From the time she was a child, Meredith Burke Hammons knew that she wanted to write and that she wanted to help people for a career. Since then, she has held various positions, teaching high school English and graduate-level research skills, working as a librarian in public and academic settings, and serving as the Assistant Director at the local office of a national education-based nonprofit.

All these experiences have prepared her for her current role — helping organizations improve their communities as a grant professional. Summers spent working for her father, a retired accountant who specialized in auditing nonprofits, taught her about nonprofit finance, budgets, and tax returns. Graduate school and student journalism taught her how to write precisely and persuasively. Work as a librarian solidified research and organizational skills.

Meredith has written grants that funded access to early educational programs at a children’s museum, employment training and independent living support for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, braille materials for students who are blind, quality caregiving for people with dementia, and so much more. She chose this work to support organizations that make their communities more responsive and compassionate. “Burke Hammons Consulting” honors both sides of Meredith’s family — her family helped develop her strengths, but more importantly, they taught her to use those strengths to empower others.

As a grants consultantcy, Burke Hammons Consulting makes your organization’s mission our own, providing support across the many parts of a successful grants program.