Paul Oostenbrug specializes in helping nonprofit organizations obtain funding for programs from government agencies, foundation, and corporations. He can help you identify where to find funding, develop a plan for raising funds, describe your programs so they appeal to funders, and produce winning grant applications and proposals. He has developed successful letters of inquiry, grant applications, and proposals for hospitals, social service organizations, and academics, among others.

Paul's grantwriting skills can help you describe your organization's capabilities so that funders understand your unique approach to solving problems and how you deliver positive outcomes. He can help you meet grant writing deadlines, produce strong applications, and assist with implementation. He has facilitated project design processes, directed grant writing campaigns, produced effective grant applications and proposals, and evaluated program effectiveness. He has also provided marketing strategy and implementation assistance—for both large and small organizations.

Paul's program expertise includes health care—the delivery of services, care management, and health promotion—as well as violence and disease prevention, mental health and substance abuse, elder care, welfare-to-work transitions, and services to vulnerable populations. His background in evaluation helps agencies tell their stories effectively through the needs assessment and evaluation plan components of their grant applications.

Paul has prepared fundraising plans, managed grant writing projects, facilitated the development of new programs, and evaluated program effectiveness and outcomes. He is known for producing winning grant applications and proposals. His success rate as a grant writer is 38%. Notable accomplishments include:

• managing program planning and grant writing for FQHCs (Access Community Health Network, Howard Brown Health Center) and CMHCs (Healthcare Alternative Systems and the Pilsen Wellness Center)
• developing program plans and grant applications for city, state, and Federal agencies, covering domestic violence, youth programming, education, basic science, and behavioral health programs with a focus on implement-ability and performance measurement
• preparing the proposal that won UnitedHealthcare a $3.5 billion/year contract as AARP's Medicare Supplement carrier
• developing program plans and grant applications for city, state, and Federal agencies covering managed healthcare, HIV, mental health and substance abuse programs
• developing and implementing foundation fundraising plans for many small nonprofit agencies 

Paul serves health care organizations and community-based social service agencies.

Recent nonprofit and government clients include the Healthcare Alternative Systems, Pilsen Wellness Center, the American Academy of Pediatrics, Executive Service Corps, International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, Mercy Housing Lakefront, Chicago Commons, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healtcare Organizations, and the Fairygodmother Foundation.

Recent commercial clients include UnitedHealth Group, AMERIGROUP Corporation, Centene, and Anthem/WellPoint.

East Bridge Consultants—Connecting You to Government and Foundation Funding via grant writing, grantwriting.  Paul Oostenbrug is a grant writer and grantwriter.