“How do you not take it personally when a funder rejects your proposal?”

Outputs are easy. You can count meals, appointments, people, workshops, nights of shelter. Outcomes ask a harder question: what actually changed for the person receiving them?

When I think about my own recovery, some of the most important moments would never have appeared in a quarterly report.

I realized I wasn't consciously trying to "think strategically." I literally couldn't stop zooming in and out between the details and the bigger picture.

The movie is the foundation, but the music changes how you experience it.

Sometimes the most valuable thing a grant writer can say is, “Not yet.”

Trauma-informed care shouldn’t stop with our clients. If we believe trauma shapes how people interact with the world, that belief should then inform how we interact with our staff.