Good
stewards.

At Lakeshore Connections, we help foundations maximize their investment in the well-being of the community through experienced grants management.

[ FOCUS ]

Living and breathing health and human services.

Designing and delivering programming within health and human services is as unique as it is complex. Focusing on grants management for health and human services initiatives, Lakeshore Connections leverages our field expertise to guide both foundations and grantees through this nuanced landscape.

We understand the challenges of managing multiple funding streams, reporting demands, and ever-changing state and local regulations, just to name a few. By aligning your intention for funding with the realities and requirements facing community organizations, we help set your program up for success from the very beginning.

Prevention & Wellness, Mental & behavioral health, Social Services, Youth development, Community based organizations

[ TEAM ]

Experience matters.

Lakeshore Connections is led by grant management professionals who have devoted their careers to enhancing the work of non-profits. With a combination of service delivery and management experience, we are uniquely adept at handling all types of grants.

Heidi Milch, LMSW

Executive Director

For more than 20 years, Heidi Milch has worked for and with non-profits, specializing in health and human services. MORE

In addition to organizational leadership and program development that’s essential to grants management, she helps programs thrive through analytics, technology implementation, process and quality improvement, and other innovative methods. Heidi is also the Executive Director of our parent company, CCNY, Inc., a position she has held for over a decade.

EXPERIENCE AND CREDENTIALS:

Vice President of Program Development, Gateway-Longview
Master of Social Work, SUNY Buffalo
Certified Sigma Six Black Belt holder

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Andrea Minor

Director of Grants Management

Highly regarded in her field, Andrea Minor oversees all aspects of our grants management – working closely with foundations, evaluations teams, subject matter experts, and grantees to support funding… MORE requirements and implementation. With nearly two decades of experience in process improvement across non-profit and other industries, she constantly pursues training in new skills and methodologies for the betterment of our projects.

EXPERIENCE AND CREDENTIALS:

Management Project Analyst, Erie County
Interim Director, Surgical Services and Senior Project Manager, Kaleida Health
B.A., Business (concentration in marketing), SUNY Buffalo
Administrative Supervision and Leadership Certificate Training, SUNY Buffalo School of Social Work
Six Sigma Black Belt Certification – ASQ Training

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[ SERVICES ]

Grants management with a partnership mindset.

We believe that grants management is more than providing administrative assistance and distributing funds. Our team embraces your mission and ensures that all funders and grantees are working in concert to reach the common goal.

A few ways Lakeshore Connections adds value to every facet of the program:

Adding capacity and reducing the burden on your foundation’s internal team

Streamlining complex cohort-based or multiple-organization programs

Relationship building
with grantees

Facilitating two-way
communication
and feedback

Proven service delivery

Reporting
and compliance