Spring 2025 TMACF & AmeriCorps VISTA Workshop Series – Funding Great Ideas: Perspectives on Applying for Grants and Developing Resources for Social Change

Transform Mid-Atlantic is pleased to host a three part skill-based workshop series for its 2024-2025 cohort of TMA Civic Fellows and AmeriCorps VISTA Members during the Spring 2025 semester! The second workshop will focus on “Funding Great Ideas: Perspectives on Applying for Grants and Developing Resources for Social Change”. The event will take place on Friday, March 7 from 11:00AM – 12:00PM via Zoom. The guest speaker will be Yolanda Rushdan, Senior Program Officer for Community Impact at the Delaware Community Foundation. You can learn more about Yolanda by scrolling below. 

About the session: Join this interactive session to learn about how the Delaware Community Foundation achieves its mission of “strengthening Delaware by maximizing community-based philanthropy.” Ms. Rushdan will share insight from “behind-the-scenes” of grant making, providing invaluable information about how people with big ideas can effectively seek funding to support their own vision for social change at the community level. Additionally, participants will learn about how the COVID-19 pandemic catalyzed important changes related to addressing efficiency and transparency in the grant-making process.

Register below to join in this exclusive opportunity for TMA Civic Fellows and AmeriCorps VISTA Members!

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About Ms. Rushdan:
Yolanda supports coordination of the programmatic activities of the foundation, including community and donor engagement, and manages the DCF’s Community Impact Grants programs. She loves learning about the needs of Delaware’s nonprofits and creating programs to help fill the gaps. A country girl at heart, Yolanda is a native of North Carolina who currently lives in Delaware with her husband, Wali, and son, Noah.