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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.

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.

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.

A lifelong love of persuasive writing coupled with her background in nonprofit management lead her to grant writing, where she has worked on various causes including environmental sustainability, refugee services, disabilities, child abuse, and human trafficking.

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.

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. In her writing, she seeks to convey the voice and strengths of each of her clients.

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.

She has held different roles over her career including Grant Writer, Grants Administrator, Director of Development, and Community Relations Manager. She began her career writing multi-million-dollar grants for a large housing authority in Cleveland, Ohio where she was lead grant writer of a $21 million dollar Hope VI grant proposal that was awarded fully. Her career successes continued in diverse areas such as drug elimination, health, low-income housing, energy, technology, K-12 education improvement, and a plethora of social service programs. Representing a success rate of approximately 85%, at least 159 of the applications she has written have been awarded at a combined $421,510,000. These grants have been awarded by federal, state, and local governments as well as foundations and corporate funders.

Beck has provided startup, business planning and writing, budget analysis, grant-writing training and grants administration services to nonprofits and small businesses. Her post-award work includes writing standard operating procedures, administrative handbooks, and board manuals for both nonprofits and small businesses to establish structure, improvement, and accountability processes. She is a pre- and post-award compliance expert. She loves the challenge of “getting it right”, being compliant, and helping clients get grant awards for their hard work in different communities across our country. She lives in Lorain County, Ohio with her husband where they enjoy walking in parks and going for long rides in the surrounding countryside.

In her position at Professional Grant Writers, she merges her experience in community-centered philanthropy and nonprofit leadership to deliver transformative and consistent results for our clients.

Amanda has more than 25 years’ experience in the nonprofit sector working with clients to research, manage, and acquire grants, enhance programs and impact, and strengthen organizational missions through innovative approaches to donor development. Her nonprofit experience includes various sectors including Social Services, Educational Programs in public schools and higher education, Health and Human Services, Youth Services, Creative Vitality & the Arts, and Food Insecurity.

Amanda holds a Master’s degree from the University of Chicago’s Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice and a Bachelor’s degree from The Colorado College. She resides in Eastern Washington State with her husband and 10-year-old daughter where she enjoys gardening, fishing, kayaking, and cooking.