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Krista Kurlinkus LLC

Krista Kurlinkus LLC

 

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First Name
Krista
Last Name
Kurlinkus LLC
Organization
Krista Kurlinkus LLC
Title
Client Success Specialist
Phone
6142864500
Address Line 1
13333 White School Rd.
City
Roscoe
County
Illinois
State/Province
IL
Zip Code
61073
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Organization Profile

Organization Overview
Now in our 10th year in business, Krista Kurlinkus, LLC has grown from a one-woman consultancy into a nationally recognized partner for nonprofits and changemakers who refuse to settle for the status quo.

Over the past decade, we’ve helped organizations secure more than $50 million in funding across 30 states and 8 countries, with a focus on human rights and democracy; racial and social justice; arts, culture, and humanities; and workforce and economic development. We've also taught tens of thousands of grant writers around the world through our groundbreaking courses.

Whether you’re seeking federal grants, international opportunities, or foundation support, we bring a strategic lens, tailored tools, and a commitment to justice to everything we do.

our team is composed of senior-level grant professionals with expertise in:

- Private, community, and corporate foundations
- Global philanthropy and international development
- U.S. federal and state grants
- Narrative strategy and participatory proposal development
- Systems design, workflow optimization, and AI integration
Services
Grant Writing
Grant Strategy
Grant Systems & Integration of AI
Grant Search & Evaluation
Education
Practice Areas (select top 3)
  • Development/Fundraising
  • Grant Writing/Research
  • Information Systems (Including Software, Database Support, Data Analytics)
  • Project Management
  • Writing/Editing
 

Speaker's Bureau Information

Speaker Bio
Dr. Krista Kurlinkus, founder of Grant Writing Made Easy and CEO of Krista Kurlinkus, LLC, has an impressive background as a Ph.D. in English-Rhetoric, Composition & Literacy Studies. Her ten years in grant writing consulting and education have established her as a nationally recognized expert in the field of grant writing. She is also a GPA-approved grant writing trainer.

Through her groundbreaking online course, Grant Writing Made Easy, Dr. Kurlinkus has revolutionized grant writing education, equipping over 10,000 students with the skills to effectively articulate their organizations' mission and programs, secure crucial funding, and bring their transformative projects to life.


Dr. Kurlinkus has written winning multi-million dollar federal grants; global development grants; state grants; multiple six-figure research grants; and corporate, private, and community foundation grants for over 100 nonprofit, government, and academic clients.

As a sought-after educator and consultant, she continues to be at the forefront of grant writing and technology, providing aspiring grant writers with the tools they need to succeed.
Topic 1
Advanced AI Techniques for Grant Seeking:
Enhancing Search and Assessment
Topic 1 Description
on will focus on how grantseekers can use AI to critically evaluate grant search results for alignment, feasibility, and potential impact.

What Attendees Will Learn

Finding Grant Opportunities with AI
Learn to generate a list of high-quality, targeted grant opportunities using strategic AI prompts—whether or not they have access to paid databases. The training will cover how to guide ChatGPT in identifying aligned funders, summarizing eligibility criteria, and surfacing relevant information from funder websites, IRS Form 990s, and public directories. Participants will leave with a clear understanding of how to prompt, refine, and iterate searches for the most accurate and useful results.

Assessing Grant Results with AI
Discover how to use AI-driven tools to evaluate grant opportunities beyond surface-level criteria. This includes analyzing the requirements, funding trends, and historical giving patterns of grantmakers to determine their likelihood of funding your proposal. We'll explore how advance reasoning models of AI can summarize grant guidelines, highlight critical details, and flag potential red flags like eligibility issues or misaligned goals based on the real giving data.

AI for Comparative Analysis
Learn how AI can be used to compare multiple grant opportunities side by side, ranking them based on custom criteria such as funding amount, application timeline, and organizational capacity. This approach helps grant seekers prioritize opportunities with the highest ROI potential.

Practical Tools and Demonstrations
See practical demonstrations of how to process grant search results from databases like GrantStation and Instrumentl with AI. We'll explore specific prompts and workflows for improving search results and ensuring that the opportunities chosen are a good fit for the organization's mission.
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Krista Kurlinkus, Krista Kurlinkus, LLC.
krista@kristakurlinkus.com

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