Jake Abarca - Portfolio

$1,000,000 Grant Proposal – Community-Based Youth Development Grant

This excerpt is from a $1M proposal submitted to a regional foundation funding youth substance use prevention and racial equity. I led the narrative strategy, logic model alignment, and outcomes framing in partnership with a grassroots health access nonprofit.

The following samples represent excerpts from successful grant proposals and strategic documents I’ve written for nonprofit, health, and equity-focused organizations. To protect client confidentiality, all samples have been anonymized. These illustrate my skills in strategy alignment, narrative development, and program design for competitive funding opportunities. Full references available upon request.

$180,000 Capacity-Building Grant – Infrastructure & Local Leadership Capacity Grant

This proposal excerpt reflects a successful capacity-building request designed to support local leadership, cross-sector collaboration, and program sustainability in an under-resourced urban setting. I led the narrative framing and funding strategy, aligning the proposal with a regional equity initiative’s vision for youth and education reform.

Evaluation Plan for Youth Recovery & Reintegration

This sample is from a formal evaluation plan developed for a hospital-led school-to-rehabilitation program supporting youth recovering from brain injuries. My work included a logic model, stakeholder inclusion plan, data collection strategy, and outcome mapping to measure school reintegration, parental engagement, and health equity outcomes.

Policy Evaluation Study Design for Tobacco Policy Impact

This sample highlights a policy evaluation study designed to assess the effects of flavored tobacco product bans across multiple states. I developed a quasi-experimental research design focused on health behavior change, predictive modeling, and community-level social determinants of health metrics, tailored for a national health funder.

$200,000 Grant Proposal – Multi-Year Civic Engagement & Mentorship Grant

This proposal supported a regional initiative focused on civic engagement, youth mentorship, and capacity building for young men of color. I led the narrative development for a multi-year grant, emphasizing community partnership, cultural belonging, and policy literacy in underserved school districts.

$33,750 Grant Proposal – Financial Literacy & Investment Education Grant

This writing sample comes from a grant proposal to launch a financial literacy program for high school and college-age youth of color. The initiative integrated mentorship, personal finance curriculum, and investing simulations into a longitudinal college success framework to increase financial empowerment and intergenerational mobility.