About Us
J. G. Poll & Associates is a full service grant proposal writing firm offering comprehensive and competitive grant writing services for nonprofit agencies. Their writers have a strong record of garnering funds for innovative projects and specialize in the fields of health and disabilities, children and youth, and human and social services. Securing grant awards from federal agencies (HRSA, CMS, CDC, ACF, SAMHSA, DOJ), as well as from private and corporate foundations is a specialty. Nationally recognized or affiliate associations, community-based agencies, hospitals, health systems, and local government are ideal client fits.
Grant writing is an active, dynamic, and all-encompassing process. A successful grant writer needs to have a broad base of experience, be highly creative, and think strategically. These are precisely the skill sets the firm’s writers bring to their clients.
J. G. Poll & Associates can customize any of the services listed below to meet your specific needs.
Specialties:
Proposal writing (federal applications, as well as private and corporate foundations)
Program design and development
Consultation and coaching
Proposal review and evaluation
Trainings, seminars, and conference presentations
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We know that finding the right grant proposal writer to represent you is a choice not to be taken lightly. That’s why we offer free consultations to walk you through your needs, the scope of your goals, and your budget.
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Who We Are
Principal
Joyce Golbus Poll
Joyce is the principal of J. G. Poll & Associates and has been writing winning proposals for over twenty years. She began the firm in 2004 and consistently helps her clients achieve new heights.
Joyce’s passion for the field has been integral to her accomplishments. Early in her career, she began one of the first infant-parent centers in Illinois for children under three years of age with special needs. She continued from that point forward to achieve significant success in securing funding for high-profile initiatives. Highlights of her original works include:
Conceptualizing, creating, and receiving seed funding for MedAccess Chicago, a free pharmaceutical access program for the uninsured (pre-Affordable Care Act).
Conceptualizing and authoring one of two Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) proposals funded in Illinois for homeless youth in shelters; it was one of only four proposals funded in the country within that category.
Conceptualizing, creating, and receiving seed funding for the Pediatric Community Re-Integration Program, an innovative collaborative among three prominent hospitals.
Prior to founding J. G. Poll & Associates, Joyce held senior management positions at Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago, Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital, and CommunityHealth, a free clinic for the uninsured. Her unique blend of three backgrounds—as a chief executive officer, as a fundraiser, and as a program administrator – gives clients a clear-cut advantage when it comes to proposal writing. Joyce possesses an extraordinary wealth of skills, with particular specialization in the fields of social and human services, children and youth, and public health.