The $150 Million Secret: Free Money, Free Fellows, and Free Time Back
Hosted by Northeast Professionals in Artificial Intelligence
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
12:00 PM–1:00 PM ET
About
Your nonprofit lost money this month. Not because you overspent, but because money set aside for organizations like yours went unclaimed, again.
Somewhere out there is a grant with your name on it, quietly funding somebody else. A funder who never needs to be repaid said yes to an organization half your size because they knew the program existed and you did not. A fellow whose salary is covered by someone else is building someone else's program right now. And your best people, the ones who came for the mission, spent tonight retyping receipts into a spreadsheet.
You know the feeling. It is 11 PM and you are the executive director, the development office, the bookkeeper, the receptionist, and the IT department, all at once. The report is due Friday. The thank-you notes are three weeks behind. The board keeps asking about your AI strategy, and you have not had time to eat lunch, never mind build one.
Here is the part that should make you angry: the help you need already exists, it is free, and nobody handed you the map.
For one hour, Dr. Beth Griffith hands you the map. The $150 million secret comes apart in three pieces:
FREE MONEY. The grants, forgivable funding, and giving programs built for organizations exactly like yours, including the funders who say yes to first-time applicants, and how to position your story so a reviewer sees a fundable organization instead of a risky bet.
FREE FELLOWS. The fellowship, service corps, and internship pipelines that place capable, paid people inside your organization while someone else covers the check. Who qualifies as a host site, what the applications really require, and the deadlines that decide whether you get a fellow this year or watch another one build somebody else's program.
FREE TIME BACK. The Digital Helpers a nonprofit can set up without writing a single line of code: one that drafts your donor thank-you notes, one that answers the phone while your one staffer is at lunch, one that chases the paperwork so your program director can go back to the program. People first. AI second. Impact always.
You walk out with a claim map of every resource named in the session, the deadlines that matter over the next 12 months, and the first three steps to take this quarter. Come with your board chair and you will leave with your next board meeting agenda already written.
Who this is for: executive directors, founders, board members, program managers, development staff, and volunteers at small and midsize nonprofits, especially community-based organizations doing big work on small budgets. No AI experience needed. Total beginners are the entire point of the room.
Your presenter has the receipts: Dr. Beth Griffith, AIC, BAP, GIP, HIC, LEED, is President of NEPAI (Northeast Professionals in Artificial Intelligence), whose mission is simple: AI is for everyone. She serves as Executive Director of Gigs Uplift Mass, has trained more than 587 business owners and workers, mentored over 1,400 people, facilitated nearly 3,600 tax returns generating $7 million in refunds for low- and middle-income individuals, and helped secure over $2 million in forgivable funding for gig workers. She has spent her career finding the free money. This is the hour she shows you where it lives.
Hybrid and free: join on Zoom from anywhere, or be in the room at a Dedham, Massachusetts location shared with registrants once confirmed. Nothing is sold. Bring your biggest question and your budget headache.
Speakers
- Dr. Beth Griffith, AIC, BAP, GIP, HIC, LEED. President of NEPAI (Northeast Professionals in Artificial Intelligence) and Executive Director of Gigs Uplift Mass.
Host
Northeast Professionals in Artificial Intelligence
Location
To be confirmed: an in-person location in Dedham, Massachusetts, shared directly with registrants as soon as it is confirmed. Online attendees join live on Zoom from anywhere.
Dedham, MA (exact address shared with registrants once the venue is confirmed)
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