60 minutes · Self-paced
How to Fund Your Vision
Financing your impactful work.
About the course
Created to support visionary leaders, artists, and founders who are ready to bring their powerful ideas to life but need the resources to make it happen, How to Fund Your Vision shares hard-earned lessons from years of navigating the funding world.
Inside this course you'll learn how to tell your story in a compelling way, overcome systemic and internal barriers, and approach funding from a place of clarity and confidence.
You'll also explore multiple funding pathways — grants, donors, impact investment, earned income, and strategic debt — so you can build a sustainable and values-aligned financial strategy for your work. This course is your roadmap to resourcing your vision, expanding your impact, and stepping fully into your leadership.
Course chapters
- 01The Root Causes of the Entrepreneurial Crisis
- 02Your Story as Leverage for Success
- 03How to Tell Your Funding Story
- 04Pitching With Your Values
- 05The Need to Fill a Gap
- 06Funding Your Vision
- 07Grant Writing
- 08Individual Donors and Community Support
- 09For-Profit Income and Sales
- 10What Is Good Debt?
- 11Diversifying Your Funding Ecosystem
- 12Four-Step Strategic Planning for Visionary Leaders
- 13Guided Meditation for Visionaries
Meet your guide
Funding your vision is not just about money — it is about power, story, and alignment. In this course you'll be guided by Yura Sapi, founder and CEO of LiberArte, a global arts and social impact organization dedicated to racial, social, and climate justice through the arts.
For years, Yura navigated the same questions many creatives and founders face: How do I fund my work without betraying my values? Where do I even start with grants, donors, or investors? Is my story strong enough to attract support?
Through lived experience, experimentation, and supporting countless artists and leaders, Yura learned how to move from surviving to strategically resourcing bold, world-changing ideas.
What students say
Great course for an intro to financing!
I took this course as a first step as I start to think about funding options for my creative projects. It definitely helped give me an overview of how I should be thinking about pitching my projects and what I'll need to do to prepare for that eventual stage. Love the meditation at the end!
