THE FUNDING PURSUIT

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Funding opportunities exist across the public, private, nonprofit, and governmental sectors. Understanding how to identify, evaluate, and pursue them is an entirely different skill.

The Funding Pursuit brings individuals, entrepreneurs, businesses, nonprofits, community leaders, associations, and institutional representatives together for three hours of professional guidance, funding education, practical execution, and meaningful connections.

This isn’t simply an event where you sit, listen, and leave.

Your experience begins before the event and continues afterward.

Funding & Procurement Education

Understand funding pathways, application requirements, eligibility considerations, proposal development, and the processes involved in pursuing public, private, and governmental opportunities.

The Proposal Lab — Bring One. Work on One.

Bring a grant you’re currently pursuing or select from available opportunities identified for the lab. Work alongside professionals to advance your understanding, develop application materials, and address requirements specific to your selected opportunity.

Capital in Common — Connect With Purpose

Engage with fellow participants, organizational leaders, entrepreneurs, community representatives, and professionals whose work may complement your own.

Technology & AI in Action

Explore digital tools, AI-assisted research, proposal-development methods, and practical approaches to organizing and managing funding applications.

Professional Guidance & Accountability

Every primary registration includes one 20-minute professional follow-up consultation, scheduled before the event concludes and used within 35 calendar days to ensure the grant you are working towards is complete and submitted.

• Individual Applicant — $35
• Nonprofit Organization / Association — $50
• Business / Corporation / Government / Quasi-Government — $100
• Additional Organizational Associate — $25

Organizational registrations include one primary participant. Additional associates may attend under their registered organization’s funding pursuit.

Halal lunch included for in-person attendees, with vegetarian options available.

Virtual attendees receive the same core educational programming, guided Proposal Lab access, and applicable professional follow-up benefits.

After registering, participants will be invited to provide information about their selected grant or the type of opportunity they would like to pursue. This allows the professional team to prepare for the Proposal Lab.

Registration & Participation Terms

• Ticket classification is determined by the individual or organization pursuing funding.
• Organizational tickets include one primary participant. Additional associates must be affiliated with a registered organization and purchase individual associate tickets.
• Each primary registration includes guided assistance focused on one grant opportunity and one 20-minute professional follow-up consultation.
• Follow-up appointments must be scheduled before the event concludes and completed by December 12, 2026. Unused consultations expire.
• Virtual and in-person registrations include the same core educational and professional assistance benefits. Lunch is provided only to in-person participants.
• Registration does not guarantee grant eligibility, application completion, submission, funding approval, or award.
• Business restructuring, business-plan alterations, IRS status corrections, and organizational remediation services are not included.
• Eventbrite service or payment-processing fees may apply at checkout.

Join us at Center DC in Washington, DC, or participate virtually.

Register for The Funding Pursuit and take the next step toward your funding objectives.

Registration includes education and guided assistance, not a guarantee of eligibility, completed application, submission, funding, or grant award. Organizational restructuring, business-plan alteration, and regulatory or tax-status corrections are not included.

Ticketing rule: An associate registration must be connected to an existing primary organization registration. The funding applicant, not merely the person paying, determines the primary ticket type.

Info: Check-in, virtual room access, lunch readiness Registration

Info: Capital in Common connections

Info: Proposal structure, application requirements with Grant specialists

Info: Digital execution Demonstrations w/ Technology facilitator

Info: Execute your grant with our professionals

Info: Consultation scheduling, closing with support team

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Center DC, 1426 9th Street Northwest, Washington, United States

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