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Rachel Dacus
Grant Writer, Fundraising Consultant & Copy-Writer
Serving the San Francisco Bay Area, the East Bay, and Northern Californiard av1g

For more than 30 years I’ve worked as a grant writer, fundraising and communications consultant, and direct mail copy-writer. My nonprofit clients include hospitals, universities, colleges, disabilities organizations, youth groups, and a wide variety of other causes. Using my grounding in basics learned at the esteemed The Fund Raising School (now part of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University), I’ve raised tens of millions of dollars for my clients.

I’ve written and edited grant proposals, letters of interest, web content, social media pages and blogs, annual reports, case statements, brochures, strategic plans, press releases, and event programs.

I’ve raised funds for capital campaigns, research, special projects, capacity-building projects, and to establish new organizations. My experience also includes grants, direct mail, volunteer training, major gift development, and donor database.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

1985 – present:
Consultant & Owner of Rachel Dacus Resource Development
1989 – 1996:
Consultant, John Muir Medical Center Foundation, Walnut Creek, CA
1980 – 1985:
Director of Development , Clausen House, Oakland, CA
1975 – 1980:
Financial Administrator, Clausen House, Oakland, CA

EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley – English and French Literature.
University of San Francisco, Fund Raising School



Call me today to talk about your needs: (925) 945-6470

Or email me at: rachel@dacushome.com

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TESTIMONIALS

"Rachel is dependable, knowledgeable, insightful, encouraging and realistic -- all essential components of assisting clients during this challenging fiscal economy."

-- Jill Ellis, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Center for Early Intervention on Deafness, California

BACKGROUND

Rachel Dacus is a thirty-year veteran in fundraising, grant writing, communications, board development, who is expert at articulating vision and mission and creating excitement about a cause. She has written for and consulted with many organizations, including hospitals, medical research institutes, schools, disabilities and legal rights organizations, colleges, consumer advocacy groups, homeless services, and youth groups. Her clients include nonprofits across the Bay Area, in San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, Lafayette, Mountain View, Fremont, Santa Clara, and Sausalito. She has also worked with organizations as far away as Denver, Seattle, and New York.

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