Valerie A. Nelson

Current

Owner at Grant Consulting Services

Past

Director of Grants at Cornerstone Schools Association
Volunteer/Transportation Coordinator and Program Grants Manager at Prince William Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers

Education

Baker College Business and Corporate Services
Norfolk State University

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Writing and Editing

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Valerie A. Nelson’s Summary

Grant Consulting Services specializes in assisting nonprofit organizations to meet their goals and objectives through comprehensive grant development services. These services include:

• Full project development
• Comprehensive funding searches
• Professional grant proposal writing services

Project Development:

We can assist your organization in planning, implementing and evaluating your current and new projects. This process can help you clarify goals, objectives and activities through a comprehensive plan that is tailor made for your unique organization and populations served.

Comprehensive funding searches:

Did you ever wonder if there are other avenues of funding out there for your projects? There probably are. We have access to over 71,000 grant making agencies in the United States, including the Federal Government. We receive weekly updates to new and continuing funding opportunities. Let us find the perfect funding match for you!

Professional grant proposal writing services:

Fundraising is one of the most significant tasks done in order to ensure the continuation of your program or research. Yet many organizations lack the resources, experience or skills to complete the application process. You no longer have to submit the same proposal to foundations or agencies that have different requirements. We will write a proposal that is tailor made for your program. Let our experience work for you. We have a great success rate and understanding of what the grant-makers are looking for in a proposal. We can save you time and potential headaches while helping you to become fully funded.

Valerie A. Nelson’s Specialties:

Grant development for nonprofit organizations. Creating processes and procedures for fundraising, writing business plans, annual reports, sales letters, marketing materials and articles on varied topics.

Valerie A. Nelson’s Experience

Owner

Grant Consulting Services

(Writing and Editing industry)

September 2000 — Present (9 years 3 months)

Non-profit organizations today face a myriad of challenges. The economy, lack of resources, and increasing needs of the people you serve can be dizzying. Finding the time and the right funders to submit grant proposals to is on everyone’s to do list, but often stays at the bottom of the list with out getting done.

This is where we can help you. The mission of Grant Consulting Services is to affect positive change through the written word©. We provide comprehensive grant development services to non-profit organizations around the world. Grant development services include program planning, funding research, and grant proposal writing.

Since the year 2000, Grant Consulting Services has assisted organizations in obtaining over $4.5 million in funding through expert grant research and written proposals. We offer extensive experience in proposal development for government, corporate and foundation funding sources.
Director of Grants

Cornerstone Schools Association

(Education Management industry)

July 2002 — May 2005 (2 years 11 months)

• Developed and integrated the grants program into the overall fundraising plan to assist the organization in meeting the $6 million annual budget.

• Highly effective in designing, writing and editing complex grant documents.

• Skilled in conducting funding searches to match the needs of the organization to the funding priorities of corporate, foundation and government funding sources.

• Proficient in the grant administration and renewal process.
Volunteer/Transportation Coordinator and Program Grants Manager

Prince William Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

June 1998 — August 2000 (2 years 3 months)

• Assisted in securing and managed Federal and Regional Grants totaling over $500,000.

• Managed day-to-day business functions, which included data entry and monthly Federal, Regional and State reports.

• Recruited, coordinated, and educated volunteers to provide needed services including transportation, friendly visitors, food distribution, yard work, run errands, meals and baked goods.

• Developed and maintained partnerships with members of the regional business and faithcommunities.