Examples of consulting impact
- Launched a client organization’s membership initiative, exceeding their first-year goal of $100,000 by over 30%.
- Delivered a 3-part training for grantwriters on centering diversity, equity, and inclusion in their work; 85% of participants rated themselves as more ready to apply an equity lens to their writing and to communicate with their nonprofit clients around diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Led a client’s multi-year initiative to shift board culture, resulting in a complete governance overhaul and an increase in board satisfaction on 94% of their self-assessment measures.
- Reviewed a client’s first-ever major donor pitch deck and provided live feedback to streamline and strengthen the case; the prospect responded to the improved pitch by pledging 5X the ask amount on the spot.
Raised $39 million for Southern California Grantmakers + $43 million for collaborations
Full amount of multi‐year grants shown in year awarded. For example, SCG funding included a 3-year grant of $2.25M in 2015, renewed for a 2-year grant of $1.5M in 2018 and another 2-year renewal at $500,000 in 2021.
For collaborative projects, my team provided back-end grantwriting and support for grants secured through partnerships, from which a portion of revenue supported SCG. These funds skyrocketed in 2020-2021 with multiple projects hosted by SCG in response to the pandemic, census, and redistricting.
*2013 and 2022 are partial years
Raised $23 million at EARN (now SaverLife)
Full amount of multi‐year grants shown in year awarded.
Raised $26 million at OICW (now JobTrain)
Full amount of multi‐year grants shown in year awarded.