Grant Staff Mokena, IL

03/13/2026

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Recognition

02/25/2026

Looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Grant Administrator to join our team and help support our growing portfolio of nonprofit clients. This role assists with the full grant lifecycle, including funding research, proposal preparation, submission tracking, and client coordination. Our ideal candidate has strong writing and organizational skills, excellent attention to detail, and an interest in supporting mission-driven organizations.

Start Date: April 1
Employment Type: 1099
Location: Hybrid role based in Orland Park (initial training conducted in-office)

Please email [email protected] for more information and include your resume and cover letter.

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01/31/2026

I am honored to share that I recently partnered with Jennifer Brogee to publish our first paper, titled "When Nonprofits Flounder: Practical Strategies for Cultivating Board Engagement and Courageous Followership." As founders of nonprofit and for-profit organizations, Jennifer and I, despite working in different states and pursuing different missions, discovered striking similarities in the challenges we faced. These shared experiences inspired us to explore and recommend actionable strategies to cultivate courageous followership and advance organizational purpose and community impact.

Guided by Ira Chaleff's courageous followership model, our paper presents evidence-based strategies for nonprofit leaders to encourage board members, executives, and staff to practice courageous followership. This concept is defined as wholehearted engagement in ethically supporting one another while holding one another accountable to the organization's mission. The article appears in The Research Roundtables Journal through the Regent University School of Business & Leadership.

We are deeply grateful to Dr. Mike Linville and Dr. Patricia Johnson at Indiana Wesleyan University for their thoughtful feedback, to Dr. Robert Huizinga and Dr. Michael Ferber for chairing the roundtable, and to Dr. Bruce Winston for his service as journal editor. I also extend special appreciation to Ezekiel Leonard, whose invaluable feedback continues to motivate and encourage me.

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01/26/2026

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12/11/2025

This week Grant Staff Inc. earned over $3,000,000 for our clients. It is absolutely amazing when grants that large come in. But, honestly, the grant for $250 this week which will provide food for local families, is just as much needed, and life-changing. To our staff that consistently gives everything to earn these awards, and works through lunch because besides writing and submitting grants they are sorting 3000 toys that are heading out to the local community this week and next. So proud and honored to work with you all!

11/27/2025

So grateful for the many missions, Grant Staff, Inc. and Mission Meals has the honor to partner with. So many individuals whose lives have been saved because others care. It’s both a privilege and a burden because there is always just one more. Feeling grateful for our staff, our team of volunteers, and donors.

11/11/2025

The One Love Global Wellness Foundation would like to thank the Ronald J. Grotovsky Mayors Charitable Foundation for the generous contribution to support our Mission Meals program that we received at the Village of Mokena Board Meeting last night. As a program located in Mokena and serving its residents and the surrounding area, we appreciate the support of our local government leaders. Thank you for helping us feed people in need in our community. Our next meal will be on December 9. Please call for reservations at 708-479-6613.

11/08/2025

Mission Meals is kicking-off our busiest time of year. For our friends, so many need extra food this month and we are trying to help as many additional families as we can. If you would like to help, gift cards to food stores are amazing. It allows the famies to purchase the items that are not donated such as eggs-milk-cheese, etc.

Mission Meals provides resouces and gives our community friends hope and caring. We are incredibly thankful for our donors and volunteers, together we are making a difference. I am honored and grateful for you all 🍁🍁🍁

09/03/2025

Best Consultant based on client reviews! So proud of our team; Changing the World One Grant at a Time !

07/11/2025

PhD Residency. Gonna change the world !

02/18/2025

Exciting News!

Mission Meals will host a community dinner on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at St. John United Church of Christ Community Center, located at 11100 2nd Street in Mokena.

In addition to the dinner catered by EggCetera Café, Mission Meals will distribute grocery bags and gift cards to those in need.

The April 8th event will also include the opportunity for participants to learn line dancing from professional dancers Silviu Turcan and Yulia Nam. Husband and wife team Silviu and Yulia are excited to share their love of dance with Mission Meals participants and to provide a fun, uplifting activity during the Mission Meals event. Silviu and Yulia are World DanceSport Federation American Rhythm champions and two-time National Dance Council of America Rising Star silver medalists. Silviu and Yulia are professional dance instructors at My Dance Hub in Oak Brook and Naperville. My Dance Hub teaches a full complement of ballroom dance styles and welcomes everyone with an interest in ballroom dancing at any skill level.

To make a reservation please call 708 479-6613!