Change Amplifiers — What happens in the rooms you're not in?
Funding strategy for nonprofit leaders

What happens in the rooms you're not in?

Your programs work. Your story lands. Now see what happens after you leave the room. Change Amplifiers gives nonprofit leaders a seat on the funder's side of the table — the inside view of how the yes actually gets decided.

Inside the room

From the funder's chair, the yes isn't a mystery.

From the outside, funding looks like a reward for the best work. From this chair it's quieter than that. The funder already believes the story — what they're reaching for is the proof behind it.

You already know how to move a room — that's your edge, and it's rare. What you rarely get to see is what happens next, once you leave: the quiet second look, where story alone now needs evidence beside it. Sit on this side for a moment, and that hidden step becomes something you can work with on purpose.

Two women shaking hands across a desk over a signed agreement — the moment the funder leans in

The moment they lean in.

A folder comes up. The story is strong — heads nod, someone says, “I love what they do.” Then the person who controls the money looks for one thing: not a better story, but the proof behind the ask.

The moment they find it, the yes is immediate. Because this was never a belief problem — it was a proof problem, and the proof was right there where they could count on it.

What you just saw

They already believe your story.
What they're looking for is the proof behind it.

Story opens the door; evidence is what they reach for once you've opened it. From this chair you get to watch the whole decision — the three things every funder quietly weighs before the yes. Most leaders never see this side.

The decision

Picture the folder that passes all three. That's the one you leave the room having said yes to.

The part you didn't see

You just said yes. None of it was luck.

Look back at what earned it. Proof you could believe. A pattern you could count on. A leader you'd back. You didn't grant the funding because the work was loud — you granted it because the evidence was there, in the right order.

That evidence usually lives with two people who never quite talk: an evaluator who measures outcomes, and a fundraiser who writes the ask. The grant is won in the space between them — and that space is yours to own. Jodie hands your team the funder's-side view and the bridge between measurement and message, so it stays in-house long after she's gone. You're not hiring a pair of hands; you're getting the inside track.

And the organization you just couldn't say no to? With the same proof in place, it could be yours.

Get on the list

The first cohort begins September 2026 · limited to ten leaders.

Built by someone who has sat on both sides of the table.

Change Amplifiers was founded by Dr. Jodie Boisvert — who spent more than a decade both writing the grants and evaluating the programs behind them. The proof this method teaches is the proof she had to build for herself.

$12M+
Raised & awarded across the table
13+ yrs
On both sides of funding decisions
Ph.D.
Sociology & Anthropology
10
Continuing education credits approved
Ph.D., Sociology & Anthropology Approved for 10 continuing-education credits Meet Jodie →
The program

Everything you just read becomes a program you can actually build.

The three checks aren't ideas — they're the three phases of The Funding Intelligence Program: the evidence funders believe, the system that makes it repeat, and the strategy you lead from — until the proof a funder reaches for is something you create on purpose.

The guide: From Activities to Outcomes — How to Tell the Story Funders Actually Fund
The free guide

Start where the funder starts.

“From Activities to Outcomes” shows you the funder's very first check from their side of the table — the shift from counting what you did to proving what changed, drawn from data you already have. No research team, no evaluation budget required.

It's the fresh angle that lets you walk into the next funder meeting a step ahead — answering the outcome question before it's even asked. Yours free, and it puts you in line for the next cohort.

What happens after you sign up.

1

The guide lands in your inbox

Yours to read today — the funder's very first check, in plain steps.

2

You're added to the cohort list

You'll be considered for one of the ten seats in the September cohort.

3

You hear from Jodie

A short welcome, and the next step when enrollment opens.

Send me the guide

Get “From Activities to Outcomes” · and a place on the September cohort list.

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