Grant Writer Executive Director
Resume:
Sharon Collins
Grant Writing Consultant
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
A resourceful, creative freelance GRANT WRITER with 10 + years’ experience in similar capacity. Effective communication and PR management skills. Assets include: proposal development, client communication and targeted fundraising within allotted time lines. Proven track record of grant writing proposals, reports and associated correspondence for private, community, and government entities. Knowledge of federal and state funding guidelines, negotiating grant awards with funding agencies, filing amendments, assisting with budget request forms, researching and evaluating the effectiveness of grant programs. CORE COMPETENCIES
Prospect Research Fundraising Budget management
Submission Calendaring Project Prioritization Funds acknowledgment Conducting Research Program Development Database Management ACHIEVEMENTS
• Effectively matched Family Service Agency's goal to grant opportunities and successfully raised $500,000 funding needed for Mental Healthcare Campaign, 2002.
• Successfully raised $200,000 funding for Environmental Defense fund for education of migrant workers on the hazard of pesticides.
• Scoring $3,000,000 over 3 years of NIH funding for Scleroderma research.
• Winning $50,000 Urban League grant writing strategy programs, after school education for children grades K-5.
• Coordinating and facilitating $80,000 worth of grant funding and development process with multiple campuses and departments simultaneously for various Latino community organizations
• Earning recognition from Endowment for Youth Committee for raising $65,000 in business sponsorships and as a resourceful, creative, grant manager. TASKS
• Through interviews and research, gather information that will easily allow me to grasp the concept of a project or program for which funding is sought as defined by the person responsible for carrying it out.
• Review the budget of a project or program for which funding is sought and make recommendations to better present it to grant-making organizations.
• Maintain a pool of community and national contacts and develop productive relationships with prospective funding organizations
• Manage the process of supplying progress reports when required by a grant- making organization that has funded a project or program. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Grant Writer
Independent Contractor, 2004-Present
• Types of Grants: Health and Human Services, Education, Urban/Community, Arts and Cultural, Environment, Human Rights, Disaster and Humanitarian Relief, Poverty Alleviation and Social Services. Writing reports (Pre and Post Grant Funding), Grant Research,
Grant Writer and Program Manager
Endowment for Youth Committee, Santa Barbara, CA, 2002-2004
• Developed after school programs for elementary youth
• Co-Wrote community proposal and business sponsorship for annual Stay In School education festival
• Managed and wrote funding reports, grants, and program evaluations Senior Legislative Aide
Texas House of Representatives, Austin, TX, 1994-2002
• Acquired $1,000,000.00 in funding for the Minority Small Businesses Fund
• Conducted grant writing workshops for community nonprofits in the district of San Antonio
• Wrote legislation, speeches, press releases and articles
• Delivered presentations and lobbied government officials EDUCATION
• Mercer County Community, A.S. Telecommunications, 1985-1987
• University of Houston, B.A. Political Science, 1994-1996
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