understand the needs of non-profits, and make grant funding a more equitable landscape.

Tammy Tilzey has almost a decade of experience in the philanthropy sector and is currently the Nonprofit Relationship Manager at Foundant Technologies and serves on the board of the Grant Professionals Certification Institute.

Tammy joins us to discuss how she is bringing together grant-writing foundations and grant writers, how foundations can make applications more accessible, and the ways the grant-making world is changing

She also explains why having set processes separate from individual people is so important, how much time you can save with streamlined grant writing systems, and the ways having systems can improve a non-profit’s credibility.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• The importance of having set processes that are separate from individual people.
• How much time you can save with streamlined grant writing systems.
• The ways having systems can improve a non-profit’s credibility.
• How non-profits can communicate with funding sources.
• The assumptions funding sources make and how these can be avoided.
• Ways funding sources can better understand the needs of non-profits.
• How to improve the questions funding sources ask non-profits.
• Different ways non-profits are using AI in their grant applications.
• How grant foundations are protecting themselves from AI-created applications.
• How to make grant writing a more equitable landscape.