Successful Grant Writer and Consultant
Virginia Bell offers services as a grant writer specializing in non-profit literary and arts organizations. She has secured grants from numerous agencies and foundations, including the Illinois Arts Council, the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, The Poetry Foundation, and Poets & Writers, Inc.. She has completed Illinois Cultural Data Project profiles, which is increasingly a required component of grant writing in Illinois. Bell has also served as a panelist for the Illinois Arts Council Literature Program, advising the Council on what organizations to fund, and as an Instructor for the Grant Writing Certificate program at DePaul University.
Her skills include:
Her skills include:
- Consulting
- Research
- Collaborative goal setting
- Creative thinking
- Clear and persuasive writing