Justin Spenner (He/Him) is a Minneapolis-based Grant Writer and Baritone who realized the best way to make art is to convince people to pay for it. He started his grant writing career in 2015, securing himself an MN State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant. Since then, he has secured funding on local, state, and national levels for various artists and arts non-profits. Through his position as Grant Writer with Access Philanthropy, he has worked with Ka Joog, the Ordway, Rochester Art Museum, and Ten Thousand Things. His local clients include An Opera Theatre, Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus, Opera Reading Project, STRONGmovement, and St. Paul Ballet.