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3 Ways to Reclaim Your Voice in Funder Meetings

3 Ways to Reclaim Your Voice in Funder Meetings

Update: 2025-04-22
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Funder meetings don't have to be scary or disempowering.  Instead of walking into funder meetings feeling like you have to prove your work is worthy of support, what if you flipped the script? What if you went from powerless grantee to empowered strategic partner? 

In this episode of the Nonprofit Mastermind Podcast, I unpack how to show up to these conversations with confidence and strategy — rooted in your role as a thought partner and changemaker. After nearly 30 years in the field and countless funder meetings myself, I’ve learned that real partnership starts with how you lead the conversation. I walk through three practical mindset shifts that can transform your next funder meeting and deepen the kind of long-term support your organization really needs.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • How to shift from a “pitch” mindset to one of collaborative problem-solving
  • Specific questions to ask funders that reposition you as a peer, not a petitioner
  • Why sharing what you are seeing on the ground builds trust and credibility

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3 Ways to Reclaim Your Voice in Funder Meetings

3 Ways to Reclaim Your Voice in Funder Meetings

Brooke Richie-Babbage