Are you a funder or grantmaker supporting arts & culture workers? Are you interested in increasing racial equity in your grantmaking and doing more to support marginalized arts & culture makers? I offer consulting and advising services to funders & grantmakers that center on the key role that organizational financials play in making more equitable funding decisions. In particular, I provide:

Financial training for panelists and grantmakers. Most of us have few opportunities to learn the complex financial concepts required to understand and interpret the complexities of nonprofit financials. I work with panelists and grantmaking staff to help you better parse both the visible and invisible aspects of financial statements and make clearer, more informed, more equitable funding decisions.

Financial & budget requirement review. Are you wondering why some applicants are struggling to complete your application? Are you trying to balance the need to gather accurate data with the reality that many deserving projects don’t have the training or resources to provide the data you’re asking for? Are you trying to simplify your application without losing valuable insight? I can help you understand how systemic lack of resources make the financial aspects of grant applications especially difficult for marginalized organizations, review your process from the applicant perspective, and streamline your application in ways that save time for both you and your applicants. Curious? Drop me a line!