About this episode

Alanna Taylor discusses strategies for winning grants and empowering Black women in nonprofit leadership.

Alanna Taylor is a visionary leader and strategic architect who has spent three decades transforming bold ideas into fundable realities. With a staggering 60% plus grant win rate and over a million dollars raised annually for her clients, she is a nationally respected expert in program design, funding, and sustainable growth for mission-driven organizations. As the founder of Granted Success, Inc., Alanna specializes in grant writing, fractional executive director services, and her signature Grant-Ready Elevation Audit—a powerful diagnostic tool that evaluates a nonprofit’s win-ability across internal operations, messaging, digital footprint, and fundraising strategy. Her work is deeply rooted in empowering Black women executive directors and the Black-centered nonprofit organizations they lead.   Takeaways: Founders, Stop Making Yourself the Executive Director: Alanna reveals a critical pattern in the nonprofit space—Black women founders who position themselves as the executive director are inadvertently creating their own boss through the board. Her advice: position yourself as the board chair, build a strong and diverse board, and consider launching a consulting business…

People in this episode

Guest: Alanna Taylor

Topics covered

• grant writing
• nonprofit management
• fundraising
• empowerment
• strategic planning

Keywords

• grant win rate
• nonprofit
• funding
• executive director
• consulting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Granted Success, Inc.

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