Maddie Zeigler, M.Ed., has been in the nonprofit world for nearly 30 years first as a program developer and now as a professional grant writer, to date securing well over $80 million dollars in grants on behalf of her clients. Her career began at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. While there, she learned the foundation of grant development through the Grantsmanship Center and served as the museum’s in-house grant writer for over a decade. She went on to start her own grant writing consulting business.
A veteran writer of local, state, federal and foundation grant proposals, Maddie has developed a unique approach for designing viable programs and for writing compelling narratives. She recently founded Grantli, an free online educational platform for the grant development process.
She is also a charter member of the Grant Professionals Association. A Puerto Rico native, she currently resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico.