Beverly Santicola, President and CEO of U.S. Government Grants, is a national training consultant with expertise in grant writing, nonprofit leadership, project management, and community development. Since 2001 she has trained more than 1,500 nonprofit organizations throughout the United States, including city, county, state and federal government agencies; schools, colleges and universities; hospitals and health care providers; churches, faith based organizations and other nonprofits. Santicola remains active in the field of grant writing and works with a team of affiliates that have generated more than $100 million in grants for their clients over the past eight years.

As Executive Director of a nonprofit organization between 1989 and 2001, Santicola led numerous projects that won state and national awards for excellence, including the AFL-CIO National Labor—Management Award, Work in America—Search for Excellence Award, Best Practices Award from U.S. Departments of Education and Labor, and Governor’s Award for Team Excellence.  Beverly is a Certified Federal Grants Administrator, as well as a federal grants reviewer. She has over 25 years of experience in working with the U.S. Department of Education, Labor, and Health and Human Services, as well as experience with the National Centers for Disease Control and Office of Minority Health. Beverly serves as a volunteer for Blueprint Houston and the Center for Rural Outreach & Public Services (CROPS). Most recently, she has co-developed a model program for youth-led rural development called Growing Rural. Beverly is a member of the American Association of Grant Professionals and Greater Houston Grant Writers Network, and has earned a reputation for being one of the nation’s best grant writing instructors. A few sample testimonials are below:

“I cannot tell you enough what a fantastic job you did; everyone left the meeting empowered.  The client (Chicago Public Schools) is delighted, and I think the participants will sally forth into the grant-writing wonderland well equipped. I would like to explore other opportunities with you as they arise as I think you provide a fantastic value-add for the bank and its services. 

…“By the way, we received a $50,000 grant from Frost Bank last month. I am still batting 1000 using the Santicola model (4 proposals and 4 awards totaling $638,000).”

“Our first grant proposal was turned down. Then I went to your class and tried again using the methods you taught. I’m happy to say we just got a $1.6 million dollar grant award!” 

“I took your course in November of last year, and am on track to receiving federal funds for $1 million throughout a span of 5 years from the Department of Justice Weed & Seed program for the Near Northwest Management District, a state entity for the northwest Houston area. Thank you for your honest advice and experience. One of the great pieces of advice was your insistence on personal communication, which has paid off quite well. The learning from those several hours was more than I could have received elsewhere paying twice as much. The funds will be well used to support this area and its residents. Thank you very much!”