Karen Franklin Consulting

Grantwriting, fundraising, and communications;$30 million in grants for health care, medical research, higher education, K-12 education, social services, and arts and culture; average success rate of over 80 percent; reputation for winning competitive grants from foundations, corporations, organizations; and high-scoring federal, state, and local government agencies. Clients include: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Performing Arts Center Eastside/Tateuchi Center, University of Washington, Cancer Research and Biostatistics, Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute, Green River College, Tacoma Power, Port Gamble/S'klallum Tribe, Cascade Bicycle Club, and others. Awards include: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Microsoft, The Kresge Foundation, Ford Foundation/Kennedy School of Government, W.M. Keck Foundation, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Labor, M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, The Seattle Foundation, The Foster Foundation; Safeco Insurance Foundation, KeyBank, Washington Arts Commission, City of Bellevue, State of Washington, and many others. Funding includes: Capital, technology, research, programs and projects, operating funds, community partnerships, fellowships, sponsorships, endowments.