Assel Grant Services
Shauna O'Toole, MA, GPC, CFRE is a seasoned grants professional with extensive experience in nonprofit development and grant management. Currently serving as a Grants Specialist at Assel Grant Services since January 2023, O'Toole specializes in grant strategy, research, proposal development, and post-award support. Previously, O'Toole held various roles at Emmaus Homes from 2015 to 2022, culminating in the position of Director of Development, where responsibilities included grant writing, donor stewardship, and leadership within the organization. Earlier experience includes roles as Development Manager and Development Specialist, with a focus on grant writing and major gifts support. O'Toole's career began at the Children's Home Society of Florida, providing administrative and development support. O'Toole holds a Master’s Degree in Human Services from Liberty University and a Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Leadership from Baptist University of Florida.
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Assel Grant Services
Assel Grant Services has extensive experience in the fields of education, healthcare, human services, and the arts. Our firm has broad experience in developing proposals to the federal government, state governments and corporations, as well as local, state, and national private foundations. These proposals address needs such as project funding, operating funds, capacity building and capital campaigns. In the last five years alone, we have written over $130 million in awarded proposals. In the field of higher education, we have written proposals that secured funding for teacher professional development, curriculum development for professors, and support for STEM project interaction between professors and high school students. In preK-12 education, we have successfully written for early childhood development, after-school programming, STEM materials for classrooms, school reform, physical fitness, technology, literacy, and school safety. In the arts, we’ve written proposals for visual arts exhibitions, performing arts concerts, and hands-on visual and performing arts support for children. In the field of social services, we’ve secured program funding for emergency assistance, homelessness prevention, rapid rehousing, services for those with developmental disabilities, and youth crisis intervention. For media companies, we have successfully written proposals for the federal Ready To Learn program, resulting in over $60 million in funding. For healthcare companies, and hospitals, we have written SBIR grants to the NIH and NSF, mental health, safety net, and applicant defined grants to the Healthcare Foundation of Greater Kansas City and the Reach Foundation, and mental health grants for victims of family violence and underserved populations throughout Kansas City metro. In addition, we have written operating and capital campaign proposals to support a wide variety of programs throughout the Kansas City area and for non-profits across the United States.