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I help nonprofits secure funding and build strategies that actually work. Over the past two years, I have helped raise more than $700,000 in grant funding for mission-driven organizations. I’ve worked with nonprofits operating at a range of sizes, from small grassroots budgets around $10,000 to established organizations managing up to $1.5 million. That range has shaped my ability to tailor grant strategies that are realistic, competitive, and sustainable at each stage. My background in nonprofit leadership and development means I don’t just write strong proposals, I understand how to position your work in a way that aligns with funder priorities and your organization’s real capacity. I’ve led grant writing, built fundraising systems, and supported organizations through key growth stages, including launching new programs and expanding services. I know what it takes to move from ideas to funded, sustainable work. I can support with grant research, full proposal development, editing, fundraising strategy, donor communications, and program framing. My experience spans refugee support, housing and homelessness, food access, arts organizations, children and families, education-based programs, and healthcare initiatives. I am skilled at translating complex, on-the-ground work into clear, compelling narratives that resonate with funders. Clients value that I am strategic, efficient, and dependable. I communicate clearly, meet deadlines, and produce work that moves funding forward. If you are looking for someone who can step in quickly, understand your organization, and deliver high-quality grant work with real results, I’d be glad to connect. Other Credentials: MA, Counseling, BA, Psychology, CFRE (certified fundraising executive June 2026)

Director and Senior Social Media Specialist: 04/2013—10/2022 Medivizor | remote 06/2024—present Communications consultant (freelance) 08/2022—Present Hoffman Scientific Communications Consulting Clients include: ● Creative Circle— (remote, part-time) 02/2025—Present Health Communications Consultant for LifeSci Communications—provide expert guidance when needed to Social Media team ● ContentMX —(remote, part-time) 08/2024—11/2024 Copywriter: for a content marketing platform that helps businesses improve sales by providing high-quality content that can be used in blogs, newsletters, and social media campaigns. ● Pathways to Trust—(remote, part-time) 06/2024—present Health Communications Strategist and Grant Writer: Developing grant proposals for a 501(c3). Building relationships with health and medical teaching organizations. ● Elevate Rare—(remote, part-time) 03/2024—present Director of Communications and Marketing: Building out a new initiative in the rare disease and complicated disease space to address the difficulties of the patient journey. Hands-on developer of multimedia aids, content strategy, patient education content, website development, social media engagement. Survey-based researcher learning the experience of rare disease care management and complicated disease patients. ● Break Through Cancer Foundation—(remote, part-time) 03/2024—05/2024 Senior Health Content Specialist: Providing scientific expertise to written communications: create public relations materials and marketing support including persuasive press release, social media, Q&A, and built media list to announce newest collaborations on cancer research. ● Creative Circle— (remote, part-time) 12/2022—01/2024 Senior DTC Medical Copywriter: at IMRE ad agency, utilized client-facing skills in health communication and health literacy for life science clients, specifically immunizations and disease control content. Created MLR compliant referenced copy. Built client relationships with client interaction, superior presentation skills and brainstorming. Worked cross-functionally to create social media content for pediatricians and parents/caregivers of children, wrote video scripts, storyboarded ads, and infographics. Fact-checking, industry and HIPAA privacy regulations, and AMA style citations. Followed creative briefs. ● nSight Works—(remote, part-time) 04/2023—01/2024 Senior Medical Copywriter: Utilized health communications skills to develop long form content, white papers, and reference materials for life science industry and genomics laboratory clients. Material created as medical education specifically for healthcare providers from technical manuscripts. ● Reef Consulting—(remote, part-time) 08/2022—10/2022 Developed an early stage, RNA-based medicine biotechnology firm’s website, wrote copy for landing pages. Worked with designer and biotechnology company team members to initiate corporate online presence. Translated complex scientific concepts for lay audiences. Senior Strategist-- Product Marketing Writer and Researcher 7/2016—7/2017 Contract through Inspire | remote Upwork Hired full-time 7/2017—01/2022 Built the first B2B website and B2B content to sell new products for Inspire with consistent brand voice, content creation, and demand generation with a focus on quality. Led and supervised digital marketing projects: Initiated business strategy development of B2B product marketing content design and plan directed at the pharmaceuticals industry. ● Product launches: Created B2B Wordpress website and content marketing strategies to generate $10MM annually in sales. ● Supervised, curated content creation and development, rich storytelling content and strategic marketing materials copyediting, and proofing through: 250 blog posts, 20 white papers, 35 infographics, 15 posters, seven sales and marketing slide decks, 10 webinars, 35 case studies, thought leadership articles, video scripts and production, eBooks, weekly emails, monthly newsletters, Wordpress web site management, progress reports, simultaneously managed and executed LinkedIn and Facebook ad campaigns, Engaged 200+ potential clients in webinars.

I focus on strategic planning, fundraising, and grant-writing, something I have done throughout my career as leader of various enterprises. I have raised well over $10 million in grants, largely for education projects, and have sometimes served on the other side of the grant process, assessing proposals and writing RFPs, and experience that has improved my success rate when responding to grant opportunities. Most recently, I created a campaign for a small arts organization, raising half a million dollars in six months, more than the organization's annual budget. In the past few years, I have written several successful proposals for workforce development, including one in data science and renewable energy in the United States, and social enterprise in Africa and the Asian subcontinent. My experience as executive director in several organizations helps me help you in thinking strategically about how to narrow your goals around what you most want to accomplish, so you can raise money to support your organization's particular capabilities.

I am a thorough, detailed, engaged, thoughtful, and conscientious researcher, writer, and editor. I have a PhD in Clinical Psychology from UCLA and a BA from UC Berkeley and 25+ years of experience in research/evaluation, project management, and writing/editing within non-profit, for-profit, and academic environments. Rigorous and Responsible Researcher I will carry out all of your research needs with accuracy, efficiency, and elegance: web research, study design, survey development, data collection, qual and quant analyses, etc. I hold a PhD in Clinical Psychology from UCLA and a BA from UC Berkeley and 20+ years of experience in research design, management, and implementation within non-profit, for-profit, and academic environments (including Director of Research and Evaluation for a large healthcare company and Associate VP of a Market Research company). Professional Writer and Editor I have a strong background writing and editing a wide variety of copy, including academic publications, research reports, grant proposals, business plans, marketing materials, websites, blogs, articles, white papers, professional communications, and presentations. I particularly excel at taking large amounts of information and streamlining into sleek synopses that highlight key points and important takeaways. I pay close attention to the needs and voices of all of my clients and am able to create strong, clear, and persuasive written content, regardless of the topic. ***** I’ve worked in many types of environments including academic, healthcare, non profits, market research, public health, government, software, small biz/start up, and large corporate (as well as food service, dry cleaning, pharmacy, delivery person, personal assistant, etc). I’ve consulted for a bunch of academic institutions and for-profit and non-profit organizations, including the National Park Service, the National Park Foundation, UC Berkeley, Stanford University and Hospital, UCSF, UCLA, the Neuropsychiatric Institute at UCLA, and the Pediatric Pain Program at the UCLA Hospital. I love big ideas and providing the structure around them to ensure their realization. I’m also a big fan of using the amazing technologies and networks that we have to connect ourselves and help support each other in enriching (and fun!) ways. QUALIFICATIONS • Strong knowledge of research methodologies and QA processes as well as ability to design, manage, and evaluate studies • Excellent writing, editing, copywriting, and presenting abilities (co-author of 14 publications and 17 conference presentations; strong background in editing proposals, business plans, reports, manuscripts, books) • Extensive experience in client development, project/data management, statistical analysis, and assessment/evaluation • Exceptional ability to problem-solve, multi-task, and achieve goals in fast-paced, high pressure situations • High level of organization, attention to detail, and accuracy • Outstanding communication/interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate effectively with all organizational levels • Thoughtful focus on customer service and responsiveness

Executive Startup Advisor & Non-Dilutive Funding Strategist | PhD | 10+ Years | $50M+ Secured | Federal Grants & Contracts | 3x Founder | TedX Speaker I remember how challenging it was to transition from a PhD scientist into an early-stage startup founder, executive, & operator. Over the past 10+ years through building start-ups myself and advising hundreds of founders, I’ve seen how difficult it can be for technical and clinical founders to turn strong science into fundable, commercially credible startups. Here’s are some resources to help secure federal grants and contracts: - Website & SBIR/STTR grant templates: keepyourequity.co - YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@stacylchin I’m an Executive Startup Advisor and Non-Dilutive Funding Strategist working with scientists, clinicians, academic PIs, and technical founders spinning high-risk, high-impact R&D innovations out of leading universities and research institutions, including Harvard, MIT, UC Berkeley, Columbia, and UCLA. I’m also a Techstars and MassChallenge mentor and have advised hundreds of early-stage founders across biotech, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, medical devices, diagnostics, AI, climate, energy, defense, and hard tech—often supporting teams tackling some of today’s most complex global challenges and navigating early fundraising and commercialization for the first time. My work focuses on advising early-stage, R&D-driven startups and helping founders make sense of early fundraising, clarify commercialization strategy, and position complex technical innovation in a way that resonates with funders, partners, and investors. I bring this perspective not only as an advisor, but also as a three-time startup founder, having built start-ups in emerging, cross-disciplinary technical spaces where there is no clear playbook. My past work has received support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, with media coverage in CNN, NBC, BBC, and The Boston Globe. I’ve secured patents, published peer-reviewed research, won pitch competitions, and held leadership roles across R&D, product development, go-to-market, sales, business development, and commercialization. Over the past decade, I’ve helped startups and research-driven teams secure $50M+ in non-dilutive (non-networked) funding across healthcare, biotech, life sciences, medical devices, and hard tech through highly competitive federal grants and contracts. One of my earliest clients was awarded one of the first $25M+ ARPA-H contracts, setting an early benchmark for large-scale non-dilutive success. I’ve also served as an SBIR reviewer for both NIH and NSF, participating in multiple study sections and evaluating proposals across technical merit, commercialization strategy, and program fit—experience that directly informs how I advise teams on building competitive funding strategies. In parallel, I run a leading YouTube channel with 10,000+ subscribers, where I teach founders and technical teams how to navigate federal funding, grants, and contracting pathways. Who I Work With & How I Help I advise: • Early-stage, R&D-driven startups and academic spin-outs • PhD scientists, clinician founders, and technical CEOs preparing for first-time fundraising • Executive teams seeking senior, science-literate strategic guidance My work is strategic and advisory, focused on: • Non-dilutive funding strategy (federal grants & contracts; SBIR/STTR) • Fundable R&D, commercialization, and narrative positioning • Pitch decks, technical white papers, and commercialization plans • Go-to-market strategy, customer discovery, and ongoing executive advisory If you’re looking for guidance on how to translate early-stage, high-impact, high-risk innovation into a credible commercialization strategy (e.g., fundraising, positioning, market analysis, go-to-market (GTM) planning), let’s chat! Executive startup advisor • Startup consultant • Non-dilutive funding strategy • Federal grants & contracts • SBIR consultant • STTR consultant • NIH grants • NSF grants • Biotech consultant • Life sciences consultant • Medical device consultant • Commercialization strategy • Go-to-market strategy • Pitch deck advisor • Technical white papers • R&D strategy • Early-stage startups • Hard tech startups

Hardworking professional experienced in all aspects of nonprofit operations. Capable of managing grants, as well as coordinating programs and projects. Looking for a new opportunities for advancement. Accomplishments: - Awarded multi-million dollar grant awards - Nearly tripled foundation revenue in three years - Oversees and manages over 50 grant awards