1. Creative Grant Services LLC Telling Your Story Funding Your Vision info@creativegrantservices.com

2. Telling Your Story Stories are Powerful The heart of your work is the social benefit your agency achieves. These accomplishments are the stories that excite your funders and empower your team. Creative Grant Services LLC can help you present your story to: • Engage prospective donors. • Build your agency’s brand and community profile. • Rally your donors, staff and board around the excellence of your work. info@creativegrantservices.com

3. Organizations We’ve Helped • Adoption Alliance • Art Student’s League • Arts Street • Brent Eley Foundation • City of Holyoke, Colorado • Colorado Symphony Orchestra • Community College of Aurora Foundation • Crook County Museum District, Sundance, WY • Dairy Center for the Arts • Denver Botanic Garden • Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Alliance/ Text for Babies Initiative, Alexandria, VA • Life Quality Institute • Lone Tree Arts Center • Plains Conservation Center • Sentinels Scholarship Foundation, San Ramon, CA • SHP Leading Design • St. John’s, Boulder • Parker Art, Culture and Event Center • Volunteer Connection • Women’s Wilderness Institute • Wyoming Arts Council • Wyoming Symphony Orchestra A Partial List of Organizations We’ve Helped: info@creativegrantservices.com

4. About Us Creative Grant Services President Margaret DeMichelis has more than 20 years of experience in raising funds from foundations, government agencies, individuals, corporations, and through special events, generating more than $50 Million in contributed income. Her experience in reviewing grants, making funding recommendations and managing grant-funded programs provides a framework for guiding clients through the entire grant process—from identifying the best funding opportunities to developing highly competitive grant application materials, managing grant reports, and building long-term relationships with funders who share your agency’s values. Please click here for a full resume. info@creativegrantservices.com

5. Endorsements “Margaret is a high energy, high powered fundraising professional. She brings a broad scope of experience and knowledge to her work. She is insightful and has a natural enthusiasm about her clients’ missions and projects which allows her to identify effective and creative fundraising strategies while building a sense of confidence and excitement within the organizations who are fortunate enough to hire her.” Milward Simpson, Director, WY State Parks & Cultural Resources, State of Wyoming “I have had the pleasure to work with Margaret over a 10-year time span, collaborating on a number of nonprofit and foundation projects. Margaret has a comprehensive knowledge and depth of experience in helping organizations to run stable and growing businesses. She is a gifted leader with an entrepreneurial style and is a great communicator and writer. Margaret has been a Guest Lecturer for several of my NonProfit Management/Global Leadership courses at Regis University, Denver, Colorado and is an excellent presenter, generously sharing both her knowledge and experience.” Janet Doolin, JD, Planned Giving & Endowment Consultant - Adjunct Faculty - Duke University “Margaret is a delight to work with, collaborative, positive, and insightful. She brings creative energy, and combines attention to detail with big-picture vision to all of her work. I recommend her highly for any position in need of this combination of abilities and strengths.” Janet Willis, Independent Accounting Professional For additional endorsements, please view Margaret’s Linked In profile at linkedin.com. info@creativegrantservices.com

6. Contact Us For more information, and to learn how Creative Grant Services can help you tell your stories in ways that engage funders and other caring partners, please contact: margaret@creativegrantservices.com Or info@creativegrantservices.com