BIO
Linda Vallejo has over forty years of experience as a grantwriting consultant and instructor. She has written and received millions of dollars in grant funds from foundation, corporate, government and individual donors for her many clients. She has experience in all aspects of development office duties including donor communications and partnership building; program development and planning, establishment of development offices, tracking and reporting systems; budgets, financial records and reporting; and implementing grantwriting campaigns to corporate, foundation, and government funding sources. Over the past twenty-two years Ms. Vallejo has taught the A to Z Grantwriting Online Course with Education to Go in over 2,500 colleges and universities nationwide, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
In the past she served as a grantwriting consultant for Self Help Graphics and Art, Los Angeles, CA; 18th Street Art Center in Santa Monica, CA: and the Nevada Ballet Theatre, Las Vegas. She also served as a grantwriting instructor for Loyola Marymount University “Non-Profit Fundraising Certificate Program” and for Otis School of Art and Design “Public Practice MFA Program” in Los Angeles, CA. Currently she is working with Communities Create, a mental health arts-based non-profit organization in Los Angeles. 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 in Los Angeles, California in 1977. \
A to Z Grantwriting was established in 1985 with a 3-hour grantwriting class taught through the Learning Annex. In 1995 Ms. Vallejo expanded this workshop to create the A to Z Grantwriting Online Course, a 12 lesson / six-week on-line course with hundreds of resources, tools, samples, and examples.
Linda is also a practicing, professional painter and sculptor. To see her artwork and exhibition history please visit her website. Linda Vallejo Artist
RESUME
EDUCATION
1978 – Master of Fine Arts, Cal State University Long Beach, CA
1973 – Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts, Whittier College, Whittier, CA
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Professional and Volunteer Affiliations
A to Z Grantwriting, Owner, 1985-present
Self Help Graphics & Art, Artist-in-residence, Curator, and Adviser, 1977-present
Otis College of Art and Design, Visiting Lecturer, 2008-2016
Art Institute of California, Los Angeles, Art Instructor, 2002
Galería Las Américas, Owner and Director, 1990-1997
Consultant and Instructor Positions
2019 – 2020
Communities Create, Woodland Hills, CA
Chapter Three, Lancaster, CA
1997 – 2020
Education to Go, online classes
2018
Self Help Graphics and Art, Los Angeles, CA
2013- 2015
18th Street Art Center, non-profit arts organization in Santa Monica,
2014
Self Help Graphics and Art, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Love Manifest, international non-profit organization, India
Sierra Nevada Ballet, non-profit performance organization, Reno, NE
2012 – 2013
Partnerships to Uplift Communities, charter school management and development organization, San Fernando, CA
2010 – 2011
Foundation for the Compton Community College District, El Camino College Compton Center, Compton, CA
2010
Proposal Reviewer/Referee, WM Keck Foundation, Southern California Program, CA
2008
Carney Educational Services, non-profit after-school program provider, Sacramento, CA
2001 – 2006
Pacoima Beautiful, environmental education organization, Pacoima, CA
1999 – 2004
Project GRAD Los Angeles, educational non-profit, Los Angeles, CA
1995 – 1999
Wildlife on Wheels animal rights/environmental preservation non-profit, Sunland, CA
LA PASS, Los Angeles Partners Advocating Student Success, educational non-profit, CA
1994 – 1997
The Achievement Council, educational non-profit, Los Angeles, CA
1996 – 1997
MSI Community Development, Inc., medical services non-profit, Los Angeles, CA
1993 – 1994
Mar Vista Gardens, low-income housing non-profit, Culver City, CA
1987-1991
Los Angeles Classical Ballet, performing arts non-profit, Long Beach, CA
1984-1987
Long Beach Civic Light Opera, performing arts and performing arts education non-profit, Long Beach, CA
1976-1983
Artist-in-Residence and Development Associate, Self-Help Graphics and Art, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Instructor and Seminar Presenter
1995 – present
A to Z Grantwriting Online Course with Education to Go in over 2,500 colleges and universities nationwide, Canada, Australia, and England
2008 – 2016
Otis College of Art and Design, Public Practice Graduate MFA Program, Los Angeles, CA
2008 – 2013
Loyola Marymount
University Extension, Non-Profit Fundraising Certificate Program, LA, CA
2018
UCLA Educational Leadership Ph.D. Program (April, May)
Claire Trevor School of the Arts, University of California Irvine, CA
2017
Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH), Lancaster, CA
2015
Ventura Artist Council, Ventura City Cultural Affairs, Ventura, CA
deb3321 Art Space (October, September, July, May), Pasadena, CA
2014
National Guild for Community Arts Education Conference, Los Angeles, CA
UCLA Education Leadership Program, Los Angeles, CA
A to Z 2-Day Intensive Seminar (February, August, October), Woodland Hills, CA
2013
Cal State University Long Beach Artist Professional Practices Program, Long Beach, CA
A to Z 2-Day Intensive Seminar (August, October), Woodland Hills, CA
2012
Arte Americas Cultural Art Center, Fresno, CA
A to Z 2-Day Intensive Seminar, Woodland Hills CA
Cal State University Long Beach Artist Professional Practices Program, Long Beach, CA
2010
National Conference Presenter, Assistance League of America, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles County Arts Commission’s Arts Tune-Up Program, Los Angeles, CA
National Guild for Community Arts Education Conference, Los Angeles
Foundation for the Compton Community College District, Compton, CA
Catalyst, Inc., Human Services non-profit located in Lancaster, CA
Plumas County Non-Profit Community Group, Plumas, CA
2009
National Conference Presenter, Assistance League of America, Los Angeles, CA
2008
California Lawyers for the Arts and Latino Arts Network, Los Angeles, CA
Los Cerritos Community College, Business Development Center, Cerritos, CA
2006
City of Los Angeles Waste Management Agency, Los Angeles, CA
Los Rios Community College District, Sacramento, CA
2005
Nevada State Recreation and Park Society, Reno, NE
2002 – 2005
The Institute for Communication Improvement, US national seminars
1992-2000
The Learning Annex, Los Angeles, CA
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