EXPRESSIONS

To date, I have written more than 980 Federal, State and County proposals, corporate and private foundation grant requests, and major gift and planned giving proposals. More than 500 of these were submitted to Federal and State agencies.

Much of the initial work for several hundred of these proposals included extensive “program development” to flesh out needs, goals, objectives, outcomes and evaluation methodology, thorough line item budgets and preparation of detailed standard material (“boilerplate”). Once you have comprehensive boilerplate material, you can be ready for that next exciting funding opportunity and still stay relatively sane!

I have also reviewed more than 600 grant proposals and provided feedback and improvement suggestions to clients. As a result of all my work, clients have proposals that are more comprehensive, compelling, and competitive and they are more likely to be successful in raising money through the grants process.

Clients include the following:

• Education for Healthy Choices
• Franklin Elementary School District Education Foundation, Yolo County
• Cristo Rey High School
• Foundation for California Community Colleges
• Mercy Foundation Perinatal Recovery Network (PRN)
• St. John’s Shelter Program for Women and Children
• Foundation for Pool and Spa Industry Education (FPSIE)
• Natomas Schools Foundation
• A Touch of Understanding
• Language Academy of Sacramento
• Sacramento County Ten-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness
• Diocese of Stockton Elementary Schools
• CALIFORNIA STATE AGENCIES: California Economic Development Department, California Department of Aging, California Department of Health and Human Services (Office of Family Planning) AND CALIFORNIA COUNTY AGENCIES: Kern County Sheriff’s Department, Contra Costa and Tulare County Probation Departments, Fresno County Mental Health Department
• The Salvation Army: The world’s largest nonprofit organization
• California Rural Water Association
• Natomas Schools Foundation
• Lodi Memorial Hospital Foundation
• California Pharmacy Foundation
• The Jewish Federation of the Greater Sacramento Area
• City and County of Sacramento Ten-Year Initiative to End Chronic Homelessness
  
• Boys & Girls Club of Galt
• Sacramento Chinese Community Service Center
• Golden Rule Services (HIV/AIDS programs)
• Omni Youth Programs
• Gold Rush Park Foundation
• Community Addiction Recovery Association
• Boy Scouts of America
• Air Conditioning Trade Association
• Citibank (Las Vegas, Nevada)
• Nonprofit Resource Center (Sacramento, California)
• Sierra Pacific Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
• Opening Doors Inc. (refugee resettlement services)
• Crossroads Employment Services
• Cottage Housing Incorporated
• Sacramento Healthy Marriage Project