About Linda
Vallejo 
Linda Vallejo has thirty years experience as a development consultant, grantwriter
and grantwriting instructor. Over the past fifteen years, she has served as
an on-line grantwriting instructor in over 2,000 colleges and universities
nationwide, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. She has written and
received over $30 million in grant funds from foundation, corporate, government
and individual donors for her many clients nationwide.
Presently she serves
as a grantwriting instructor for Loyola Marymount University Extension Non-Profit
Funding and Development Certificate Program. She is also a development consultant,
trainer, and grantwriter for the Compton Community College District, El Camino
College Compton Center, the Assistance League of America, and Pacoima Beautiful,
a non-profit environmental education organization. For the past three years
she has served as a visiting professor and grantwriting instructor for Otis
School of Art and Design Public Practice Masters Program in Los Angeles, California.
Ms. Vallejo began her work in the
non-profit sector as an artist and art teacher with Self Help Graphics,
a non profit arts organization located in Los Angeles, California. She holds
a Master of Fine Arts degree and is a practicing, professional artist exhibiting
her art nationally and internationally. She has been awarded the Quien
es Quien in U.S. Commerce National Award, Distinguished Recognition Award
from the National Association Chicano Studies, Latinas Making History Award
from Comision Feminil de Los Angeles, and was acknowledged as an Outstanding
Young Woman of America.
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LINDA VALLEJO
Linda Vallejo is a grantwriting instructor and trainer with national experience with thirty years experience in working with non-profit organizations, agencies and institutions. She is a development consultant and grantwriter with extensive experience in all aspects of development office duties including donor communications and partnership building; establishment of development offices, tracking and reporting systems; financial records and reporting, and grantwriting campaigns to corporate, foundation, and government sources.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
2010 - present
Development Consultant and Trainer, Foundation for the Compton Community College District, El Camino College Compton Center
2008 - present
Grantwriting Instructor, Loyola Marymount University Extension, Non Profit Development Certificate Program
2008 - present
Grantwriting Instructor, Otis College of Art and Design, Public Practice Community Graduate Program, Los Angeles, CA
2006 - present
Development Consultant and Grantwriter, Pacoima Beautiful, non-profit environmental education organization, Pacoima, CA
1995 - present
On-Line Grantwriting Instructor in over 2,000 colleges and universities nationwide, ranked #4 in the nation in student numbers as of August 2010
2010
Grantwriting Instructor, “A to Z Grantwriting Tune-Up” as a part of the Los Angeles County Arts Commission’s Arts Tune-Up Program
2010
Grantwriting Instructor, “A to Z Grantwriting Pre-Conference Institute” as part of the National Guild for Community Arts Education Conference
2010
Proposal Reviewer/Referee, WM Keck Foundation, Southern California Program
2010
Grantwriting Instructor, Foundation for the Compton Community College District, El Camino College Compton Center
2010
Grantwriting Instructor and Trainer, Catalyst, Inc., Human Services non profit located in Lancaster, CA
2010
Grantwriting Instructor and Trainer, Plumas County, CA for a group of non profit organization, agencies, and institutions
2010-2009
Grantwriting Instructor, Assistance League of America, national conference presenter
2008
Development Consultant and Grantwriter, Center for Global Education at Loyola Marymount University
2008
Development Consultant and Grantwriter, Carney Educational Services, non-profit after-school program provider
2008
Grantwriting Instructor and Trainer, California Lawyers for the Arts and Latino Arts Network hosted by Plaza de la Raza
2008
Grantwriting Instructor and Trainer, Los Cerritos Community College, Business Development Center
2006
Grantwriting Instructor and Trainer, City of Los Angeles Waste Management Agency
2006
Grantwriting Instructor and Trainer, Los Rios Community College District, Sacramento, California
2005
Grantwriting Instructor and Trainer, Nevada State Recreation and Park Society
2002-2005
National Grantwriting Instructor, The Institute for Communication Improvement, presented in over twenty states nationwide
1999-2004
Development Consultant and Grantwriter, Project GRAD Los Angeles, educational non-profit. Collaborated with executive director to produce $14M US Department of Education Gear Up Grant
1992-2000
Grantwriting Instructor, The Learning Annex, Los Angeles
1995-1999
Development Consultant and Grantwriter, Wildlife on Wheels animal rights/environmental preservation non-profit
1997-1999
Development Consultant and Grantwriter, LA PASS, Los Angeles Partners Advocating Student Success, educational non-profit
1994-1997
Development Consultant and Grantwriter, The Achievement Council, Los Angeles, educational non-profit
1996-1997
Development Consultant and Grantwriter, MSI Community Development, Inc., medical services non-profit
1993-1994
Development Consultant and Grantwriter, Mar Vista Gardens, Culver City, low income housing non-profit
1987-1991
Development Consultant and Grantwriter, Los Angeles Classical Ballet, performing arts non-profit
1984-1987
Development Consultant and Grantwriter, Long Beach Civic Light Opera, performing arts and performing arts education non-profit
1996-1983
Artist in Residence and Development Associate, Self-Help Graphics and Art, Inc., multicultural visual arts non-profit
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION
Master of Fine Arts, Cal State University Long Beach, 1978
Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts, Whittier College, 1971
AWARDS AND CREDENTIALS
United Who’s Who in American Executives, 2006
Quien es Quien in U.S. Commerce, National Award, 1994
National Association Chicano Studies, Distinguished Recognition, 1993
Latinas Making History Award, Comision Feminil de Los Angeles, 1991
Outstanding Young Woman of America, 1983