Free Webinar for Tax-Exempt Organizations!
Finding Grants to Support
Your Mission
Tuesday, July 14th, 2026
2 PM EST
About the Webinar
Not every grant is right for every organization, and chasing the wrong opportunities wastes time you don't have. This session walks through where to find grant funders and, more importantly, how to evaluate whether a specific opportunity is a strong match for your programs before you invest time in an application.
You'll learn how to:
- Identify where to look for grant opportunities relevant to your organization
- Use Candid.org and IRS Form 990 data to research a funder's giving history
- Evaluate alignment between your programs and a funder's stated priorities
- Avoid the common mistake of bending your mission to fit a grant requirement
About Mary Louise Resch
Mary Louise Resch is a US Army veteran who has served over 37 years in the non-profit sector as an Executive Director, Development Director, Grant Writer, and Lobbyist. She currently serves as the Disaster Recovery Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) Coordinator for the SC Office of Resilience where she coordinates disaster recovery services with a variety of non-profit, government, business, and other key stakeholders like Long-term Recovery Groups to ensure that services are available for on-going unmet needs in a post-Hurricane Helene environment.
She has worked with such diverse populations as homelessness, food insecurity, dropout prevention, and juvenile justice. She is a Senior Certified Grants Specialist (SCGS) and has raised hundreds of millions of dollars over her non-profit career.
