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One of my most interesting clients is Dr. Michael Lissack, founder and Director of the Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence as well as the American Society of Cybernetics. I have worked with Dr. Lissack on many projects, including helping him edit his recent article...

Congrats to the Caterpillar Hill Initiative for their recent grant award from the Hancock Fund of the Maine Community Foundation for $9,500. This grant will be used to hire an events coordinator to bring their vision to reality. The coordinator will book concerts, weddings,...

Thanks much to the Davis Family Foundation for funding the Caterpillar Hill Initiative with a $9,500 grant to purchase a state of the art sound system for their outdoor amphitheater. This startup center for the arts is making tremendous ground and is poised to have a very...

Can you clearly explain your organization’s mission in 30-seconds or less? Why is this even important? You often have a short window of opportunity to get your point across to a potential institutional funder or individual donor — don’t waste it fumbling for the...

Writing a good grant proposal is not that hard.  Crafting a winning proposal takes a combination of skill, effort and will. Putting the right words down on paper is important, equally important is positioning your organization. What does this mean and how do you do that? Being...

Over the summer I conducted a feasibility study for Grow Smart RI to help them assess if and how they could substantially increase their revenue over the next several years. This was a true partnership between myself, the staff, board and the organization’s stakeholders....

I am proud to have written two grants for one of my clients who was just notified that the agency will be funded with two grants totaling approximately $500,000. One grant will enable the non-profit, which helps individuals with disabilities to live more independently, to start...

Congrats to the Welcome House of South County for being awarded a $5,000 “Basic Human Needs” Grant from the Rhode Island Foundation. This will be used to support the community soup kitchen. And many thanks to the RI Foundation — the country’s oldest...

Thinking about apply for grants for your non-profit organization  in 2015? Stop thinking and start doing! Most grant makers have several deadlines throughout the year. If possible apply for the early deadlines, for one obvious reason: this is when they have the most money. Most...