Accomplishments - Large Grants
2024 awards -
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Make Way for Books a $1.5 million from the Helios Education Foundation
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Children's Advocacy Center, $1 million from US Admin Children & Families
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JobPath $100,000 from the Halle Foundation
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Social Spin $396,264 from Maricopa Co, AZ for Substance Use Prevention and Response
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Interfaith Community Services $250,000 from City of Tucson (ARPA) for rent assistance
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White Mountain Lumber, AZ, $450,000 USDA Forest Service Hazardous Fuel Reduction
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Sun Produce $500,000 from USDA Local Food Promotion
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Sun Produce $450,011 from Arizona Dept of Agriculture for Resilient Food Systems
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Part of a team with Grant Management Assoc. $78 million from Dept of Energy
In 2023, assisted Pivot Produce in obtaining $748,500 from USDA Local Food Promotion
2022 awards -
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City of Winslow, Arizona, $500,000 award from AZ Tourism and a $198,000 award for USDA Farmers Market Promotion Program
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​​Submitted a $4.7 million dollar request to EDA Indigenous Communities for White Mountain Apache Heritage Fund in Arizona; the full amount was awarded for capital improvements
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​​International Sonoran Desert Alliance (ISDA) in obtaining a $268,236 award from USDA Rural Business Development for capital improvements
2021 awards -​
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​​Turtle Mt Band of Chippewa in North Dakota in obtaining a $596,000 award from US BJA COSSAP
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​​$530,000 award from HRSA for Heart City Healthcare for COVID vaccine access
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$114,000 from Americorps RSVP for Interfaith Community Services
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Total of $729,254 in grant awards for Middle Georgia Community Food Bank
2020 awards - ​
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$4.9 million award from USDA HBIIP (higher blend fuel) for a Midwest retailer
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​​$900,000 in CARES funding from the City of Tucson and Pima County for Interfaith Community Services
Other prior awards -
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​​In 2017 acquired a $250,000 contract with City of Tucson for TMM Family Services for whole home rehabilitation
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In 2016 I assisted TMM Family Services in acquiring $950,000 from Pima County and City of Tucson funds for their Senior Housing new construction project
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From July 1, 2015 to June 28, 2016 I obtained over $700,000 in grant awards for Feeding America Riverside San Bernardino including a $125,000 award from the Weingart Foundation and an $80,000 award from the Annenberg Foundation
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Accomplishments - Training
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Grant writing training for the Pima County Public Library, ongoing
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June 2024 provided grant training for the community group organized by Tufts University
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​​May 2024 provided grant training for Community Food Bank Southern Arizona partner agencies
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​​November 2022 provided individual feedback to prior applicants for Community Foundation for Southern Arizona
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​​October 2021 provided a grant writing series for Community Foundation for Southern Arizona
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​​In January 2022 and 2021, a half day grant writing training for AZ Dept of Education
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​​In September 2019 provided two half day grant writing trainings for Community Foundation for Southern Arizona
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​​Grant writing training for Community Food Bank of Southern AZ in July and Aug 2018 for their Community Food staff
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​​Grant writing training in April 2018 for teachers as part of Community Food Bank School Garden training for teachers
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​​​Governance training at the Pima County Public Library Idea Space in 2019
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​​Strategic Planning with Courtney's Courage Board of Directors in 2017
Accomplishments - Smaller Organizations
Summary of accomplishments for clients, for ongoing grant writing services, 20 hours a month for $22,800 a year, average of four grant requests submitted each month
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In December 2024, Carolyn identified 37 new funding prospects for AZ Cyber Initiative, an Arizona nonprofit, and created a grant tracker document and grant forecast for 2025 with over $300,000 in grant prospects
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From July 2023 to June 2024, Carolyn identified 34 new prospects for JobPath and submitted 30 applications. Of total grant awards, $150,000 was from new funding prospects, for a total of $20,900 for my fees
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During 2023, assisted Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Luis Obispo in obtaining $509,000; of that, $200,500 was from new prospects identified by Carolyn
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During 2018 I obtained $267,000 in grant awards for Middle Georgia Community Food Bank including $70,724 in new grant funders
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During 2014 I obtained over $235,000 in funding for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tucson, including a $160,000 award for their capital campaign