Patricia Spencer has joined the Foundation team, as Grant Director. Spencer experience spans over 20-years specializing in public funding and in the administration of public grant awards. Most recently, she oversaw a grant portfolio for a large Houston area healthcare system of more than $80 million in research, education, and community service grants. While in this role, Spencer led the grant writing team for an ambitious federal grant project resulting in the largest grant award in the history of that healthcare system and one of the largest community partnership projects in TMC history.
Several funding distribution strategies designed by Spencer, operationalizing the financial and contractual aspects of the award, were adopted by the funding agency as standard practice for all grant recipients.
Spencer broad background and historical knowledge of public and private funded services have been instrumental in her ability to increase the operational capacity and revenue of non-profits and local government social and healthcare programs.
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Spencer has managed grant programs in a variety of areas, such as: youth mentoring, domestic violence supportive housing, employment training and counseling services, community coordination of homeless services, elderly and physical disability support services, disabled and human services transit services, Federally Qualified Health Center finance and service line capacity building, mental health and substance abuse in-patient operations, and out-patient healthcare services. The most recent application of her professional skills has been in Houston area healthcare systems.
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