The team behind your team.
Bottom line, we “get" grants: we understand the grant seeking process, how to interpret the grant making patterns of funders, and how to guide nonprofit leaders to strategically grow their grant revenues.
We partner with organizations as their trusted advisors to identify funders, recommend grant strategies, write compelling proposals, and make long-term gains.
Grants Plus is the nation's leading strategic grant seeking firm. We have received the Weatherhead 100 Award for seven consecutive years, a Smart Business Progressive Organization Award, and a Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award from the American Psychological Association.
We practice multiple ways of giving back, from sponsoring company-wide volunteer days, to adopting a cause at the holidays, to growing a philanthropic fund at The Cleveland Foundation.
Combined, our professional team of grant seeking experts bring hundreds of years' experience in the nonprofit sector. We have walked in our clients' shoes as executive directors, development directors, foundation officers, and grant writers.
Grants Plus is a proud member of The Giving Institute, which consists of member organizations that have embraced and embodied the core values of ethics, excellence and leadership in advancing philanthropy.
Grants Plus strives to be an anti-racist firm and an Equal Employment Opportunity workplace. From our founding, we’ve been a mission-based, values-driven firm that welcomes and nurtures the unique talents, contributions, ideas, and experiences of our team. We seek to intentionally grow the diversity of our staff across geography, gender, sexuality, race, belief, ability, and other realms and identities, in order to be reflective and inclusive of the diverse communities and missions of our client organizations. We take proactive steps to ensure a diverse applicant pool for any open positions.
MEET OUR NATIONAL TEAM OF EXPERTS
Lauren Steiner, JD
Kari Elsila, MNO
Jessica Salyers
Scott Armstrong
Dana Textoris
Kristi Reed, MBA
Jessica Robb, MSW, CLSSGB
Michelle Barbeau
Sarah Dave
Laura Altieri, MNO
Karie Shepherd
Christopher Breakell
Gail Dancy Heim, MA
Helene Herbert, MBA
Laura Burton
Erin Cameron
Matt Carter
Cari Catts
Lauren DaDante
Hannah Everett, MS
ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR
Christine Guillory, MA
Kelly Howard
Lori Jolliffe
Cecilia Macera, CFRE
Kelley Malcolm, PhD
Mollie Malloy
Sarah Mehler
Kewona Mitchner, MBA
Allison Richards
Katie Rosen, MBA
Christina Skasa, MLIS, MA, MS
Abby Teare, MA
Jane Wise
Gina Wolf
OPERATIONS COORDINATOR
Jeremy Writt
ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIST