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Good writers are a dime a dozen. How do you choose the right grant writer, one that will help you achieve your fundraising goals? Easy, pick one who ‘gets it’.  Most non-profits who are hiring a grant writer are doing so because they cannot afford a full time Director...

Simply deciding whether to hire a grant writer can be a wrenching experience because the implication is that you would be trusting someone else with your organization or program’s future. Nobody will have a greater stake in your organization than you do and if you are...

One of the great pleasures of my work is helping organizations with missions that I believe in. For the past three years I have worked with the International Institute of Rhode Island in a number of capacities. The one I enjoy most is working directly with the refugees, helping...

I have been working with one of my pro-bono charities – Friends of Nepal – to design and implement a project to mark the Peace Corps 50th Anniversary. Coined “The Legacy Project”, last year they awarded a a $17,000 grant to the Nepal Wireless Project to...

Every year my colleague and I partner with the International Institute of Rhode Island to give away 40+ bikes to refugees from Nepal/ Bhutan, Liberia and Iraq.  Great day.  Thanks to Mary Ellen, Glen, Greg, Recycle a Bike, Stedman’s Bike Shop, NBX and the Narragansett Bay...