Are You Grant Ready? A Beginner's Guide to Getting Funded
Are You Grant Ready? A Beginner's Guide to Getting Funded
A live 60 minute webinar for nonprofit staff and founders who are new to grant seeking, or who have applied before and keep hearing "not this time."
A live 60 minute webinar for nonprofit staff and founders who are new to grant seeking, or who have applied before and keep hearing "not this time."
Thursday, September 24, 2026 3:00 PM Eastern Time
Live on Zoom $25
You know your organization does good work. You just are not sure how to prove it to a funder yet.
Maybe you have opened a grant application, stared at the questions, and closed the tab because you were not sure where to even start. Maybe you applied once or twice already and got a polite no, with no real explanation of why.
It is not because your mission is not worth funding. Most first time applicants get passed over for reasons that have nothing to do with the work they do and everything to do with pieces that were missing before they ever hit submit.
What Changes
After this session, you will know exactly where your organization stands, and what to do next.
You will stop guessing at what funders actually want to see. You will have a checklist you can hold up against your own documents and know, clearly, what is ready and what still needs work. You will understand why past applications may have been passed over, and what to fix before the next one.
You walk away with clarity, not a longer to-do list you do not know how to tackle.
What's Included
A live 60 minute training
Straightforward, no jargon guidance on what grant readiness actually means and how to get there, taught live so you can ask questions in real time.
A grant readiness checklist
Something you can hold up against your own organization right away, not a template that ignores what makes your nonprofit different.
A look at the most common first time mistakes
The specific things that get beginner applicants passed over, so you can fix them before your next submission instead of after.
Guidance on building your case for support
How to present your mission and your work in a way that makes sense from a grant evaluator's point of view.
Where to actually find the right opportunities
So you are not spending hours guessing which grants are worth your time.
How It Works
Register below and save your spot for September 24.
You will get your Zoom link and any prep materials by email before the session.
Join live at 3:00 PM Eastern on September 24. Bring your questions.
Leave with your grant readiness checklist and a clear list of next steps for your organization.
Your $25 is credited in full toward a VIP Day or the upcoming 5-week Grant Readiness October workshop, if you want more hands-on support after.
Who This Is For
This is for you if:
Your nonprofit has never applied for a grant before
You have applied once or twice and are not sure what went wrong
You are early stage and building your funding strategy from the ground up
You are a long established organization that never quite got grant seeking off the ground
You want a clear, honest read on where you actually stand, not a generic pep talk
You are ready to put in the work once you know what that work is
This is probably not for you if:
You already have a mature grants program and are looking for advanced strategy, not the basics
You are hoping for a done for you solution with no follow through on your end
This is probably not for you if:
You already have a mature grants program and are looking for advanced strategy, not the basics
You are hoping for a done for you solution with no follow through on your end
"Catherina Mirasol has worked with our non-profit for about 1 year and has turned around so many of our systems that were not yet working the way they should. She specializes in honing in on the info others need to see in order to support us, and professionalizing presentations in a way that makes us succeed where we had long floundered: budget presentation, grant readiness, capturing successes that impress, and helping us organize some long time hieroglyphics in our presentations in many other ways. Don't miss the chance to learn from her at this webinar: how to succeed in business when we tried so hard but missed a lot of important nooks and crannies. I never miss an opportunity to learn from her, and it is all served with a spoonful of sugar to make the medicine go down."
Cynthia Rodriguez, Esq.
VP, Board of Directors Vanguard News Group
Former Deputy Director and General Counsel, CA Dept of Mental Health and State Hospitals
About Catherina Mirasol
Hi, I'm Catherina Mirasol, founder of Project 5356.
I work with nonprofits on grant readiness and funding strategy, especially organizations that are new to grant seeking or have applied without success. I built my approach after watching too many good missions get passed over for reasons that had nothing to do with the work they do.
I do not hand you a generic template and wish you luck. I give you the roadmap and the structure, built around your organization specifically. The follow through is yours, and that is exactly what makes it work.
$25
That full amount is credited toward a VIP Day consult or an upcoming workshop, so you are really just holding your spot.
Thursday, September 24, 2026 at 3:00 PM Eastern, live on Zoom.