WORK WITH EMILY
“How can Emily help me?”
Most of what's on this page is grant development and institutional strategy, because that's where I've spent twelve years and helped organizations secure more than $20 million in funding. If you're leading a nonprofit, a college, or an institution trying to move from reactive grant-seeking to something more intentional, this is likely the right page.
Who I work with:
I work best with nonprofits, colleges, and institutions that:
Already have grant activity, but want to strengthen the strategy behind it
Need better systems and processes, not just another proposal
Are stretched thin by competing priorities
Want strategic leadership without adding a full-time executive role
If that's you, keep reading.
Fractional Grant Development Executive
This is the core of what I do: ongoing, embedded grant leadership for organizations that have outgrown occasional proposal help but aren't ready for — or don't need — a full-time hire.
Think of it as having a grant director on your team, without the cost of one. I work alongside your staff to build funding strategy, strengthen your grant systems, prioritize opportunities, and coach the people who'll carry the work forward. Some months that look like proposal oversight. Other months it's a hard conversation about which funders are actually worth chasing or training a program officer who's never written a federal narrative before.
The work draws on twelve years of grant strategy across federal, state, county, local, and foundation funding — including major federal agencies like the Departments of Education, Labor, Energy, and Health and Human Services, and the National Science Foundation. For colleges specifically, that also means workforce development funding and institutional capacity building.
It's a monthly retainer, scoped to your organization's size and grant volume.
Fractional Executive vs. Hiring Staff
The Writing House Planning Session
Not every organization is ready for an ongoing engagement. Sometimes what you need first is a few hours to think clearly about what you're actually building.
The Planning Session is a single working meeting where we get honest about what's stuck, name the real obstacles, and land on next steps you can act on this week. You leave with a written summary — priorities, observations, a practical path forward — not a five-year plan, just enough clarity to move.
Priced as a single-session fee, discussed on the call below.
The Conversation
Every engagement starts with a free 30-minute call. No pitch, no proposal — just a conversation about what you're working on and whether I'm the right person for it. If I'm not, I'll try to point you toward someone who is.
Let's Start a Conversation
You don't need a finished plan to reach out. Just something you're working on, stuck on, or turning over in your head.
The door's open whenever you're ready.