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M.H.M & Associates recently hosted an exclusive fundraising event focusing on garnering sponsorship to assist CEO Luvina Beckley, and the National Resources Development Council (NRDC) take her message on a four-city symposium tour. The focus is to reach Black women and Women of color-led organizations to change the dynamics in the trillion-dollar-a-year grant funding industry. The fundraiser was also intended to help raise investment funds the Beckley’s newly developed (patent pending) e3p3 software model. Which is sure to create some of that change.
The event was held at Fox Pointe Manor in Anaheim Hills, the private home of Dr. Howard and Linda Knohl, and featured a who’s who list of current and former elected California officials and other guests.
Beckley addressed her audience and laid out the problems with the grant funding industry. She discussed her inspiration and mission in great detail and closed by addressing the solutions that would rectify the situation. Beckley·s presentation was supported by a couple of people she successfully wrote grants for the in the past. Kim Carter, CEO of Time For A Change Foundation explained to the audience what Beckley and grant funding did to elevate her program to the next level. Rialto Mayor Deborah Robertson discussed the work Beckley did for the City of Rialto.
“I thought the event was very classy and very well put together,” said Londie Pratt, who was an invited guest. “(Luvina’s) message really resonated and connected with the intimate audience,” added Pratt.
The event was a prelude to the Rising Tide/ Impacting the 1 % symposiums that Beckley will take across the country on a four-city national tour. The first symposium is scheduled for Saturday, September 9th in the City of Pasadena The symposiums are expected to draw up to 200-250 attendees.
M.H.M & Associates is a leader in the grant writing space having garnered more than $125 million in funding since its founding. Among its missions is to positively affect the wealth gap by assisting Black women and women of color-led organizations to get grants and investment funding to help their organizations reach their goals.
You can hear more about Beckley’s story and inspiration during her exclusive interview airing Sunday, August 6 at 4:00 p.m. on Channel 9 KCAL Los Angeles on the YABA TV Show.
