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Nonprofit Grant Writing — Federal, State, Foundation & Corporate

Winnable proposals, not template essays. From prospect identification through submission and reporting.

Most grants aren’t lost to a better organization — they’re lost to weak alignment, a thin theory of change, an indefensible budget, or a narrative that doesn’t answer the questions the reviewer is actually scoring against. We write to win.

What’s included

  • Prospect identification — We map federal (Grants.gov, agency-specific), state, foundation, and corporate funders against your mission and stage. No generic lists.
  • Letter of inquiry (LOI) drafting — Where funders require an LOI first, we draft to their format and language.
  • Full proposal narrative — Need statement, theory of change, program design, evaluation plan, organizational capability, sustainability — written to the funder’s scoring criteria.
  • Budget & budget justification — Realistic, defensible, audit-ready budgets with line-item justification.
  • Submission & follow-up — Portal submission, confirmation, post-award management, and reporting cycles.
  • Federal & state expertise — Including SAM.gov, UEI, indirect-cost rates, and the realities of federal pass-through funding.

What makes our grant writing different

  • We write to the funder’s rubric, not to a template. Every proposal is scored against criteria — we engineer to those.
  • Realistic budgets that can survive an audit, not aspirational ones that get flagged.
  • AI-powered prospect research that surfaces aligned opportunities most consultants miss.
  • A senior career that has secured grant funding for nonprofits across health, housing, behavioral health, civil rights and education.
How grant work is staged

A clear path from where you are to where you need to be.

Step01

Pipeline build

We assemble a 12-month grant pipeline of aligned opportunities — federal, state, foundation, corporate.

Step02

Prioritization

We rank opportunities by fit, win-probability, and total funding available, and pick which to write.

Step03

Drafting

Narrative, budget, attachments, organizational documents — all written or assembled to the funder’s format.

Step04

Submission & tracking

We submit, track, manage post-award reporting, and re-apply on renewal cycles.

Every engagement begins with a free Capacity Index.

An objective baseline of where your organization actually stands across 10 strategic domains. No obligation, no sales pitch.

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