Strategic grant support your organization can rely on.

We did not have a talent for detail oriented planning and bringing multiple people from diverse backgrounds together to work toward a common goal. Niki provided energetic and optimistic spirit, extremely detailed and organized planning, and a creative flair.

Niki is tough and never backs down even when facing the toughest challenges. She is hardworking, dependable, and brings empathy and understanding when working with people of all different ages and backgrounds. She is totally reliable, dependable, and resourceful and she cares deeply about whatever cause she’s taken up or whatever organization she’s involved with.

When facing challenges Niki will work tirelessly to find the resources to fix any problem. Her solutions will be creative. Niki is a great administrator who remembers to have fun while keeping everyone organized and on track.

– Kristen Shen, Harvard University

It was a delight to work with Niki. She is wicked smart, determined, and knows the grants scene inside and out. Plus, she's an amazing writer who can communicate data, facts, and human interest stories like nobody else I know.

-Celia Slater, CS Creative

Our grant writer had transitioned and I could not find the right person with the right skills to fill the job. Niki jumped in and knew what to do right from the start. Already an experienced grant writer, she quickly grasped the general focus of our grant-funded programs. She handled all the arts of grant preparation and researched and submitted grant proposals to several new funding sources. She took calculated risks, backed by in-depth research, and successfully won new funding sources for AHC’s social service programs.

Niki is fast! She can conceptualize and write grant proposals with skill and acumen. She knows when to use boilerplate language and when to rework program descriptions to adhere to the grant source requirements. She’s hard working, responsible and conscious of deadlines.

Finally, Niki is a delightful person with deep compassion for everyone. She has a marvelous sense of humor and is fun-loving. She is reliable and a fantastic writer. I rarely had to edit her work.

I would hire her again without reservation. Niki is the best grant writer I’ve ever known.

– Catherine Bucknam, AHC Inc.

Niki trained me to find and cultivate new prospects and potential funders. She taught me how to use tools like FDO, GrantStation, and Candid/Guidestar to expand our funder pool, as well as how to determine a good fit to avoid work that was not likely to result in an award. Thanks to her, we successfully cultivated relationships with new funders and received grants from funders we were previously unaware of.

Niki has a fantastic level of experience from both the grant seeker side as well as the funder side, which gives her better insight into effective writing of grant narratives. She also has long-standing relationships with a variety of funders. We collaborate very well and are in sync with focusing on which program to write for based on funder priorities. We approach each opportunity in the same way: by seeking a perfect match and telling the story in a way that drives a high win rate.

I've enjoyed working with Niki, and I hope to continue to do so in the future!

— Jackie Dougherty, A Farm Less Ordinary

Our small but growing nonprofit has benefited tremendously from Niki’s advice on fundraising, operations, and board composition. She quickly grasps situations and people, and she knows what steps to take to keep us moving in the right direction. We’ll be tackling an NEA grant soon, and I will absolutely seek her counsel again.

-Christopher Nuneviller, Back2One

I’m so grateful to have the opportunity to stress-test the strength of our narratives before submitting them, thanks to your support of this process. I feel like our recently submitted Cooperative Agreement was the strongest proposal we’ve submitted to CDC, due in part to your insights.

-Piper Hale, Public Health Informatics Institute

Working with Niki was an absolute delight! What stood out the most was her warmth and energy, which made every interaction feel like a breath of fresh air.

Her friendliness created a welcoming atmosphere that made collaboration feel effortless and enjoyable.

It’s rare to find somebody who seamlessly combines warmth, energy, friendliness, and professionalism the way Niki does. It made working with her an incredibly positive experience.

-Susan Davidson, Affordable Homes & Communities