Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Grant writing is a crucial skill for organizations seeking funding and support. Join Elizabeth Gamboa, Adoptions Grant Manager at PetSmart Charities, and Jory Jolivet, Grants Specialist at Austin Pets Alive, for a special presentation on a general overview of successfully navigating the grant process in animal welfare. This session will broadly cover four key aspects of grant writing: being grant-ready by learning the essential steps to ensure your organization is prepared, finding grants by exploring strategies for identifying suitable funding opportunities, writing grants with practical tips for crafting successful applications, and tracking grants and reporting to effectively track funding, maintain accurate records, and meet reporting requirements. This presentation will equip you with actionable strategies to help secure and manage grants your organization needs to support its mission.
Guest speakers:
• Elizabeth Gamboa, Adoptions Grants Manager, PetSmart Charities
• Jory Jolivet, Grants Specialist, Austin Pets Alive
Chapters:
00:00 Welcome + Question of the Day
02:49 October Grant Winners
05:48 National Updates
09:43 Presentation and QA
To access the full agenda and resources from this call or to ask questions of our speakers, visit https://maddies.fund/communityconversations110424
About Community Conversations, hosted by Maddie’s Fund:
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, animal sheltering transformed overnight. Foster-based sheltering, home-based employees and volunteers, along with collaboration galvanized our communities. The pandemic, along with social injustice, has motivated our industry to look at how we partner with our communities and confront our own biases. Shelter and rescue staff across the country began talking on a weekly basis, offering support and innovative ideas to do things differently. To learn more about these calls, visit forum.maddiesfund.org/communityconversations
Grant writing is a crucial skill for organizations seeking funding and support. Join Elizabeth Gamboa, Adoptions Grant Manager at PetSmart Charities, and Jory Jolivet, Grants Specialist at Austin Pets Alive, for a special presentation on a general overview of successfully navigating the grant process in animal welfare. This session will broadly cover four key aspects of grant writing: being grant-ready by learning the essential steps to ensure your organization is prepared, finding grants by exploring strategies for identifying suitable funding opportunities, writing grants with practical tips for crafting successful applications, and tracking grants and reporting to effectively track funding, maintain accurate records, and meet reporting requirements. This presentation will equip you with actionable strategies to help secure and manage grants your organization needs to support its mission.
Guest speakers:
• Elizabeth Gamboa, Adoptions Grants Manager, PetSmart Charities
• Jory Jolivet, Grants Specialist, Austin Pets Alive
Chapters:
00:00 Welcome + Question of the Day
02:49 October Grant Winners
05:48 National Updates
09:43 Presentation and QA
To access the full agenda and resources from this call or to ask questions of our speakers, visit https://maddies.fund/communityconversations110424
About Community Conversations, hosted by Maddie’s Fund:
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, animal sheltering transformed overnight. Foster-based sheltering, home-based employees and volunteers, along with collaboration galvanized our communities. The pandemic, along with social injustice, has motivated our industry to look at how we partner with our communities and confront our own biases. Shelter and rescue staff across the country began talking on a weekly basis, offering support and innovative ideas to do things differently. To learn more about these calls, visit forum.maddiesfund.org/communityconversations
