Meet Stephanie Y. Richey Stephanie Y. Richey is the owner and operator of Independent Grant Services. Independent Grant Services is a spin-off from The Paperchase, a company started in 1999. The Paperchase closed in 2006 and in 2009 emerged as Independent Grant Services (IGS). IGS is a consulting company that provides various grant services to individuals, corporations and non-profit organizations. Stephanie Richey has worked with various organizations in the Greater Nashville area to help promote business success through grant writing workshops, grant locating and research, and proposal writing. She has recently added to her scope of services an ACT preparation course that is free and open to the Nashville community. This 6 session course prepares high school students for the ACT test as well as assists them in submitting for various scholarship and educational grant opportunities. Raised in Nashville, Tennessee, Stephanie graduated from Hume Fogg Academic Magnet High School.  She attended Tennessee State University where she received her Bachelors degree and Masters Degree in Criminal Justice Administration. She still lives in Nashville with her son Michael and dog Frazier. In addition to grant writing, Stephanie is a fraud investigator for a local Federal program safeguard contractor. Stephanie has assisted with various community organizations (past and present) and is continuously involved in community events with organizations including but not limited to the 18th Avenue. Family Enrichment Center, Gilda’s Club of Nashville, The American Cancer Society, the Metropolitan Nashville Board of Education’s Parent Advisory Council (PAC), and the Magnet Cluster Group for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools. Her most cherished service is with the Schrader Lane Church of Christ Summer Educational Enrichment and Development (SEED) program where she has volunteered continuously since 1992 teaching and writing and directing the end of the summer program “SEED in Song”