Grants Galore is a woman-owned consulting business established in 2006.
I am currently serving in an in-house grant writing position and am not accepting consulting clients at this time.
This website remains available as a resource for organizations seeking information about grant writing and funding opportunities.
Grants Galore offers the full continuum of grant writing services to nonprofit organizations and governmental entities throughout the U.S.
665 grant proposals submitted
More than a quarter-billion dollars ($250.2 Million) awarded
55% Success Rate!
The Grants Galore Difference
Kristin Olson, Grant Writing Specialist and Owner of Grants Galore, has the experience and expertise you need to find and apply for grants and, ultimately, help your organization fulfill its mission.
Mission-Focused
Each Grants Galore client is a unique organization with an important mission. From the first time you contact Kristin, she listens to your needs and works with you to set realistic expectations regarding your funding goals. She helps organizations identify the grant opportunities that best fit their funding needs. Kristin’s philosophy is that the quality of grant proposals – not the quantity – is the key to our mutual success.
The quality of proposals — not the quantity — is the key to our mutual success.
Extensive Experience
- Kristin has submitted 665 grant proposals to public- and private-sector grantmakers during her career.
- With a 55% success rate, she has secured $250.2 million – more than a quarter-billion dollars – in grant funding and government contracts for U.S. nonprofit organizations and units of local government.
- Her portfolio of successful proposals includes a broad array of topics and funding sources.
- The results ranged from one-time $500 awards from local foundations to multi-year, multi-million-dollar awards from federal government agencies.
Demonstrated Expertise
Kristin is renowned for her succinct and readable writing style, her ability to state a strong case for a funding request, and her attention to detail. Her career highlights include the following:
2024 – As the lead grant writer for a coalition of youth-serving organizations in Chicago and Suburban Cook County, Kristin helped secure a highly competitive 30-month Youth Homelessness System Improvement grant totaling $1.36 million.
2022 – Kristin was the lead grant writer for a regional governmental agency in Oregon, which received a $1.5 million grant to fund a three-county initiative. The amount awarded represented 25% of the total funds allocated statewide for that grant program.
2019 – Grants Galore secured a five-year federal grant totaling $6.4 million for a four-state coalition. The proposal scored 99 of 100 points with no weaknesses cited.
2019 – Another Grants Galore client received a five-year federal grant for $2.6 million. The proposal was one of seven selected for funding nationwide.
2018 – The highest amount awarded to a Grants Galore client for a single grant application is $31.8 million for a five-year federal proposal.
2017 – A Grants Galore client received one of eight grants awarded statewide.
2007 – Two organizations serving the same community each hired Grants Galore to develop a proposal for a competitive state grant. The funder awarded grants to both applicants, in spite of the stipulation that only one grant would be awarded to any given community.
2000 – The first federal grant Kristin submitted was fully funded at $4.5 million. The reviewers especially noted the attention to detail in presenting an organizational chart that encompassed twenty schools in eleven school districts across four counties, as well as multiple community partners.