Grant Information

Results from the Louisiana Municipal Association’s Grant Writer Survey Disclaimer: The following individuals submitted their names through the Louisiana Municipal Association’s (LMA) Grant Writer Survey. Please note that this information is provided as an information service only and is not an endorsement from LMA. LMA is not responsible for the quality of work performed by the grant writers listed in this directory. Since LMA is not responsible for the work performed by the grant writers listed you should direct any concerns and or questions directly to the grant writer.

Deborah Kay Berry
Town of Stonewall
Office: (318) 925-9338
Fax: (318) 925-9339
Email: hstonewallcity@sport.rr.com

Clients: Town of Stonewall

Experience: Writes all grants for the Town of Stonewall.


Linda Bordelon
Bordelon Consulting, LLC
4201 Wakefield Blvd
Alexandria, LA 71303
Ph: 318.448.2475 or 318.794.6142
Email: Lbbordelon@suddenlink.net or Linda@bordelonconsulting.com www.bordelonconsulting.com

Clients: Avoyelles Port Commission, Avoyelles School Board, Louisiana School for Agricultural Sciences, Oakdale Chamber of Commerce/Allen Parish Schools, Grant Parish Planning Commission and Grant School Board, TMC, LA FFA Foundation, Illinois Department of Education, Illinois Agriculture and Business Industry Council Tipton & Associates.

Specializing in federal, state, agency, private, corporate and foundation grant applications including IWTP for workforce development. Lead municipalities in mediations and program planning and development for grant sources and applications. Preparation of Capital Outlay Applications.


Regina Burgess
P. O. Box 118
Newellton, La. 71357
Office: (318) 467-5385
Fax: (318) 467-2859
Email: gggina@bayou.com

Clients: Tensas Parish Police Jury, Madison Parish Hospital

Experience: Not provided


Karla Cormier
Grant Finders Inc.
P.O. Box 1894
Denham Springs, LA 70727
Office: (225) 667-8777
Fax: (225) 665-9779
Email: karlacormier@cox.net

Clients: Livingston Parish Government Grant Consultant (governmental), Christian Ministry Foundation (non-profit, faith-based)

Experience: Began writing grants in 1989 through a consulting firm based out of Alexandria, LA. Experience includes funded projects through federal, state, and private funding agencies in the areas of Federal Appropriations, Capitol Outlay projects, Brownsfield grants, EPA grants, FEMA grants, various Recreation Projects, Education Grants, HUD grants, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention grants, Rural Development grants, Youth grants, Litter Abatement, Faith-Based Initiative grants, Safe & Drug Free Schools grants, Arts grants, and many others. Have read grants for the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Past experience includes, Ascension Parish Government (over 2 years)


Emma Dixon
DZK & Associates Management Consultants
2044 West Ridge Drive
Mandeville, La. 70448
Office: (985) 674-1551
Fax: (985) 674-9640
Email: dzkem@i-55.com

Clients: St, Tammany Community Housing Resource Board, Greater Starlight Baptist Church, Third District Baptist Association, Dr. Theodore P. Robinson Foundation

Experience: Grant writer has written affordable housing and community development grants. Also written youth program grants including financial literacy, teen pregnancy prevention and youth smoking prevention programs.


Katherine duTreil
3361 Antoine Wattigny Blvd.
Kenner, La. 70065
Office: (504) 468-6971
Email: kathydutreil@yahoo.com

Clients: Kenner Police Department, Traffic Safety Grants

Experience: Awarded almost a million dollars in grants pertaining to traffic safety from various entities. Served as grant program administrator.


Janet Faulk
211 Celeste
New Iberia, LA 70560
Phone: (337) 380-4708
Fax: (337) 365-8384
email: jcfaulk@aol.com

Clients: City of New Iberia, Southern Mutual Help Association, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Acadiana.

Experience: Twenty years of highly successful municipal and nonprofit grant writing experience. Experience includes applications to diverse groups of government (federal/state/local), corporate, foundation, and faith-based organizations including US EPA, US Dept. of Commerce, Federal Emergency Management Agency, US Dept. of Justice, Louisiana Division of the Arts, W. K. Kellogg Foundation, etc. Project topics range from public infrastructure to youth mentoring and child abuse prevention, to presentation art. Also available for local grant writing workshops.


Jamie Gaines Gaines Group, LLC P.O. Box 5121 Lake Charles, La. 70606 Office: (337) 474-1088 Fax: (337) 474-8753 Email: jogaines@cox-internet.com Clients: Brimstone Museum, Sulphur; Sabine National Wildlife Refuge, Cameron Parish; Creole Nature Trail All- American Road, Calcasieu and Cameron Parish; Lake Charles Memorial Hospital; Sideline National Support Network Experience: Successfully facilitated federal, state and foundation grants; has coordinated capital and endowment campaigns; and has earned nearly two dozen national awards and designations for clients through program development and management.


Hanny Risor
Coordinating and Development Corporation
P.O. Box 37005
Shreveport, La. 71133-7005
Office: (318) 632-2022
Fax: (318) 632-2099

Client: Several Parishes and Municipalities in Northwest Louisiana

Experience: LCDBG Grants, Economic Development Matters


Lynne W. Jenner
Policy & Research Group
2561 Citiplace Court
Suite 750-192
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Office: (504) 865-0293
Fax: (504) 865-0293
Email: ljenner@policyandresearch.com
Website: www.policyandresearch.com

Clients: City of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge General Hospital, Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations (LANO), Big Buddy Program (nonprofit), Renaissance Home for Youth (nonprofit), Metro Health.

Experience: Received over $20 million through competitive grant applications in 4 years for such diverse projects as nonprofit capacity building, after-school programs, mentoring at-risk youth, mental health in the criminal justice system, HIV/AIDS prevention programming, litter abatement, small business training, fire department infrastructure, safe schools/healthy students, animal spay & neutering program.

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Donna Jennings
City of Denham Springs
P.O. Box 1629
Denham Springs, La. 70727
Office: (225) 667-8308
Fax: (225) 667-8333
Email: djennings@bellsouth.net

Clients: City of Denham Springs, Livingston Parish Government

Experience: Council on Aging, American Red Cross, Youth and Family Counseling Services, Army Recruiting, D. S. Arts Council, Main Street Organization, D. S. Garden Club, OEP, D. S. Green DEQ, Wal-Mart grants, Entergy


Laurie London
American Marketing Concepts, Inc.
315 St. John Street
Kaplan, LA 70548
Office: (337) 643-3700
Fax: (337) 643-6872
Email: kap01313@kaplantel.net or Llondon783@aol.com

Clients: Cameron Parish Police Jury, Cameron Parish Fire District #7, Louisiana State Games, Vermillion Arts Council.

Experience: National Senior Certified Grant Writer, Reviewer and Administrator, Over 6 million dollars of grant awards and over 15 years experience writing and administering grants.


Tim Mader
Mader Engineering
3909 W. Congress St. #101
Lafayette, La. 70506
Office: (337) 989-8047
Fax: (337) 989-3219 Email: tmader@madereng.com Clients: City of Rayne, City of Crowley, Village of Estherwood, Village of Morse, Town of Church Point, Acadia Parish Police Jury Experience: Capitol Outlay request, BOR Matching Fund Grant, DOTD Enhancement Grants, Governor’s Office of Rural Development, LCDBG Economic Development Grants Richard Minville Minville & Associates, Inc. 114 East Lafayette St. Abbeville, La. 70510 Office: (337) 261-1002 Fax: (337) 898-8788 Email: minvielle@eatel.net Clients: Abbeville, Basile, Breaux Bridge, Broussard, Cankton, Carencro, Cheneyville, Church Point, Crowley, Delcambre, Duson, Elton, Erath, Fenton, Grand Coteau, Gueydan, Iowa, Jeanerette, Kaplan, Krotz Springs, Leonville, Loreauville, New Iberia, Maurice, Parks, Scott, Sulphur, Sunset, Welsh, Westlake, Youngsville, Iberia Parish Government, Vermilion Parish Police Jury Experience: Has been performing professional grant writing and grant administration since 1979. Specializes in securing state and federal funding for municipalities and parish governments primarily for water, sewer, street, drainage, buildings, recreation projects etc. (Mostly all infrastructure projects). Currently administering 148 Louisiana Community Development Block Grants totaling over $65,500,000.00 Susan Reed United Way of SWLA 1308 Louisiana Ave. Lake Charles, La. 70601 Office: (337) 439-8566 Email: shreed@bellsouth.net Clients: Calcasieu Parish School Boards, Imperial Calcasieu, Cameron Communications, Calcasieu Arts and Humanities Council, United Way of Life SWLA, West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital Experience: Twenty five years of grant writing experience. Largest award to date 427,000 from Rural Utilities Services, US Dept. of Agriculture. Has presented workshops and hands on activities to train others in grant writing. Lloyd Rochon Rochon and Associates 512 Monarch Drive Carencro, La. 70506 Office: (337) 278-0527 Fax: (337) 896-0890 Email: erochon@bellsouth.net Clients: Town of Broussard, Scott, Carencro, Duson, Youngsville, all in Lafayette Parish and the unincorporated area of the parish as well. Experience: Writes and administers grants. See list of clients above. Sue Rountree St. Tammany Parish Government P.O. Box 628 Covington, LA 70460 Office: (985)898-3016 Fax: (985)898-5227 Email: suer@stpgov.org Clients: St. Tammany Parish Government and its components, St. Tammany Parish Veterans Foundation Experience: Two years full-time grant manager with St. Tammany Parish ; Prior experience writing tax protest for corporations. Thomas Smith 622 Foster Dr. Marksville, La. 71351 Office: (318) 253-6848 Email: tssmith@kricket.net Clients: Avoyelles Parish School Boards Experience: Successfully written and received grants on behalf of the Avoyelles Parish School System. Jesse J. Turner Jesse J. Turner & Associates Newellton, La. 71357 Office: (318) 467-2169 Fax: (318) 467-5170 Email: jt75stingray@yahoo.com Clients: Hollandale School District, Hollandale, Ms.; 6th Judicial District Attorney Office Experience: Twenty years experience and over 4 million in grant awards in the last six years. Robbie Waxman P.O. Box 14364 Monroe, La. 71207-4364 Office: (318) 387-9225 Clients: Lake Providence Experience: Sewer Projects- LCDBG, Housing Projects


 

Robert Waxman Waxmans, III P.O. Box 14364 Monroe, LA 71201 Office: 318/387-9225 Fax: 318/387/9751 rwaxman@bayou.com

David Waxman Beth Waxman Waxmans, III P.O. Drawer 900 Jasper, TX 75951 Office: 409/384-3458 Fax: 409/384-5719 beth.waxman@sbcglobal.net davidjwaxman@sbcglobal.net

CLIENTS:  City of Bastrop, Beauregard Parish Police Jury, Village of Bonita, Village of Collinston, Town of Delhi, City of DeRidder, East Carroll Parish Police Jury, Village of Epps, Village of Hall Summit, Town of Jonesboro, Town of Jonesville, Town of Lake Providence, Village of Mer Rouge, Town of Merryville, Town of Montgomery, Village of Oak Ridge, Town of Oberlin, Village of Pioneer, Town of Rayville, Richland Parish Police Jury, Town of St. Joseph, City of Tallulah, Town of Oak Grove, West Carroll Parish Police Jury, and the City of West Monroe.

 

EXPERIENCE:  The partnership of WAXMANS, III is a small business enterprise specializing in the preparation and administration of Community Development Block Grants in the State of Louisiana.  The firm has two offices; one in Monroe, Louisiana and one in Jasper, Texas which services the Southwest Louisiana Area.  Each of the Partners possesses years of experience in all facets of the CDBG program including, but not limited to, Application Preparation, Labor Standards, Real Property Acquisition, Equal Opportunity/Fair Housing, Environmental Assessment, Project Construction Management and Closeout Procedures.

 

David J. Waxman, Managing General Partner performed grant application preparation, many real property acquisitions under the Uniform Real Property and Relocation Act, including such situations as acquiring rights-of-way for water lines through donation, to voluntary acquisition of water well sites, to full Uniform Act Acquisitions, including appraisal for housing sites.  In addition, Mr. Waxman has completed more than 500 Environmental Assessments for CDBG projects, set up the Administrative process for more than 500 Louisiana and Texas CDBG projects, including financial management requirements, handled contract amendments, been involved in over 250 force account projects, overseen more than 350 construction projects done through the Bid/Contract process, provided Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Administration and completed over 100 project closeouts.  Mr. Waxman has prepared over 1,000 Grant Applications for Community Development projects, including fire, streets, water, sewer, housing, sanitary landfills and a wide variety of other projects, including Economic Development Projects.

 

Beth Waxman’s 30 years of experience includes approximately 600 projects working with such Federal/State agencies as HUD, EDA, USDA, DOA, ORCA, and the Water Development Board, as well as locally funded projects financed by revenue and tax bonds.  Project types include water, sewer, highway, bridges, buildings including community centers, governmental, industrial/commercial, private prisons and economic development infrastructure.  Her work efforts include the design, development and implementation of an instructional manual and computer aided training for Davis-Bacon Law and Related Acts required by federally assisted construction projects.  Additionally, all Employee Hiring requirements are covered meeting both Federal (Homeland Security) and State requirements.  Other efforts include assisting contractors in enrolling in Homeland Security Pilot Program.

 

Robert Waxman, the third Partner, has nineteen years of extensive experience in all aspects of Grant Preparation and CDBG Administration, including Acquisition, Fair Housing/Equal Opportunity, Administrative Records Set-up, Construction Administration, Government Liaison and Project Closeout.