Research, identify, and rank new regional, state, and national funding opportunities from family, private, and corporate foundations and government agencies. Includes one-page briefing documents on each funder and a tentative grants calendar for the next 12+ months with funding opportunities ranked by competitiveness and suggested next steps for each.

Prepare strategic funding requests for letters of inquiry, letters of intent, and grant applications for single- or multi-year requests for general operating support, project support, capacity building, or capital requests to family and private foundations, corporate foundations, and local, state, and federal government agencies.

Advising on various grant fundraising strategies. Assessing an organization’s grant readiness. Providing guidance on grants management and communication best practices with your funders. Strategies for creating effective data and feedback collection tools for grant reporting. Advising on how to handle organizational leadership transitions and/or grant-funded project changes with your grantor.

Review and provide feedback and edits on already written application materials.

Prepare and write interim and final grant reports.

Retainer agreements for clients wishing to submit multiple proposals over a 3-12 month period. Occasionally, additional fundraising-related writing.