“I’m very happy that we’re working together, your company and Sarah have been huge for our ability to manage this crazy circumstance.”
“We got very high marks for our application. She specifically cited good communication, good data, good metrics, good for showing what the community would be like if we were not here… Congratulations on a great application!”
“You guys rock! What an energizing and uplifting workshop. I am in awe of your skills and talent as trainers and I deeply appreciate you sharing your expertise with us. I loved how the afternoon flowed, all leading up to our list of personal commitments. I learned a lot, and the workshop strengthened my commitment to this work and to the amazing women who are on the journey together.”
“WE GOT THE GRANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So happy!!!! This is a game changer. Thank you for all your help with this!”
“Our language is so much stronger with your involvement. I’m optimistic that our application will be successful.”
“I have to say I am very impressed with your writing. This is exactly the kind of information I was looking for. It sounds so much more impressive than my tired story. Thank you.”
“You and Suzy have done a phenomenal job. I cannot tell you how very appreciative I have been for not only the help with the grant applications but even more so with your counsel and advice. ”
“We just completed a site visit with the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country, who granted us $17k out of a possible $25k for operating this year. Their Executive Director, let us know at the start of the meeting that out of all the applicants for this operating money, we received the largest award. And he said it was because our application was so well done. So congrats to the Aurora Team!”
“Her comment was, that after meeting you the first time, how impressed she was by how bright, dynamic and gracious you were. Very much my own impression that morning you mentored me at La Madeline. Thank you for always being so gracious still in answering my questions!”
“Linda, just got a call from my buddy at City of Houston, we are 1 of 12 awards on that proposal you helped with!!!! Could not have done it without you, thanks!!!!!”
“What a pleasure to meet you yesterday! I’m excited about working together. I will send the contract today. I wanted to touch base with you right away.”
“You really go the extra mile. I am amazed at your dedication.”
“My first impression is that you know what you are doing and could be a great resource to our organization as a consultant as well as grant writer, since you see how all the pieces fit together. You opened my eyes for sure on two significant points, collaboration and strategic plan.”
“I very much appreciate your writing style as well as your concern for our organization.”
“I found last night’s discussion very refreshing! Thank you for sharing your passion for this work in a way that we could grasp and use as fodder for future Board discussions.”
“Thanks to all your hard work, the American Honda Grant was very easy to submit. I reviewed the grant, and then I completed the last page, the Terms of Agreement. Finally, I hit the submit button. As my kids say, ‘Easy Breezy, Lemon Squeezy!’ Thanks again.”
“Great job! I would like to thank the two of you for your commitment to assisting PACE rise to another level. Your support does not feel like business, but family. Thanks again.”
“It gives me great excitement to say, ‘PACE has submitted it’s first grant under the leadership of Aurora Grants and Consultants!’”
“Outstanding work. It is definitely worth several hours of study and review to see what we can use of the large amount of information. I’ve downloaded and saved a copy of it for easier reference. Will start working my way through it. Well done and please pass that on to the creator.”
“Your team is excellent Linda!!!”
“I am pleased with your revisions and add-ons. This answers many questions that Jeanne and I have been posing to each other. I was worried I was putting in too many statistics and too many philosophical arguments for art education. Clearly you didn’t think so.”
“The application has been submitted successfully. You all did a great job writing it!”
“Fantastic!!! The timely and efficient completion of this project was due to Great Team Work.”
“You affirmed our work, kept us focused, helped us see the importance of linking our budget to our mission, and even made the idea of asking for money a tad less intimidating. And you accomplished all of that with humor and grace. Thank you for supporting us in this very tangible way. I look forward to continuing to learn from you both.”
“Attached are the YTD grant awards received totaling $213,900.00!
We are grateful for the services Aurora Grants has provided, we have been richly blessed.”
“We are pleased to continue working with Aurora Grants and appreciate the guidance received along the way. Each grant writer that I have worked with has been fantastic! Your leadership is certainly to be commended as it shows with those that you have working with you.”
“It’s 1s across the board from me on this survey. I think having you there to facilitate was brilliant — gives us a chance to get outside our heads and think more about the issues with a guided structure. Really looking forward to the rest of this year. Thank you!”
“The conference was inspiring and uplifting. Thank you and to the entire GPA team for putting on such a quality learning opportunity. I thought the topics were timely and relevant. Thanks again!”
“Ms. Beeman, thank you for getting WHF kick-started! Your help started a movement of growth within the ranks of our Board of Trustees. Per your recommendation, WHF has completed an exercise that resulted in a strategic plan for both internal and external purposes. I am now attempting to draft a Development Plan and feel that the best approach for us will be employing someone as a Development Director to provide guidance and support to accomplish this.”
“Many thanks to each of you for an outstanding session. The attention to detail and clever characters enhanced an already engaging and uber-informative session. The moderator-panel format allowed you to cover so much critical insight on the subject of working with a grants consultant and kept the audience connected from start to finish. Attendees gained practical and actionable information that will enable them to make much better decisions about their grantwriting options. You are consulting superstars. Again, many thanks for a stellar program.”
“We had great participation from the board with 14 members attending—for those of you who could not attend, I’m sorry you missed what I personally consider the best and most meaningful board retreat I have attended with any organization in my 45 year working career! The retreat was facilitated by Linda Beeman and Jennifer Pelton who did an extraordinary job—if I could summarize the retreat in two words it would be “passion” and “action”. Each of the attending board members came up with specific engagements that they committed to work on over the next six months.”
“Congratulations on 1000 invoices in 3.5 years following a pandemic!! Bravo!! Your team is producing ethical, transparent documents which are obliviously well-received by funders! And, you’re leading with ongoing development nurtured by love for your staff and clients. That’s laudable and so rare, in my estimation, in today’s business environment!!”
“Paula, You did a FANTASTIC job on this grant. All the budget notes were amazing! Thank you so much.”
“Thank you!! I can’t wait to get home and read it!! You have been such a wonderful resource!! I appreciate you and your patience with me.”
“Olivia and I meant to tell you that this is spot on. Thank you.”
“Dear Linda, I wanted to email and extend my thanks for your wonderful presentation yesterday at the PowerTools for Nonprofits conference. Your session was my favorite of the whole day and I took two full pages of notes. I have been in nonprofit for 8 years but have been in development for only 2. I would like to start delving deeper into grant writing and I feel more confident in knowing how to utilize ChatGPT as a tool. My biggest grant to date has only been $12,000, but I look forward to practicing, learning, and using applied skills to help the nonprofits I work for. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise!”
“Linda, We’ve worked hard this past year, but it’s been extremely rewarding. We have a great staff and board. Thank you, also, for what y’all do for ARTS. I love working with Elizabeth. It’s like having another employee on board, and she’s great to work with.”
“I just cannot tell you how much we have appreciated having you on our grant team, Susan! We have worked through a whole lot together… And you have truly helped us so much. I love how you write. And I love how you try to look holistically at our program and try to help us fit all the pieces into the funders mission. Thank you, thank you!! Linda, I’m so glad you were so well recommended and we partnered with y’all. Susan was a perfect match for us! Thank you! She got us through some very hard times… I appreciate y’all so much! ”
“Thanks Carrie, We’ll be submitting it today. Thank you for your work on this, it’s exceptional!”
“Regarding the 2023 Impact Report that Rhonda designed for Casa el Buen Samaritano: It looks great and we are very happy with it! I’m excited to get it into the hands of our partners.”
“Linda, This is great, thank you my friend! And thank you for doing such a wonderful job at the retreat!! It was very apparent that you spent time preparing for it and the board members could see that. It was exactly what we needed at this time in our growth and development as a Board. Two board members contacted me later Saturday afternoon just to tell me how much they appreciated and loved it.”