Grant Desk

Graphic Oregon · methods & track

Where this desk has worked

Consulting-frame proof. Oregon arts, youth services, and watershed orgs — plus California program work. Evaluation methods, grant research, and package work. Dozens of nonprofits in Oregon and California.

Methods & track

Anchor · methods

Evaluation Methods for Inclusive Art Programs

Literature review · UO Arts and Administration / Arts Management

Methods work for inclusive community arts — evaluation protocols, focus groups, and recommendations for a disability-inclusive arts program.

Professional project (IRB-approved) with Oregon Supported Living Program Arts & Culture. Authors: Tara Burke, Sarah Kim, Cara Mico, Chanin Santiago, Mark Stevens, Alexis Thompson. Cara compiled the literature review.

Cannon Beach Arts Association

Program Director · 2017–2019

Designed, funded, and distributed programs. Fundraising and planned giving alongside gallery programming and marketing.

Success Centers

Program design · California

Designed, funded, and distributed programs with a California nonprofit.

Hosea Youth Services

Grant writer · 2015–2017

Youth-services grant research for a nonprofit serving young people.

Color Outside the Lines

Grants Coordinator

Grants research for a coastal arts organization.

Watershed councils

Field + grant-adjacent research

Technical assessments and restoration-prioritization packets funders ask for. Also Watershed Council Coordinator, North Clackamas Urban Watershed Council (2012–2013).