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A Million Dollars, One Proposal at a Time
A grant proposal is a case for why a community deserves resources it shouldn't have to keep asking for. I've written enough of them to have brought in over a million dollars.
A grant proposal is a case for why a community deserves resources it shouldn't have to keep asking for. I've written enough of them to have brought in over a million dollars.
I independently manage a funding portfolio for Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center across forecasting, writing, reporting, and compliance. Every proposal starts with a real community need and the evidence behind a program, and ends with a funder who understands why the work matters and what changes because of it.
Development work is public health work. Writing these taught me to build an argument that holds up to a skeptical reviewer and still reads like a person wrote it. That combination, rigor that doesn't sound like a robot, is the thing I care most about getting right.
Over a million dollars in foundation, government, and corporate grants, one proposal at a time. Each one funded something specific: a program, a service, a staff line that keeps a door open for people who need what's behind it.