Your mission is expanding. Your grant function
should be too.
Many nonprofits reach a point where current funders are maxed out, staff bandwidth is stretched, and the next stage of growth requires new funding relationships, not just better applications.
That is where strategic grant writing support comes in.
Who this is for
This engagement is designed for expanding nonprofits, typically organizations with operating budgets of $2M–$5M, whose leaders are ready to grow their foundation funding but lack the internal capacity to do it well.
If any of these sound familiar, you may be in the right place:
Your current funders are tapped out and you need new prospecting
Grant writing falls to staff who are already at capacity
You have had inconsistent grant revenue and want something more dependable
You are expanding into new program areas and need to tell that story compellingly
What we Build Together
The first phase of every retainer engagement mirrors the foundation-building work we do in our group coaching program. We handle documentation, budgets, strategy, and build a custom prospect database for you.
From there, the engagement shifts into active, sustained grant writing: 12–18 foundation grant applications and letters of interest per year, grounded in fit, strategy, and compelling storytelling.
Every engagement includes:
- Foundation prospecting using proprietary research software
- Grant readiness review and documentation
- Grant funding strategy and strategic planning
- LOI and grant application writing
- A custom grant resource library and foundation database
- Monthly strategy meetings and deliverables
- Optional: full funding management system with live reporting dashboards
This isn’t one-off grant writing. It’s a dependable, managed
grant function built around your mission.
A note on how we work
Retainer engagements run 6–12 months with monthly scoped deliverables. We respond to all
emails within 48 hours.
We bring a proven, repeatable process to every engagement. It is the same process that underpins our group coaching program, done for you.
Ready to grow your foundation funding?
Retainer engagements are for organizations ready to invest in sustained, strategic grant pursuit with an experienced partner leading the work.
The next step is a conversation.
