Kristen Roeters

GRANTS MANAGER
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Kristen Roeters serves as the Grants Manager at Ideos Institute, overseeing all of Ideos’ grants management and strategy efforts. She has spent the better part of her professional career working for foundations and ministries within the cross-cultural arena.

Kristen Roeters is also the Founder and CEO of Global Grant Strategies (GGS), a grant strategies and solutions company helping U.S. and international organizations successfully tell their stories to financial and organizational partners.

Prior to founding GGS, Kristen’s work included program development, advocacy for orphan and vulnerable children (OVC), grant writing and training, and program review/evaluation. For 17 years, Kristen worked at Bethany Christian Services (BCS); 12 years working alongside staff in Albania, Kosovo and Ukraine on behalf of OVC, and 6 years developing BCS’ foundations/grants portfolio and training. Kristen also spent 6 years in the “foundation world”, identifying, evaluating, and communicating funding opportunities in the Balkans, Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.

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