08/09/2026
🎉 THE LINEUP IS HERE! 🎉
Which session are you most excited about? Drop it in the comments! 👇
The Arizona Grant Professionals Association Statewide Conference is bringing together a fantastic group of grant professionals, nonprofit leaders, consultants, and funders for a day packed with ideas you can actually use.
Whether you want to strengthen corporate partnerships, rethink your fundraising approach, better understand indirect costs, improve your grant systems, explore AI, build stronger budgets, or position your organization for transformational investments, there’s a session for you.
✨ Here’s what’s on the agenda:
🔹 Invested Partners: Strengthening Corporate Engagement
Monique Lopez | UMOM New Day Centers
🔹 Who Gets Funded and Why? Practical Tools for Dignity-Centered Fund Development
Illyasha Peete | Catalyze and Cultivate Consulting
🔹 Why Organizations Should Adopt an Indirect Cost Rate for Federal Grants
Martin Donohoe | Town of Gilbert
🔹 Unlocking the Secret Money
Bethany Eggleston | Resilience United Consulting
🔹 Grant Systems Unfiltered: What Works, What Doesn't, and What We Wish We Knew
Janeen Gaskins, Jennie Miller, Heather Patel & Keri Cordon
🔹 Grant-Funded and Still Struggling: The Real Strategies Nobody's Talking About
Page Hinerman | PAGE Capacity Builders
🔹 Both Sides of the Algorithm: AI for Funders and Grantees
Leah Russell & Jason Mistlebauer | Witt O'Brien's
🔹 Grant Budgets Made Clear: Building Budgets Reviewers Can Understand and Fund
Jacquelyn Ahrenberg | Resolute Nonprofit Consulting
🔹 Unlock Philanthropy's Potential: Strategic Positioning for Transformational Investments
Loren Bouchard | Banner Health Foundation
💡 Nine sessions. A whole lot of grant expertise. One day to level up your work.
➡️ Ready to join us? Register today:
https://lnkd.in/gb5kyhBA
🏃♀️ And there’s still time to get in on the walking pad giveaway! The first 50 people registered for in-person attendance will be entered to win. Only a few drawing spots remain!
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be spotlighting the sessions and speakers so you can get a sneak peek at what’s waiting for you at the conference.