I'm a development professional with a focus on grant consulting and donor communication services for nonprofits. Since 2020, I've raised $2,250,000+ from local, state, and federal government entities, and private, corporate, community and family foundations to support low-income and marginalized populations in the fields of visual arts, arts education, job training and workforce development, wildfire mitigation, and equity in education. Clients include: The Bishop's Ranch, Blue Stoop, Healthy Cities, Mychal's Learning Place, Art With Elders.
Total Money Raised - $2,250,000+ in 3 years
Proposal success rate - 66% in 2020, 75% in 2021, 66% in 2022
Grantseeking
Graham is a terrific grant writer in a host of ways. Our nonprofit applied for a major state grant on a tight deadline. With his writing and editing skills, he took our draft pitch and a ton of information we collected and shaped it into a compelling narrative and met our deadline. —Marjorie Sun, Board Member of 501(c)3 Nonprofit
Total Money Raised - $2,250,000+ in 3 years
Proposal success rate - 66% in 2020, 75% in 2021, 66% in 2022
Grantseeking
- Research, identify, and qualify prospects
- Refresh boilerplate language or rewrite boilerplate language
- Redesign, develop, and manage master grants calendar to track submissions
- Write one-page fact sheets for five major programs to entice prospective funders
- Build new budgets
- Collaborate with program managers and finance department to understand need and capacity, as well as track information necessary for reporting
- Redevelop survey and data-tracking to include impact, audience segmentation, and story collection
- Create new survey and data-tracking programs to better understand and communicate program impact to funders
- Evaluate data for all programs and create boilerplate impact and diversity language
- Develop a quarterly Donor Newsletter program and wrote all content
- Write all end of year donor reports and information decks, and collaborate on their design
- Write all end of year and spring appeals, as well as post-event solicitations and one-off decks for various fundraising campaigns
- Collaborate on strategy for asks to major donors
Graham is a terrific grant writer in a host of ways. Our nonprofit applied for a major state grant on a tight deadline. With his writing and editing skills, he took our draft pitch and a ton of information we collected and shaped it into a compelling narrative and met our deadline. —Marjorie Sun, Board Member of 501(c)3 Nonprofit
