Grants

With over a decade of experience in federal, state, and private funding systems, I help organizations secure and sustain competitive grant funding. I’ve served as a Director of Fund Development, Grant Writer, Grant Manager, and collaborative applicant staff, giving me both funder and frontline perspective.

I don’t just write proposals. I assess readiness, strengthen infrastructure, align data with outcomes, and position organizations competitively. My work helps clients avoid costly compliance mistakes, pursue the right opportunities, and build systems that support long-term growth.

Hiring a professional grant writer is not outsourcing paperwork. It’s investing in strategic positioning, operational readiness, and long-term financial growth. Strong grant writing turns vision into revenue, and funding into sustainable impact.

Grant Services

A Grant Readiness Review is where we pause before you apply and make sure your organization is truly prepared to compete for — and manage — funding. I look at your programs, data, budget processes, leadership structure, outcomes, and internal systems to see what’s strong and where gaps might hold you back. This isn’t about judging your work — it’s about strengthening it. Through document review and conversation with your team, I identify practical, actionable steps that will increase your competitiveness and reduce compliance risk. You’ll walk away with clear recommendations, prioritized next steps, and a realistic understanding of what to fix now versus what can grow over time. The goal is simple: help you move from scrambling for grants to pursuing funding with confidence, strategy, and a solid foundation.

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Grant writing is more than putting words on paper. Grant writing is translating your mission into a compelling, fundable case for support. I work closely with you to understand your programs, outcomes, budget needs, and long-term goals so we can craft a proposal that is both persuasive and compliant. From narrative development to budget alignment and final submission, I guide the process step-by-step to ensure clarity, strength, and strategy. My approach focuses on positioning your organization competitively while building internal systems that make future applications stronger and more efficient.

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If you already have a draft or a previously submitted grant, I provide detailed, strategic feedback.

review your proposal the way a funder would, looking for clarity, alignment with guidelines, measurable outcomes, budget consistency, and overall strength of argument. You’ll receive actionable edits and honest insight about what’s working and what needs refinement. The goal is to strengthen your proposal, reduce avoidable mistakes, and increase your confidence before submission or in preparation for future submissions.

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Winning a grant is only the beginning. Grant management is about protecting your funding, staying compliant, and building trust with your funders. I help you track deadlines, reporting requirements, budgets, outcomes, and documentation so nothing falls through the cracks. Whether you need ongoing support or help setting up internal systems, I work with you to create clear processes that reduce stress and prevent costly mistakes. The goal is simple: steward your funding well, maintain strong funder relationships, and position your organization for renewal and future awards.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is your typical funding success rate?

My success rate is about 30%. This is due to a number of factors, primary reasons include the quantity of grants I have written, the readiness of the organization, the level of control I had over whether or not we should write the grant, relationships between the org and funder prior to my arrival, the organization's capacity, whether or not this is a new application or a renewal, and the competitiveness of each particular grant. Some grants are a grant pool of 20, while others are a grant pool of 500+. I do not guarantee funding, but I generally have a good idea of what to expect with funders I have written for or worked with in the past. I will tell you, most funders have talked to each other, and if there has been a history of unfulfilled contracts, bad documentation, or poor management in the past, I may make recommendations to adopt some strategies for a period of time that are generally "best practice" to collect data reflecting the improvement in performance prior to agreeing to submit the grant. As a salary staff person, this wasn't always an option, but as a consultant and writer, my goal is to save you money and help you put your best foot forward, and sometimes, that means that you're not ready yet, in my opinion, for that grant.

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What does your development process look like from start to finish?

My general process is to assess readiness, provide a list of grants (if one is not provided for me), narrow down funding categories and details with the org, write a draft with numbers and pull additional needed documents, review draft with the org, work on final and present final prior to submission.

Do you have experience managing grants post-award (reporting, compliance, monitoring)?

I have extensive grant management experience. Maybe even more management, compliance, and monitoring than writing itself. I have managed federal, state, city, corporate, faith-based, and foundational grants in excess of $600,000 at one time.

What information or infrastructure do you require from us before applying?

I will provide a list for your organization, but the basics include a board approved budget, 990, P&L for last year and current year, board list, board bios/qualifications, mission, vision, and services list and descriptions. During our Grant Writing Consult, I will develop a needs list with you and sort by priority and available funding.

How do you approach needs, statements, and data collection?

This is different for every organization. Regardless I provide the needs prior to submission to assess capacity, and this is either done by the org staff or added on as a separate service if awarded.

Who owns the final proposal content?

We share ownership of final content. I will, on rare occasion, use portions of submitted grants as portfolio work to potential clients. I always select a portion from a different industry and do not include any private information like budgets, development, etc.. If there is proprietary information this is typically well known during writing and that grant would not be used in any way, only documented on my own for posterity or future resubmissions with that org.

Are you familiar with federal systems? (e.g. SAM.com, Grants.gov, eSNAPS, etc?)

I have extensive experience across many platforms. If there is a specific submission platform you need assistance with or want to verify, just ask. There are many.

Do you charge contingency fees?

I will charge a retainer on federal and large state funding grant submissions, but never a contingency fee or percentage of any kind on a won grant.

Will you train staff or transfer knowledge?

I approach this differently for every organization. I do explain and provide links to the information for organizations to understand the operational requirements for the grants. It is the final responsibility of the organization to read and understand the operational and reporting requirements prior to approval of the submission.

I have extensive training and teaching experience and will happily train staff on compliance, reporting, and operational needs if asked in advance. Requests after award will be based upon my current availability. I do offer grant management as a service and this is quoted separately to writing. As for transfers of knowledge due to staff turnover, I will happily provide this service at my standard consulting rate of $55 per hour. I can provide grant management training or transfer knowledge for most of the grants listed above even if I was not the original grant writer or manager when needed.