JULIE ASSEL, GPC
TITLE: President/CEO, Senior Writer
BUSINESS NAME: Assel Grant Services
PHONE NUMBER: (913) 908-4150
EMAIL: julie.assel@asselgrantservices.com
WEBSITE: www.asselgrantservices.com
SERVICES OFFERED
Assel Grant Services provides grant research, project planning and design, proposal development and writing, outcomes and evaluation, federal registration assistance, training and technical assistance, and grant submission assistance. These proposals addressed needs for project funding, operating funds, capacity building, and capital campaigns.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Julie Assel specializes in federal and state government grants, but also writes foundation and corporate grants for a wide variety of large and small nonprofit clients across the United States. Julie’s clients have received grants totaling more than $78 million in federal funding (Education $69 million, Health and Human Services $5.6 million, National Endowment for the Humanities $2.1 million, National Science Foundation $1.4 million).
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Julie has written awarded grant totaling more than $99 million since 2003.
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NANCY C. BERST, MPA
TITLE: Consultant
BUSINESS NAME: NCB Consulting & Grantwriting
PHONE NUMBER: (317) 919-6540
EMAIL: ncberst@gmail.com
SERVICES OFFERED
Offers services to not-for-profits in grant development & grantseeking management including research, program development, grantseeking strategy consulting, and proposal writing.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Arts & Culture with focus on education and community outreach; and Human Services. The goal of NCB Consulting & Grantwriting is to assist organizations in maximizing their grantseeking opportunities and achieving successful outcomes.
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Consulting services take different shapes depending on client needs. Services can be assistance with one-time proposal writing to retainer contracts where I become part of the development team; and/or short-term interim support when a development department is in hiring transition.
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WAYNE COURTOIS, GPC
TITLE: Owner and Sole Proprietor
BUSINESS NAME: The Art of Grants LLC
PRIMARY PHONE NUMBER: 816-509-9660
PRIMARY EMAIL: waynewrite@gmail.com
WEBSITE: www.theartofgrants.com
SERVICES OFFERED
I will provide one free consultation with you to discuss your organization and its needs. If we reach an agreement, I will provide you with complete grant program services, beginning with prospect research to find funders whose interests align with your mission. With your approval, I will contact these funders and submit letters of intent, proposals and/or applications for grant funding. I will track the progress of these submissions and follow up with funders as appropriate. I can construct a grants calendar tailored to your organization that will show grant opportunities and activities for a complete fiscal year or longer.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
I specialize in arts and culture, having written grants for the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, Institute of Museum and Library Services, and National Parks Service, as well as many national, regional, and local foundations. I have held Grants Manager positions at Mid-America Arts Alliance, National World War I Museum, and Lyric Opera of Kansas City. My clients as a consultant include the Alliance Française de Kansas City, American Jazz Museum, Charlotte Street Foundation, Contemplace, Epsten Gallery Foundation, Folk Alliance International, Kansas City Young Audiences, Museum at Prairiefire, Truman Library Institute, and The Whole Person.
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I believe it takes a certain kind of person to write about arts and culture. It takes knowledge, sensitivity, and passion—knowledge of the arts and humanities and their benefits, sensitivity to the experience of a solitary museum visitor or a large audience, and a passion for programming that may not have easily measurable outcomes but touches the human heart. My experience and interests give me the background and commitment to represent the arts in all their glory, while making a solid case for education in the arts and culture and humanities.
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MARK HALL DUNLAP, GPC
TITLE: Owner/Principal
BUSINESS NAME: Dunlap Grantworks LLC
PRIMARY PHONE NUMBER: (816) 718-4420
PRIMARY EMAIL: dunlapgrantworks@gmail.com
WEBSITE: www.dunlapgrantworks.com
SERVICES OFFERED
Established in January 2012, Dunlap Grantworks provides grant proposal writing, grant opportunity research, RFP review/edit/gaps analysis, and grant report writing services.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Dunlap Grantworks specializes in hospitals and healthcare, domestic and sexual violence victim services, behavioral health, and urban core social services. I also have experience working with businesses to obtain government grant funding. I have success writing proposals to all government levels; foundations; corporations; and United Ways. I have experience working on grant proposals to 16 Federal agencies, including the Department of Justice; the Department of Health and Human Services; the Department of Labor; the Department of Homeland Security; and NASA. I have experience writing SBIR and STTR business grant applications. I have worked with agencies in 22 states.
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I am a Grant Professional Certified (GPC), since 2012, through the Grant Professionals Certification Institute with more than 19 year of successful grant experience. I have been a full-time grant professional since 2003. Through 31 December 2016, I have achieved 174 successful grant proposals totaling more than $54.68 million for his clients: 159 writing successes totaling more than $37.65 million and 15 successful reviews/edits totaling more than $17.03 million. I am the sole proprietor of Dunlap Grantworks.
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BECKY EASON
TITLE: Founder
BUSINESS NAME: WordCraft LLC
PRIMARY PHONE NUMBER: 785-218-7655
PRIMARY EMAIL: becky.eason@wordcraftks.com
WEBSITE: www.wordcraftks.com
SERVICES OFFERED
I provide grant writing, program management, and project evaluation services for a variety of organizations, with a specialty in nonprofit arts and educational organizations. I design and administer program evaluations using both qualitative and quantitative techniques, with a specialty in online survey design and administration. I will ensure that you are gathering the data you need for annual reporting, funder’s reports, and other areas of accountability. I can also work with your organization to help you achieve your goals, using expert facilitation and strategic planning techniques. My sessions are characterized as engaging, interactive, and tailored to each organization’s needs.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
In general, my expertise is helping your organization get from where you are to where you want to be. My grant writing expertise spans writing for regional and national foundations, and for federal agencies such as the US Department of Education and the US Department of State. I can create your grant application, or provide editing and coordination for materials written by others. I have considerable experience in creating Logic Models and functional Evaluation Plans. Beyond evaluation, I have expertise in meeting facilitation, interviewing and focus group techniques, and report writing. I have also led nonprofits through successful strategic planning processes.
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LEIGH K. HAMANN
TITLE: Manager/Owner
BUSINESS NAME: Leigh K. Hamann, LLC
PRIMARY PHONE NUMBER: (816) 941-9452
PRIMARY EMAIL: LDSHAMANN@aol.com
SERVICES OFFERED
Grant research; proposal preparation and submission
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Health and Advocacy
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SHELLEY LOETHEN, GPC
TITLE: President & CEO
BUSINESS NAME: Encore Nonprofit Solutions
PRIMARY PHONE NUMBER: (816) 506-5527
PRIMARY EMAIL: Office@EncoreNPS.com
WEBSITE: www.encorenps.com
SERVICES OFFERED
At Encore NPS, we believe the nonprofit sector conducts the most important business of any industry—the business of making our world a better place. We serve as guides and facilitators as agencies think strategically, plan logically, make concrete progress over time, and grow their funding. We’re creative thinkers, strategic collaborators, nonprofit experts, and dedicated cheerleaders. We offer the following services to help nonprofits succeed: grant proposal development, program design and evaluation, fund development, marketing and communications, strategic planning, and board development.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Encore NPS is a team of nonprofit strategists who understand the joys and challenges of work in the nonprofit sector—we’ve lived them. Our team approach brings together people with expertise in program design, organizational development, grants and fundraising, and much more. This expertise helps our clients achieve more through an integrated approach to leadership, operations, programming, grants, fundraising, and marketing/communications. Our insight is multi-faceted with experience in many nonprofit sectors including health and health care, social services, arts and culture, youth development, and education.
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Our services are tailored to your goals, your needs, and your timeframe. Our goal is to help your organization become the strongest and healthiest, most dynamic version of itself possible. We want this for you and your team, but we also want it for the lives and communities you strengthen every day. Our core values are: thoughtful nonprofit strategy and planning; collaboration and idea sharing; combining logic and passion in effective programming; capturing impact through tangible results; diverse and creative funding approaches; breaking the nonprofit starvation cycle; and transforming nonprofit culture and thinking.
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Jasmine Markanday, CGMS, MBA
TITLE: Consultant
BUSINESS NAME: PKS Grants & Accounting Solutions, LLC
PRIMARY PHONE NUMBER: (913) 961-8957
PRIMARY EMAIL: jasmark@pksllc.com
WEBSITE: www.pksllc.com
SERVICES OFFERED
PKS Grants & Accounting Solutions, LLC specializes in grants, accounting, indirect cost rates, and training services. Our services includes:
- Grants
- Grant Readiness
- Grant Research
- Grant Writing & Editing
- Grant Management
- Grants Training
- Indirect Cost Rates & Cost Allocation Plans
- Accounting
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- Accounts Payable
- Payroll
- Bank Reconciliations
- Audit Preparation
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Jasmine Markanday, CGMS, MBA is an experienced grant professional who specializes in Federal grant readiness, grant research, writing, and management. She has worked with and for nonprofits for over 20 years as an accountant and consultant. She assists clients with grant compliance based on 2 CFR 200 and Federal Administrative Regulations. Since 2014, Jasmine has assisted many organizations with indirect cost rate negotiations resulting in additional estimated revenue of $500,000 plus.
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Jasmine has written awarded grant budgets totaling more than $57 million since 2014.
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SUSAN RAY, MS, MPA
TITLE: Consultant
BUSINESS NAME: Susan Ray Consulting
PRIMARY PHONE NUMBER: (816) 807-4189
PRIMARY EMAIL: susanrayconsulting@gmail.com
SERVICES OFFERED
Grant Writing: Prepare targeted proposals to foundations, corporations, and government agencies. Funder Research: Identify foundation, corporate, or government funding sources.
Program Development: Explore models, outline plans, and identify partnerships. Outcomes Measurement: Develop outcome measures for program evaluation. Coach: Equip staff to research funding sources or to improve grant writing skills. Edit: Revise proposals to ensure clarity and coverage of RFP components. Train: Instruction in grant writing fundamentals that includes one-to-one proposal feedback.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
I began my grant writing career at a Kansas City safety net hospital and have expanded my experience to a wide range of fields, such as child abuse and domestic violence, children and adults with disabilities, community service, crime prevention and offender education and treatment services, criminal justice advocacy, early childhood education, education, emergency assistance, environmental education, health and safety education, HIV/AIDS prevention and services, housing and homelessness, jobs, literacy, microenterprise, performing arts, senior services and minor home repair, substance abuse treatment, teen pregnancy prevention, trauma support, and youth development.
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I am a seasoned grants professional with extensive experience as a special projects and contract grant writer, and as a grants manager for nonprofit organizations. I have written successful proposals for organizations with hundreds of employees to just a handful.
My educational background includes an MPA in Nonprofit Management, MS in Biology, BS in Pre-Medicine, and a Certificate in Fund Raising from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Bloch School.
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PAULA SCHUMACHER, CFRE, CPP
TITLE: President/CEO
BUSINESS NAME: P&S SmartMarketing & Fundraising
PHONE NUMBER: (816) 809-3847 (Mobile)
PRIMARY EMAIL: pschumacher@kc.rr.com
WEBSITE: www.pssmartmarketing.com
SERVICES OFFERED:
- Writing Grant Proposals – Local, State and National Foundations; Federal Grants;
- Grant research;
- Grant training;
- Grant editing;
- Writing case statements
- Speaker and/or facilitator for Boards of Directors and/or Staff Retreats;
- Teaching the art of Grant Proposal Writing and Overall Fundraising (Paula is a graduate of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Faculty Training Academy);
- Analytical studies to ascertain if organizations are “grant ready”;
- Guidance in Establishing/Improving Planned Giving;
- Conducting Annual Giving Campaigns;
- Analyzing an agency’s communications and marketing techniques.
- Speaker on topics such as: “The Power of Words in Fundraising”; “Small Development Shop Influences Thousands”; “Ethics & Integrity—The Real Strengths.”
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Communication – verbal and written—internal and among the community;
- Grant Analysis and Writing, specializing in;
- Services for Older adults;
- Education —Adult, Youth, Children;
- Health Care including Mental Health
- Children’s Social Service Needs;
- Business Growth & Income;
- Animal Welfare.
- Grant Training;
- Board Readiness and Training;
- Providing assistance in setting up 501 (c) (3) organizations;
- Guide Young Staff in Building Positive Relationships;
- Analyzing agencies’ grant/fundraising readiness;
- Follow-up to grant awards.
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Paula is one of only 6,000 Certified Fund Raising Executives in the world. She earned the certification in 2002 and has consistently recertified. She’s been a fundraiser for nearly 25 years. A former university journalism professor, she moved into fund development at Park University and received her certification while heading the community education division at Maple Woods College in Kansas City, MO. Paula served as Director of Development at two nonprofit agencies prior to opening her own company ten years ago. She has clients in Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Arizona, New Jersey, and has worked internationally for nonprofits in Haiti and Guatemala.
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KELLY S. WILLOUGHBY, CFRE, CFRM
TITLE: President
BUSINESS NAME: Good Works KC
PRIMARY PHONE NUMBER: 913-526-6648
PRIMARY EMAIL: Kelly@GoodWorksKC.com
WEBSITE: www.GoodWorksKC.com
SERVICES OFFERED
I have broad experience as a professional fundraiser and grantwriter. Grant and subject research, outstanding writing skills with emphasis on alignment with funder goals and RFA objectives. Strong experience in private foundations as well as state, local and federal grants. I am a master of bullet-points and logic models to make certain that details are noticed and specific!
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
I have strong history in housing, including familiarity with HOME, SHOP, CDBG and Federal Home Loan Bank awards, have worked with DOJ grants (writer and reviewer); AmeriCorps/VISTA (writer and reviewer); some experience with VOCA, VAWA, NEH, EDA and HHS. I have successfully written Kansas and Missouri Tax Credits.
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Prior to starting Good Works KC, I spent 10 years with Habitat for Humanity, including serving 6 years on the U.S. Council and the Executive Director’s Advisory Council. I served as Development Director of a Residential and Day Treatment Center for youth and for a Domestic Violence Center. My broad experience in researching and writing about a variety of topics gives me a curious mind and wide interest level.
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Updated: 23 January 2017