Tuesday 3/25, 1p eastern, 12p central, 11a mountain, 10a pacific
The Other Side of Grants: a panel discussion with Dominic Breininger of Bethlehem Co-op Market; Grant Kessler of Chicago Market; Leslee Keri of Prairie Food Co-op, and Kim Frink of Suncoast Co-op Market
Grants have become a 100% necessary and siginficant piece of any startup food co-op's "capital stack" when raising the funds to open a brick-and-mortar grocery store and startups. The good news is that startups are getting more and more successful at being award grants over the last five years! But being awarded the grants is just the beginning . . . getting the actual funds into your co-op's bank account so you can start building your store comes with more steps, often many more steps, that are important to be prepared for! In this session, FCI's Faye Mack will be facilitating a panel of your peer startup organizers from co-ops that have won large grants and have experienced the "other side" of the grant process, accessing the funds. Come learn from their experience about these steps, and the potential pitfalls they encountered, so you are prepared for your co-op to succeed!
When
March 25, 2025 from 12:00 PM CDT to 1:00 PM CDT