About Us

Background Information:

Kathleen Bideaux (Kate), the managing member of KB Grants, has been designing, preparing, and submitting award-winning grant proposals and programs for nonprofits and local education agencies for more than sixteen years. Kate began her grant writing efforts as a teacher who was frustrated with the lack of available funding and wanting to provide her students with “hands-on,” creative activities and community learning experiences. Kate started writing small grants of $5,000 or less for her classroom. As her success grew, her school district created the position of grant specialist.  In that capacity, Kate helped the district initially secure over $30 million in local, state and federal grants, many of which continue to receive funding today. During her tenure, she also helped the local police department secure grants totaling over $200,000. She led the grant writing effort to secure her local United Way a $500,000 Promise Neighborhood Planning Grant.

In 2015, Kate left the school district to lead a local nonprofit where she grew its budget by over $1.4 million in just over three years, including over $700,000 annually in new government grants, $100,000 in new grants through partnership efforts, and over $100,000 in new private foundation grants.

In addition, Kate has volunteered her grant research and writing efforts to several local nonprofit and education organizations. In fact, Kate helped her children's school district secure its $2.3 million, five-year Partnerships for Student Success Grant (2015) and a $700,000, five-year 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant (2018).  

Overview of Services:

KB Grants service ensures your success by providing a suite of quality services, including a comprehensive consultation to help identify funding gaps and opportunities that results in a grant forecast calendar specific to your needs; a comprehensive grant writing work plan that includes a thorough examination of the request for proposal requirements and rubric, a project needs analysis, timelines and milestones, a cost analysis and project budget, and sustainability and evaluation plans. That’s how we ensure your success.

Mission Statements:

KB Grants' mission is to help nonprofits, schools, and civic organizations increase their communities' outcomes and opportunities.

Core Beliefs: 

KB Grants believes that the keys to grant writing success are (1) developing an innovative and sustainable project based on a researched community need; (2) establishing a close working relationship with our clients and our clients building strong partnerships within their communities; and (3) creating a viable and sustainable implementation plan based on a continuous improvement model with a strong evaluation.

The KB Grants Team

Cameron Gifford is our technical writing and editing consultant. Cameron graduated Cum Laude, and with departmental honors, receiving a bachelor's in communication with a major in multimedia journalism and an emphasis in technical writing and editing from Weber State University; he was also selected as the department's Graduate of the Year. He is an expert wordsmith, with over four years' worth of experience editing professionally written narratives, articles, and documentation for content, clarity, conventions, syntax, and overall grammatical structure and style. Cameron has previous experience working in the state legislature—first as an intern, then rehired as a consultant for the following year's legislative session—answering the Director of Communications for the Utah State Senate. Currently, Cameron also works as the Marketing and Communications Specialist for Ogden City Business Development; this role has given Cameron unique insight into how businesses operate in the Ogden/Weber region. In his role as a consultant for KB Grants, Cameron ensures every grant application is edited to perfection and, when a grant is submitted, will be factually accurate, narratively sound, and grammatically error-free.

Danielle Collier is our small nonprofit and marketing specialist. Danielle achieved her bachelor's in communication with an emphasis in civic advocacy from Weber State University and was the 2019 recipient of Weber State University's Presidential Award for Community-Engaged Alumni. She has a vast knowledge of local nonprofit organizations and connections from her volunteer and work experiences, such as the Junior League of Ogden Board of Directors, interning with the GOAL Foundation, and as the Marketing and Communications Director for Ogden Downtown Alliance. After serving in the United States Peace Corps as a Community Development Associate in North Macedonia, Danielle began working with KB Grants in July and has been a fast, eager learner, helping secure more than $150,000 for local organizations.

Hannah Bowcutt is the newest member of our team. Hannah received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Utah in 2013. Since then, she has worked extensively in the nonprofit art sector. She currently writes grants for Lantern House, northern Utah's primary homeless shelter, and plays a small role on Youth Impact's development team. Hannah enjoys writing grants for organizations working to sustain and strengthen communities in Utah. Hannah has engaging, fluent prose and is an expert in translating your organization's story into grant narratives.