Who We’ve Served
Grants Secured, Skills Built, and Goals Achieved
I had a potential client, now an actual client, ask me who Guide on the Side has had as clients.
(Say that ten times fast without stumbling!)
With that in mind, I thought it would be helpful to share this information here in case anyone else is curious.
Core Services
As of now, Guide on the Side primarily offers two core services:
1. Grant or Major Donor Development
2. Professional Development Services
1. Grant , RFP, or Major Donor Development
INCIGHT
Friends of Noise
Children’s Literacy Project
Street Roots
Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO)
New Story Homes
Theater Diaspora
New Coyote Consulting
Beyond individual clients, we’ve also led cohorts with various businesses in the community.
These cohorts typically lasted 3 to 6 months and focused on tangible goals related to fundraising.
“Fundraiser’s With Fangs” Cohort
Providing fundraising consulting and workshops for nonprofit development leaders.
1,000 Friends of the Children
Boom Arts
Lift Urban Portland
Oregon Foodbank
APANO
Respond Crisis Translation
“Funding Funding To Do Cool Stuff” Cohort
Providing technical assistance for businesses in Portland, Oregon.
Miles Powers Music
PDX Lost & Found
Callie’s Custom Hat Wigs
MOXI
It’s Time Podcast
SISTAS EMPOWERMEnt Corp.
Wise Eyes Renovations, Llc.
Street Roots
New Coyote Consulting
Grant Client Successes
We’ve helped our clients raise over $10 million in funding to support their incredible work.
Here are some of the grants and philanthropic gifts they’ve won with Guide on the Side:
David and Christine Vernier: $100,000
Wheeler Foundation: $12,000
Henry Lea Hillman Foundation: $150,000
Harbourton Foundation: $15,000
The Larson Legacy Foundation: $30,000
Larry & Jeanette Epping Family Foundation (OCF): $37,500
May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust: $50,000
Bob Scanlan Foundation: $75,000
CareOregon: $100,000
Swindells Foundation: $100,000
Ronni Lacroute: $208,000
The Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation: $200,000
Oregon Community Foundation: $250,000
Oregon Community Foundation one more time: $75,000
2. Professional Development Services
Metro’s Planning, Development & Research Department
Mortenson Construction
Google Developers Group
Community Partners of Affordable Housing
Willamette Valley Trust
Success & Impact
We’ve helped our clients achieve significant wins, each with unique goals, including some that were internal to their organizations.
Our primary focus in professional development services is building facilitation skills, and through a 200-hour capstone project, we continue to deliver exceptional workshops and programs.
Lastly, sometimes I take on project management or consulting work if it sparks my interest. Thanks for reading!