I write grant applications, research funders and edit grant drafts for nonprofits, schools and community groups.

I've won grants with my Rotary club, and I'm responsible for the grants at Beyond the Bell, a nonprofit whose board I'm on. I've also done grant work for other organizations.

I built and run GrantCue, a grant discovery site that brings federal, state and foundation grants into one catalog, along with a directory of private foundations built from their IRS 990-PF filings. So I know where to find the funders that support work like yours.

For a new application, I work from the funder's guidelines and your program details and write each section they ask for, such as the statement of need, project description, goals and outcomes, evaluation plan, sustainability and budget narrative.

For funder research, you get a list of foundations, corporate giving programs and government grants that fund work like yours, with each one's deadline, typical award and what it asks for.

For editing, I check your draft against the guidelines and make it clearer and more specific.

English is my native language, and I also work in Dutch, German and French.

Send me the funder's guidelines and what you have so far, and I'll tell you what I need to get started.