Dreaming Big: Strategies for Grant-Seekers

Marianne Boules, MPP is the founder of Boules Consulting, a full-service social impact firm helping mission-driven companies win grants and contracts. Marianne received her bachelor's degree in Public Policy from the University of California, where she graduated at the top of her class and then received a full scholarship toward her master's degree in the same field. She started Boules Consulting shortly after graduating in 2018 after six years of working across a range of local government sector positions and in grant-funded programs. Throughout her experience as a public administrative professional, she learned to apply her inside perspective of specific funders to outside organizations seeking to partner. Since its founding, Boules Consulting has grown into a team of ten people working across various social impact causes. Together, they have raised over $32 million for impactful projects such as increasing health equity in BIPOC communities, advancing the electric vehicle revolution, and investing in underrepresented entrepreneurship.

For over 30 years, Natache has been working with social investors and nonprofits to take a step beyond traditional social solutions that manage problems and use disruptive, simple, and preventive solutions to eliminate and lessen social issues. Natache has been a noteworthy leader in the nonprofit sector from her nonprofit executive management and consulting work with leading nonprofit organizations like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C. and San Diego-based nonprofits like Mission Edge, RISE San Diego, and the Multicultural Health Foundation. She has managed and educated nonprofits with budgets from $5,000 to $20 million.

Natache is a Nonprofit Educator with RISE San Diego pioneering Solution Learning Labs to teach urban leaders how to transform nonprofit business development theories into real-world practice. Currently, she is launching the Solutions Incubator to revitalize attention on eliminating social problems to scale disruptive, prevention, and simple solutions.

Kevin has more than 35 years of experience in nonprofit leadership and fundraising. He has guided organizations in management reorganization, campaign preparation and major and annual giving program design. He provides strategic planning assistance and board leadership development. He specializes in corporate and foundation fundraising, major gifts, campaign management, and annual giving.