John C. Drew

Dr. Drew is an innovative pioneer in the new field of lightning fast grant writing. Since 1994, he has raised over $54 million for charities including the Los Angeles SPCA, Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, and SOKA University. Dr. Drew is an advocate of speeding up grant writing process by using voice recognition software. This one technique can improve a grant writer's effectiveness by 300%.  Since speaking is three times faster than typing, voice recognition software allows grant writers to speed up the process of creating new documents, responding to on-line applications, and inserting boilerplate information.

Dr. Drew brings a breathtaking energy, enthusiasm, and expertise to his public speaking.  He is a former political science and business school professor with a Ph.D. from Cornell University in government and public policy.  In 1989, he won the William Anderson Award from the American Political Science Association for the best doctoral dissertation in the nation in the field of federalism, state and local government.  He is a published author in the field of child protection and child welfare programs.

As a public speaker, Dr. Drew taught his Lightning Fast Grant Writing Techniques courses at colleges and universities throughout California including

• Antelope Valley College
• College of the Canyons
• Cuyamaca College
• Chaffey College
• Gavilan College
• Glendale College
• Irvine Valley College
• Long Beach City College
• Los Angeles Harbor College
• Los Angeles Southwest College
• Mira Costa College
• Santa Ana College
• Rio Hondo College
• Riverside College
• University of Riverside

Outside of California, Dr. Drew has been invited to teach his grant writing fundamentals and intermediate grant writing workshops in Pittsburg, PA in October, 2009.  He spoke at the 5th Annual International Civic Education Conference in December, 2009 in Nashville, TN.  He appeared at the Neighborhoods, USA Conference in May, 2010 in Little Rock, AR. He was also a featured speaker at the Neighborhoods, USA Conference in May, 2011 in Anchorage, AK. 

Internationally, he has been invited to provide his state-of-the-art grant writing workshop in China (2004), Phillipines (2005) and Egypt (2008) and Afghanistan (2008). 

In each of his workshops, Dr. Drew personalizes his workbook, class handouts, and presentation to speed up the grant writing process by highlighting the top 10 local foundation funders and the types of projects most likely to be funded in the local area.  His presentations touch on all the senses and use music, animation, PowerPoint presentations, humor, role play exercises, props, the Internet, and other tools to create a vivid, memorable and life-changing experience for workshop participants.  Dr. Drew also speeds up grant writing by providing participants with links to relevant samples of winning letters of inquiry and winning grant applications.  At the root of his presentation is the bold suggestions that grant writing must change to embrace the latest technology needed to speed up the grant writing process.  This way, charities will be able to move quickly when funding opportunities suddenly arise. 

Dr. Drew teaches his Lightning Fast Grant Writing Techniques as a one to two hour interactive presentation.  He is the author of A Really Great Booklet on Grant Writing, The Nine Greatest Pathways for Profiting from Grants, and A Really Great Booklet on Fundraising. 

What others say about John C. Drew, Ph.D.

"I am very proud to be a student of Dr. Drew's grant writing techniques."

"Very helpful workshop. Dr. Drew is a great instructor with valuable and real world experience." 

"This workshop was very informative. I learned more information about grant research than I expected."

"Informative and eye opening."

"Great!"

"Excellent! Every session is chocked full of knowledge."

Non-profit clients of Drew & Associates include Art-A-Fair • Casa de Amma • Caritas • Coastline College • Delhi Center • Doorway to Solutions • Elwyn • Financial & Estate Literacy • Golden West College • Hope 4 Kids • Hanmi Family Counseling Center • Jewish Family Services of Orange County • JohnC Art Ballet • Mount of Olives Lutheran Church • Music Theater West • NCADD-OC • Orange Coast College • Pacific Justice Institute • Petersen Automotive Museum • PRIDE • Quiet Waters Ministries • Rio Hondo College • Rocket Science Tutors • Santiago Canyon College • Serna Academy • Shakespeare At Play • Soka University of America • Summit Christian College • William Saroyan International Foundation