About Us

Beverly Santicola, President and CEO of U.S. Government Grants, is a national training consultant with expertise in grant writing, nonprofit leadership, project management, and community development. Since 2001 she has trained more than 1,500 nonprofit organizations throughout the United States, generated in excess of $15 million in grant awards, and has earned a reputation for being one of the nation’s best trainers in the field of grant writing and fund development strategies. As Executive Director of a nonprofit organization between 1989 and 2001, Santicola led numerous projects that won state and national awards for excellence, including the AFL-CIO National Labor—Management Award, Work in America—Search for Excellence Award, Best Practices Award from U.S. Departments of Education and Labor, and Governor’s Award for Team Excellence. Beverly is a Certified Federal Grants Administrator, as well as a federal grants reviewer. She has over 25 years of experience in working with the U.S. Departments of Education, Labor, Health and Human Services, as well as experience with the National Centers for Disease Control and Office of Minority Health. Beverly is a member of the American Association of Grant Professionals, Greater Houston Grant Writers Network, and Texas Nonprofits. More Other Recommended Fundraising Consultants Saadia Faruqi, founder of Faruqi & Associates, has more than 8 years of fundraising experience in the nonprofit sector through freelance consulting, volunteering and full-time employment. She has raised money for organizations in a wide variety of fields, including children’s health, domestic violence, science education, youth mentoring, adult and family literacy, and the arts. She also has experience in public relations, communications, marketing and finance. Saadia holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Central Florida, and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Karachi, in her native country of Pakistan. More…