Breaking: Fed Grants Paused – How to Fundraise NOW
If the recent federal grant freeze has you and your team panicking, stop what you’re doing. Read this.
This wake-up call is critical.
Here's the hard truth:
If your organization is overly reliant on grants, this is your warning shot. Grants are unpredictable, political, and completely out of your control. If you’re banking on them as your primary revenue stream, you’re risking everything.
But here’s the good news:
You don’t have to put your mission in someone else’s hands. The fastest way to secure immediate funding is through online fundraising.
And no, not just any online fundraiser. The most impactful and powerful way to hit (or even double) your fundraising goals is through influencer partnerships.
An influencer is anyone with a loyal audience—big or small—who trusts their recommendations. This could be a YouTuber, a TikTok creator, a Twitch streamer, or even a passionate advocate in your community with an engaged audience.
Influencers can raise more in one day than most nonprofits raise in an entire year-end campaign.
Here’s what you don’t have to do:
• Wait for grant agencies to “approve” you.
• Spend months schmoozing major donors.
• Hope & pray for generous year-end giving—because that’s 11 months away
Instead, you can:
✔ Launch an influencer-led campaign immediately.
✔ Fundraise powerfully: even with a small team or no social media presence.
✔ Partner with creators who can unlock massive visibility and donations for your cause.
This isn’t just an idea—
It’s the proven, $127 BILLION Creator and Influencer Economy at work.
This is already happening -- now is the time for your cause to act:
• The Ice Bucket Challenge: $220M raised through viral influencer engagement.
• Twitch Star Ninja: $3.2M+ raised during livestreams for multiple causes.
• Charity: Water's Birthday Campaigns: Individual birthdays turned into $1M+ fundraisers.
• Brooke Eby’s ALS Campaign: $73,000+ raised by partnering with Salesforce and sharing her story.
• Tess Bohne’s Livestream: Over $60,000 raised during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour stream for domestic violence survivors and LGBTQIA+ causes
The best part?
↣ The size of your social following doesn’t matter.
↣ Your staff size doesn’t matter.
↣ Your current experience with online fundraising doesn’t matter.
You can do this. I’ll show you in the Purpose & Profit Club™ how to tap into the influencer economy, create campaigns that drive action, and build a revenue stream you can count on.
This is the future of fundraising—and the antidote to unpredictable grants.