Strategic Grants Pty Ltd was born in Dec 2009, following seven years of working as a Grants Consultant under a couple of different trading names. I love my job! Helping charities fulfill their mission is my thing. I am privileged to work with a BRILLIANT team who are all excellent strategists and writers. We work with NFPs across Australia and New Zealand. In December 2012 we launched (what is now named) GEMS (Grants Expertise Management Systems). GEM Portal is designed specifically for charities seeking grants and GEM Local is for small, community-based grass roots organisations seeking grants. Check out the web-site for more on that. Basically - it centralises all your grants activity (upcoming deadlines, grant alerts, applications log and acquittal due dates) into a central online portal that you can log into any time. Of course we also write grant applications and tenders, provide organisation specific Grants Calendars and provide mentoring, advisory services, training and workshops etc.Too many years ago I completed a Bachelor of Commerce with majors in Marketing and IT and some years later, after lots of peer pressure, I sat for my Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE). I started fundraising in '94 with Diabetes Australia Queensland and then The Mater Foundation. Then came the 2 gorgeous kids in '99 and '01. A bit of freelance events management and running the secretariat for the Fundraising Institute of Australia (FIA) in Qld kept me busy while on maternity leave. I'm an Executive Member of the Fundraising Institute Australia and held the positions of Qld President and a National Director of the FIA in 2010. There have also been a few conference, workshop and other industry presentations over the years! I am so lucky to have a great family, a lovely and very clever team, great products and services and a great group of Charity partners; who we love helping to build strategic grants programs, to increase their success rate and grants revenue.