Hannah Conover
Executive Director
Grant Ready Kentucky
Hannah Conover, CPA, is a lifelong Kentuckian with family roots in Appalachia and the founding Executive Director of Grant Ready Kentucky, a statewide nonprofit helping underserved communities plan, compete for, and manage public funding through technical assistance, match strategy, and public policy execution. After research and direct feedback from more than 1,000 nonprofit and local government leaders identified local match as a top barrier to federal funding, she helped build the policy case and stakeholder alignment for Kentucky’s landmark GRANT Match Program, scaling it to $200 million in state authorization and over $1 billion in GRANT-approved awards across 350+ projects statewide. Drawing on finance and operations leadership in philanthropy, venture-backed startups, and audit, she builds durable, tech-forward systems that strengthen efficiency, compliance, and decision quality. Hannah holds a summa cum laude BBA in Finance from Eastern Kentucky University and is AICPA certified in nonprofit financial management, governance, and compliance.
10:15 am - 11:30 am ET
Community of Practice Workshops I-VI: Small Group Breakouts @ 2nd Floor
Financial Sustainability: Innovative Ideas for Diversifying Revenue
Room: Grand 3
You’ve written more grant proposals than you can count. You’ve badgered more corporate partners and foundations than you care to admit. Now what do you do? Through short presentations followed by longer deep-dive conversations, this session will give you three innovative strategies you can put to use to increase and diversify funding for your organization. Hear from Grant Ready Kentucky on how state government can provide access to matching dollars for grants; discover how Lift Orlando accelerated fundraising through a comprehensive community campaign; and learn from Alloy Fundraising how strategically adding the right consultant to your team can supercharge your fundraising capacity.
