Testimonials
Are you curious about what others who use the tools and resources available through GrantStation are saying? Check out these unsolicited testimonials to get a variety of perspectives on what a GrantStation Membership can offer you!
Thank you for your quick and thorough work. I appreciate your links and the information you have shared. GrantStation is truly worth the money for our organization!
Cindy Lou Bailey
Personal Agent Assistant/Open People Coordinator
Southern Oregon Regional Brokerage
Thank you [for the webinar]. It was a very well organized presentation and one of the best online classes I have attended for non-profits. Many times I have paid for sessions like this and afterward felt like it did not cover what was advertised nor did I feel like I had a template or game plan that I could implement following the session.
Vonda Paige
Executive Director
Tavis Smiley Foundation
Unlike most businesses that have to field calls from the public all day, you are certainly bright, resourceful, and you make me feel like MY business is your Number One concern - THANK YOU!
Debora Sponsel-Jolley
Holland's Rose Medical Hospitality House
I want to thank you for your weekly listings. We provide services to autistic adults and as everyone finds with small non-profits, fundraising is an ongoing struggle. I am happy to tell you I was just informed that my proposal was chosen for funding on the 2020 Healthy People Project. I found this opportunity through your weekly listings. My clients thank you, as do I. Keep sending the listings.
Pat Paniccia
IDEA for Autism, Inc.
Please pass my thanks along to those who made the October deal a reality. I work with a small, startup non-profit and we appreciate the ability to access this tool in a budget we can afford.
Laura Gazarian
French Lick Artisan
We just signed up yesterday and I was on the write and research sections all morning and have already gotten our $'s worth.
Rose Schilling
King Bio
Just wanted to tell you that the GrantStation Insider is, by far, my favorite e-newsletter. I’ve actually secured two new grants for our organization thanks to Insider postings. These were grant opportunities that I’d not seen elsewhere. The Insider’s concise listing by category makes it easy to focus and follow up on opportunities for which New Eyes might be a good fit.
Susan M. Dyckman
Executive Director
www.neweyesfortheneedy.org
I just wanted to drop you a line to let you know how grateful we are to Grantstation for your partnership with the Arkansas Coalition for Excellence. Today I have found yet another grant possibility for the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas through the Grantstation Insider. We have applied for and received several grants that I discovered using the Insider.
It is so useful for us to have this partnership available through our membership with the Arkansas Coalition for Excellence. Grantstation and ACE are wonderful partners and provide excellent resources to help strengthen the mission of the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas. It is through collaborative efforts like this that we are able to continue to make a difference for families at risk of hunger in Northeast Arkansas. Thank you!
Vicki Pillow
Director of Development
www.foodbankofnea.org
This [GrantStation] webinar was my first, and I fully enjoyed the learning experience. The materials were very helpful, the presenter was professional and knowledgeable and she made the session very interesting with her use of real-life examples – an easy teacher to learn from. I'll definitely be taking more in the future.
Debbie Levine
I am sure that Cindy does not remember, but several years ago when the Greater Melbourne Police Athletic League (PAL) had first subscribed to GrantStation, I was participating in the free introductory webinar that Cindy gives to familiarize new member organizations with the capabilities that GrantStation provides.
Cindy actually utilized our organization in an example on how to use the GrantStation database by asking me questions right there in the webinar in real-time, and identified a company that I had never heard of before: GTECH Corp.
It turns out that GTECH runs the lotto games in many states across the U.S.; from the machines that sell the tickets in convenience stores to major computer networks. I wrote a proposal for GTECH's “After School Advantage” after-school program. In short, we won the program valued at $15,000 which consisted of 12 new, state-of-the-art computers, educational software, desks, furniture, and chairs. Our local paper even published an article about our award.
I just wanted to say thank you. We have gone on to win other grants as well and at some point I'm going to put together a class on procuring grants and proposal writing so we can train our other volunteers.
Shawn Adams
Greater Melbourne Police Athletic League (PAL) Volunteer
www.melbournepal.org
Actually, because of GrantStation, I'm getting a lot less sleep these days. Through your website, I became aware of an AmeriCorps grant competition that seemed appropriate for us. We applied and recently received a $260,000 grant to provide employment and training services to veterans - one of just a couple of organizations in the U.S. to do so.
So . . . my membership yielded $260,000 return. Good investment? Yeah, I think so.
Thanks!
Len Proper
Director
AMVETS Career Center
I have been a GrantStation subscriber for over five years. I find the grant resource information to be comprehensive and easy to use, and I have enjoyed the articles, useful tips and other helpful resources provided. GrantStation is a must have tool for anyone doing grant and fund development.
Kim Thiel-Schaaf
Director of Operations & Grant Development
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art
Focus: Hope, received a $50,000 grant for their neighborhood school partner (Glazer Elementary) from Samsung via an online competition they learned about in the GrantStation Insider.
This great result wouldn't have been possible without the Knight Foundation's GrantStation Insider. This is one of the many opportunities that I have found through this excellent publication, which I have come to regard as one of the most useful and well put together publications regarding grant opportunities. The "seed" for this came from the GrantStation Insider, so I wanted to let you know and send along a word of thanks to those who create the Insider.
Debbie Fisher
Community and Economic Development
Focus: HOPE
I have been a Grantstation subscriber for about two years and have found many useful articles and opportunities for the City of Oswego and for local organizations. Thank you for such wonderful and timely information.
Linda M. Goodness
City of Oswego (New York)
Thanks so much. We enjoy our newsletter, find it very helpful and user friendly and access the database regularly. Mahalo!
Christine Richardson
Executive Director
North Kohala Community Resource Center
I recently attended one of your webinars and they are fantastic! Thanks for providing such a needed educational service.
Britt Jacobson
Grants Coordinator
Foundation for Agricultural & Rural Resource
Management & Sustainability (FARRMS)
I am a retired airline captain and the founder and volunteer Executive Director of the North Metro Miracle League based in North Atlanta. A little more than a year ago Tech Soup put out the announcement about the GrantStation special offer. Using a grant search engine was something I had never considered.
I was sitting at my desk when the notification that our GrantStation service had been activated. I was curious about how the system worked so I immediately logged in and set up our guidelines.
At the speed of light I got a return that identified 15 Foundations that were potential grantors.
I looked at the first foundation on the list and one of the options was to call and see if your organization complied with their giving guidelines. I called and spoke to a staff person that Thursday afternoon for 5 minutes. I was asked to send in some information. I did so immediately after hanging up. Friday morning I got a call from the Executive Director of the Foundation asking if I could meet with them the following Monday at 1:00. On Monday I was cordially greeted by the Executive Director and two of the trustees of the Foundation. We spoke for 30 minutes.
Things seemed to be going well, but I didn't realize how well till the following Wednesday when I got a call committing $15,000 to the North Metro Miracle League.
GrantStation works and has worked more than once for our relatively small 501c3. The services provided are user friendly, and especially friendly to people like me, a non-professional volunteer organizer and fund raiser.
John McLaughlin
Executive Director
North Metro Miracle League
www.nmml.net
Let me also say that I am so pleased with the information you have. I almost always find exactly what I am looking for, and so easily! You are doing a wonderful job.
Jane M. Goddard, Esq.
Program Coordinator for Central Florida
Center for Earth Jurisprudence
I am hopeful you get frequent kudos for all that you provide to ALDE members. Thank you for the GrantStation Insider material. I use it, have discovered many new foundation prospects, and have submitted several proposals. While we have not yet received funding, you have provided us with additional leads that have connected us to individuals whose hearts beat as ours here at World Relief. Thank you and may God continue to bless your work.
Kurt B. Crays
Director of U.S. Advancement
World Relief
Just a note to say Thank You! I recently purchased a donated copy of GrantStation.com from Tech Soup. Because we are a very small non-profit we never would have been able to afford your wonderful services without your generous donation. I have been using GrantStation since last week and have already identified several funders of which I was not aware. Thanks again for providing this great opportunity.
Jacquie Johnson
Curator
For Miami Heritage Society
GrantStation is a grantseeker's dream come true. The U.S. Charitable Giving Database is both deep and wide; it contains extensive information on a broad number of funders. And it is the most up-to-date source of funder information that I have come across. The educational modules are informative for beginners as well as pros; they are easy to read, yet comprehensive. I have referred a number of colleagues to GrantStation to find funding opportunities and learn how to write winning proposals.
Wendy Burtner Owens
Director of Grantmaker Services
GuideStar
I've been using GrantStation for two years. You could say I'm part of a "small development shop," but the truth is I'm a one-person development office. I do it all - and I couldn't do it without GrantStation. If I could have only one research tool to get the grants my organization needs . . . it would be GrantStation.
GrantStation is by far the best investment any grantseeking professional can make. It's got more information - and that information is more up-to-date and more useful - than directories that cost several times as much! Why buy a book or CD-ROM that's updated annually for a couple thousand dollars, when you can get GrantStation for a third of that . . . including free updates almost daily!?
You can pay a lot of money for directories that are unhelpful or even misleading about the geographic interest of funders. GrantStation tells you right up front whether you're wasting your time pursuing a funding source that doesn't include your little corner of the world in its universe.
GrantStation technical support is fabulous. Someone always responds quickly to my cries for help. And they're so friendly, too - they make me feel like I'm part of the team.
Using GrantStation is the fastest way to do grant research and get high quality results. Because it's online, it saves hours of time . . . so you can concentrate on writing the proposals instead of on finding where to send them.
I adore the GrantStation Insider. GrantStation does the reading for you and distills it all into a compact and timely publication. It never gets stuck on my "reading pile," where so many other documents are languishing in oblivion.
Patti J. Saunders
Development Director
Foundation of the Arc
What I find especially useful about GrantStation is that the information is frequently updated and customized for my state.
While I use a variety of databases and Internet web directories for funding source research, I always start with GrantStation and generally find that it has the most useful, comprehensive, and current information.
It is important to have accurate data on foundation contacts and guidelines. I have been using GrantStation for four years. It is very dependable and extremely easy to use!
Chuck Barber, MPA, CFRE
Fund Development and Grant Writing Consultant
GrantStation is an effective tool for grantseeking because it is so centrally located. There are so many foundations with money to give to nonprofit groups. Finding them is the hardest part. GrantStation makes the finding process much easier for me.
Jodie Stover
Public Radio Network
GrantStation allows me to access foundations and other sources of funding much quicker than the other program I use. It is exceedingly fast and I have found the information on the foundations excellent in description. The featured funders of the day have been on target for me twice. I especially find the GrantStation Insider relevant to my work - it is a feature I look forward to every Thursday.
GrantStation is an investment that has paid many dividends in its information. I recommend it as the best source of current, up-to-date funder information that is available.
I have found GrantStation to be well worth the cost in terms of assisting me in finding sources of money. Keep up the good work.
Dick Farris
Youth Leadership Foundation
I'm just emailing to let you know that the Louden Tribal Council received $13,435.00 from the Charlotte Y. Martin Foundation to help with building a softball field for the community. The people of Galena are really active in softball – there are little league teams all the way up to 40 and over.
We found the information on the Charlotte Y. Martin Foundation on your database. We then contacted Ellen (with GrantStation preferred partner, the Funding Exchange) and got tips from her for our proposal. I just wanted to thank you for the information and the Funding Exchange for assistance with our proposal.
Cindy Pilot
Louden Tribal Council