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Megan has a background in journalism and nonprofit work, which she puts to good use interviewing development staff, executive directors, and program staff before writing a grant. Megan is a Certified Grant Writer and a member of the Puget Sound Grant Writers Association and the Northwest Development Officers Association. She founded Professional Grant Writers as a solo venture in 2008 and has built a business that works with nonprofits around the world.

She has written and secured numerous grants for a range of projects benefiting underserved communities including food security, affordable housing, workforce development, and capital infrastructure. She is especially passionate about projects that aim to improve public health and economic mobility. Alicia earned her Bachelor’s degree in Communications from California State University Stanislaus and her Master’s degree in Human Services Administration from Concordia University Chicago.

During her career as a grant writer, she has worked with a variety of donors in the charitable giving space including family foundations, national corporations, and local service-oriented organizations. Alicia’s experience spans the entire life cycle of grants management from research, proposal development, and budget creation to monitoring and evaluation, and reporting final outcomes. She has applied for grants from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) through Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Her specialties include environmental stewardship, watershed remediation, infrastructure development, housing rehabilitation, blight removal, economic development, education, and non-profit initiatives. She was a grant administrator for an R1 university and she currently works as the foundation and corporate relation officer for one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the nation. Marian has applied for grants from the Rural Utilities Service, Army Corp of Engineers, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Defense, Department of Education, National Science Foundation, National Institute of Health, National Endowment for the Humanities, and others. She has experience working with foundations including Andrew Mellon Foundation, Richard King Mellon Foundation, Hillman Foundation, Eberly Foundation, Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation, and others.

Her professional experience with grants began in 2010 when she served as a Grant Reviewer for the Susan G. Komen Foundation Greater Atlanta Affiliate. Marsha continued her career in nonprofits serving as the Director of Development for a charitable clinic and the Grants Manager for the largest homeless shelter program in the southeastern United States. As Director of Development, Marsha tripled the organization’s revenue by securing more than $350,000 in first time grants and managed a $750,000 two-year capital campaign which met 93% of its goal in the first year. More recently, Marsha has contributed to a 209% increase in grant funding for a faith-based nonprofit organization providing services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

As an independent grant consultant, Marsha has been successful with identifying and securing private foundation and federal funding for organizations focusing on agriculture, environmental sustainability, faith-based initiatives, disabilities, health and human services, workforce development, and youth mentoring. She has submitted grant proposals for organizations throughout the United States totaling more than 4 million dollars. Additionally, she has facilitated workshops on How to Start Nonprofits, Getting Grants Ready, The Do’s and Don’ts of Grant Writing, and Strategic Planning. Marsha also serves on an objective review committee for federal grants.

With a wealth of knowledge and experience in nonprofit development, Marsha aims to help nonprofits become and remain financially sustainable and make long lasting impacts in their communities.

A lifelong love of persuasive writing coupled with her background in non-profit management lead her to grant writing, where she has worked on various causes including environmental sustainability, refugee services, disabilities, child abuse, and human trafficking. Her non-profit experience includes grant writing, fundraising, campaign coordination, and volunteer management.

She draws on this knowledge to proactively answer the questions funders want to know before they have to ask. Rosemary has a degree in Global Studies and is a Certified Grant Writer.

Brittani received her Bachelor’s degree at Pomona College and her Master’s in Public Health from Columbia University. Her career began at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducting surveillance on hidden populations for the HIV epidemic. Since then, her career has given her the opportunity to tackle several public health issues in the US, Caribbean, South America and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Her grant writing experience began in 2013 with Orion Research Group, writing grants for nonprofits in the Greater Atlanta area totaling $1.5M in new funding. Brittani’s experience has since grown, covering topics such as chronic diseases, women’s empowerment, education, maternal and child health, tech, food security, infectious diseases and WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) for those in resource-poor regions. She has raised ~$57M, for programs in several countries. She is familiar with major funding mechanisms such as the CDC, USAID, Global Fund, DFiD, DREAMS, and other bilateral, multilateral and private donors.

Brittani has held various positions in the nonprofit sector ranging from program development, monitoring and evaluation, budget development, and compliance. These experiences have further strengthened her proposal development capabilities and better prepared her to determine the core needs of a project from conception to completion.

She is passionate about writing mission-aligned proposals that help organizations fund their vision. Hanna has experience as an in-house grant writer as well as a freelance grant writer. She specializes in education, housing, and social services. Hanna holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington in Communication.

National Endowment for the Arts, and New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Stephanie has extensive experience in nonprofit management and also worked for seven years in the publishing industry. She holds a grant writing certificate from the University of South Carolina and a BA in English from the University of Delaware and a Master of Communication and Information Studies from Rutgers University.

Over the past two years, Mary has raised more than $12 million in grant funds for nonprofit and public agencies and has experience with grants for the Department of Justice (DOJ), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Department of Education (Ed), Veterans Affairs (VA), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Health and Human Services (HHS), and National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). She has also written grants for many private and corporate foundations including the Kronkosky, Newman’s Own, Lowe’s, Cohen, and Kellogg foundations. She is a member of the Grant Professionals Association and the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

After completing her bachelor’s degree from Kenyon College and a master’s degree from The Ohio State University, Hannah began work with an international exchange organization. She supported thousands of students studying critical languages abroad. She also worked for an organization that provides math tutoring to middle school students. These roles provided key insight into how non-profits operate, including programming and budgeting. Hannah also wrote and edited grant applications and reports in these positions.

As a grant consultant, Hannah works with a variety of clients, including non-profit organizations, small businesses, filmmakers, and fashion designers. In her writing, she seeks to convey the voice and strengths of each of her clients.