Work

“Kellen and I have worked together on several affordable housing projects. He is organized, diligent, and committed!”
- Ginger Segel, GS Consulting

Project Management

Day-to-day task management and support
Project visualization and planning
Stakeholder and team engagement

Your projects depends on effective communication.

Whether it’s ongoing support or one-off projects, I help clients establish realistic team expectations, manage internal and external communication, and support stakeholder engagement.

Grant Writing

Private and public grant research
Detailed technical and narrative writing
Post-award grant management

The money is out there, but how do you secure it for your project?
I have successfully earned my clients over $2.5 million from grant awards towards affordable housing and clean energy projects.

Through detail-oriented project managing I can help you apply for funding and be there with you when you’re awarded.

Energy Analysis

Building-energy performance modeling
Energy production and off-grid modeling
Agricultural renewable energy design

From contractors to farmers to utility managers, my energy analysis has provided our clients with the ability to take a confident step forward.

I offer high level building-energy performance modeling that highlight the opportunities for advancements in energy generation and efficiency.

Annual Highlights

2025: Grant Management :
East African Community Services

East African Community Services fills gaps in the lives of many throughout King County, WA: childcare, language support, affordable housing, etc. We’ve been able to both support securing grant funding to pursue a clean energy microgrid at their new housing development, and to lead the necessary grant management to ensure that they are receiving the attention and expertise required to meet their targets.

While working with multiple parties with deep technical expertise, we’ve kept projects moving towards
the fundamental goal of supporting the families being served by EACS.

2024: Community-Based Organization Grant:
Chimacum Commons

Working with the Olympic Housing Trust, we are addressing affordable housing for our local farming and food system workers on the Olympic Peninsula. Partnered with the Jefferson Land Trust, we are moving ahead on the Chimacum Commons project as an innovative approach to rural affordable housing for a critical workforce.

As a team, we secured a $197,000 grant for pre-development costs through the Department of Commerce.
Read about this grant and our work here.

*Battery Energy Storage System in Tulalip*

2024: Clean Energy Installation:
Tulalip Village of Hope

Solar panels and batteries were funded and installed for the Tulalip Tribes’ Village of Hope following the successful 2023 grant with Department of Commerce’s Solar + Storage For Resilient Communities program. This system will be used during frequent power outages and bridge the energy needs so that this rural, supportive neighborhood can keep doing their great work in all seasons. Read about this collaborative project here.

In 2024, I was honored to secure 9 awards for housing and energy projects totaling more than $550,000.

2023: Solar + Storage for Resilient Communities and Community Solar Expansion: Five Grant Awards

In collaboration with GS Consulting, I helped lead our team in submitting and being awarded on five grant applications to the Department of Commerce’s first ever Solar + Storage for
Community Resiliency fund. These collected awards, worth more than $600,000, will help
nonprofits, tribes, and local governments pay for critical energy storage systems to build resilience in the face of an uncertain energy future. Additionally, with my clients I was able to secure two successful grants for solar installation worth over $200,000 from Washington State University’s new community solar program.

*Dundee Hill Community Homes, Port Townsend*

2023: Housing Trust Fund and CHIP:
Olympic Housing Trust

I was proud to support the Olympic Housing Trust in their successful applications to the Dept of Commerce’s Housing Trust Fund and CHIP programs. Together, we were awarded over $570,000! These large grants will help this community land trust organization provide five units of permanently affordable housing in Jefferson County for the Dundee Hill project. Dundee Hill will be the first of its kind and emphasizes green development standards throughout the project, as well as the inclusion of a neighboring community garden which residents will have an opportunity to join.

In 2023, my grant writing and project managing earned my clients a total of $1.7 million in grant awards from 14 successful grants applications.

"New Story Studio was a key collaborator of ours as we developed the Beneficial Electrification Toolkit. Just about every element of the Toolkit was improved thanks to Kellen, who helped us standardize the content so it looks and feels like a comprehensive, cohesive resource."
- Dan Bresette, President, Environmental and Energy Study Institute