We invite you to join the Brainerd Lakes Area Funders Network organizations to learn about opportunities, priority areas, eligibility, and application timelines/deadlines from several area foundations and funders. We also want your feedback on gaps that exist with funding and/or areas of need that have limited funding options. There will also be time for networking with your colleagues.

Having difficult conversations is the number one issue that comes up when we work with leaders, managers, team members, and supervisors. This training tackles the tough stuff. We’ll explore strategies for surfacing tension and working through conflict. Participants will learn how to discern what is helpful about conflict and how to navigate through challenging discussions with confidence and competence. Whether it's addressing resistance in a team, shifting recurring conflict, or increasing a team’s skill and comfort with having disagreements; this training will equip participants with the tools to handle tough situations effectively.

On review day, applicants will present their project ideas to local nonprofit representatives, who will have the opportunity to ask questions and vote on the recipients. Sourcewell’s Nonprofit Advisory Council will review and ratify these votes to confirm funding and bring these community visions to reality.

Awarded projects will be notified of their status by the end of December.

Voting is open to any 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Cass, Crow Wing, Morrison, Todd, and Wadena counties and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, not just those applying for funding. All nonprofit staff, volunteers, and board members are eligible to attend (a total of four per nonprofit).