{"podcast":{"title":"Fundable by Design","slug":"fundable-by-design-547744","podcast_index_feed_id":547744,"rss_url":"https://nonprofitnuggets.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://fundablebydesign.libsyn.com/website","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/b/a/b/2/bab25ce286763e9516c3140a3186d450/podcast_cover-20260129-655hr4xd4p.png","author":"Jennifer Yarbrough","episode_count":97,"summary":"Are you a nonprofit leader who is looking for real insight into how to successfully startup, fundraise for, or successfully lead your nonprofit organization. If you answered yes, this podcast is for you. In this podcast you will discover: 1. What a nonprofit really is; 2. Grant tips; and, 3. Ways to raise money for your nonprofit I share with you how I have raised hundreds of millions of dollars stretching beyond traditional grants, and trained thousands of organizations across the globe. Sign up for my newsletter. Http://Bit.ly/jnnpodcastlist","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fundable-by-design-547744"},"episode":{"title":"How Funders Calculate Risk Before Funding Your Nonprofit","slug":"how-funders-calculate-risk-before-funding-your-nonprofit","published_at":"2026-02-28T09:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fundable-by-design-547744/how-funders-calculate-risk-before-funding-your-nonprofit","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fundable-by-design-547744","url":"https://nonprofitnuggets.libsyn.com/how-funders-calculate-risk-before-funding-your-nonprofit","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/nonprofitnuggets/How_Funders_Calculate_Risk_Before_Funding_Your_Nonprofit.m4a?dest-id=495072","summary":"Today I want to talk about something nonprofit leaders are rarely taught: how funders calculate risk before they fund your organization. Funding decisions are not emotional. They are calculated. If you've ever wondered why you keep getting polite rejections or no response at all, this conversation will help you understand what's happening behind closed doors. Funders don't avoid good missions. They avoid unmanaged risk. And once you understand how risk is calculated, you can start positioning your nonprofit to feel safe, stable, and investable.","meta_description":"Today I want to talk about something nonprofit leaders are rarely taught: how funders calculate risk before they fund your organization. Funding decisions…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2308,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fundable-by-design-547744/episodes/how-funders-calculate-risk-before-funding-your-nonprofit/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fundable-by-design-547744/how-funders-calculate-risk-before-funding-your-nonprofit.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}