Recent Accomplishments - 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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Recent 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
Current and Past Clients
Children's Advocacy Center
AZ Cyber Initiative
Family Housing and Resources
Big Brothers Big Sisters San Luis Obisbo, California
Interfaith Community Services
City of Winslow, Arizona
Smiles for Veterans
Make Way for Books
JobPath
White Mountain Lumber
Black Teal Energy
Big Brothers Big Sisters Southern Michigan
Middle Georgia Community Food Bank
Town of Kearny, Arizona
TMM Family Services
SARSEF
Felicia Ann Cutler Farm (Felicia's Farm)
Rio Grande Community Food Bank
Heroes on the Water
Feeding America Riverside and San Bernardino Counties
International Dark Sky Association
Courtney's Courage
Nogales Community Development
DIRECT Center for Independence
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tucson
United Community Health Center
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