Episode 71 – Nonprofit Grant Matching and Mindset with Gauri Manglik

Gauri Manglik is CEO and co-founder of Instrumentl, a grant service software platform designed to assist nonprofits in prospecting, acquiring, tracking, and managing grants. Gauri talks with Patrick about the grant matching platform, but the conversation goes well beyond the software, and into the mindset many nonprofits struggle with regarding fundraising, scarcity, efficiency, talent, and more. Gauri has dedicated her career to building intuitive and delightful user experiences. Seeing the opportunity to force multiply the nonprofit sector’s ability to create impact through software led her to her work at Instrumentl. As CEO and a co-founder, she has led Instrumentl to serve over 2,000 nonprofits today, making it a favorite tool among grant seekers for bringing grant prospecting, tracking, and management to one place. Before Instrumentl, Gauri was CEO and co-founder of Fondu, an online community for sharing bite-sized restaurant reviews. After Fondu was acquired by Airbnb, Gauri led their mobile and special projects teams. Promo code WINDOW50 will let you save $50 off your first month or year of Instrumentl. You can sign up for their 14-day free Instrumentl account at www.instrumentl.com/r/TLW.