ABOUT
Bio
Isabel A. Milkovich, GPC, MA, provides government grant proposal strategy and development for services such as climate resilience, affordable housing, workforce development, education, and agriculture. They have raised over $115 Million for public services since 2017. Isabel started IAM Grants Consulting, LLC, in 2022 to help nonprofits and communities thrive through government grant development, program development, and consortium management.
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Isabel brings a justice and equity lens to all their work and espouse the ten principles of Community-Centric ​
Fundraising. They strive to center the voices of people of the Global Majority, people identifying as LGBTQ, and people living with disabilities. Isabel lives these DEI values by collaborating with clients to increase the flow of public funding to communities that have been negatively impacted by past or current public policies in order to mitigate the effects of these policies. Isabel identifies as neurodivergent, white, and demigender.
Isabel holds the Grant Professional Certified (GPC) credential from the Grant Professionals Association and a Master’s degree in English from l’Université Grenoble-Alpes in France. They are a mentor with the Grant Professionals Association and a volunteer with the Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project.
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Isabel is a mentor with the Grant Professionals Association and a volunteer with the Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project. Isabel was recently voted onto the City of Bend’s Affordable Housing Advisory Committee. When they’re not working or volunteering, you can find them outside hiking, skiing, kayaking, or gardening, and always practicing Leave No Trace principles.
Experience
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
$45 Million+ in Project-Based Section 8 Contracts (HAP)
U.S. Department of Commerce
$51 Million for a Regional Technology and Innovation Hub
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U.S. Department of the Treasury
$3 Million in Capital Magnet Funds
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
$750,000 in Beginning Farmer and Rancher Programs
$170,000 for Emergency Rural Health Care
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
$221,398 for Refugee Resettlement
Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority
$10.5+ in Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC)
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Washington Department of Commerce
$3 Million in Community Reinvestment Projects
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Future Ready Oregon
$1 Million in Innovation in Workforce Programs
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Oregon Department of Human Services
$554K in Survivor Investment Partners funding
$700,000 for Co-Navigator Services for DeafBlind Individuals
Credentials
Grant Professional Certified, 2024-2027
Grant Professionals Association
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MA Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, 2020
l'Université Grenoble-Alpes, France
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BA English Literature, 2013
Montana State University, Montana
Summiting the highest peak in the Chartreuse Mountains, French Alps.
Hiking Black Butte in Central Oregon.
Volunteer Experience
​Grant Professionals Association
Mentor
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Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project
Restoration Planning Committee
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City of Bend, OR
Affordable Housing Advisory Committee
Personal Passions
​Languages
Fluent in French
Conversational Spanish
Learning Croatian
Arts & Culture
Dance
Theater
Literature
Outdoor Recreation
Hiking, camping, kayaking
Nordic skiing, snowshoeing
Gardening & Agriculture
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