What I’ve Written:

A Cleaner Alki — Block Drop Expansion Proposal Grant Writing · UW Certificate Capstone · December 2025

A Cleaner Alki started as one man asking his neighbors to pick up trash after a messy Memorial Day. It became 8,500 volunteers, 70,000 pounds of trash removed, and a model the Seattle City Council cited by name. They were doing extraordinary work on a shoestring — and facing a funding gap when their state grant expired.

I wrote a full grant proposal for their 2026 Block Drop Expansion: narrative, logic model, and a fully itemized budget including equipment, staffing, operations, communications, fiscal sponsor fees, liability insurance, and volunteer in-kind time calculated at the current Washington independent sector rate. Total program budget: $207,950.

This was my capstone project for the University of Washington Certificate in Grant Writing. The work was real. The org is real. The ask was real.