Support for every stage of the funding lifecycle
Whether you need one priority grant written or a partner across your entire portfolio, our six service areas work together — from initial idea to final closeout.
Strategic Planning
Define your vision, align your team, and chart a realistic path to growth. Facilitated short- and long-term planning that doubles as the strategic backbone for future funding.
Includes
- Strategic Planning Facilitation — short- and long-term sessions tailored to organizational goals
- Growth Planning — expansion strategies, new program development, and market positioning
Research & Community Assessment
Community needs assessments, feasibility studies, stakeholder engagement, and data analysis — evidence that grounds your programs and strengthens every proposal.
Includes
- Market & Industry Analysis — trends, best practices, competitors, and impact case studies
- Stakeholder Engagement — surveys, interviews, and focus groups
- Feasibility & Gap Analysis — needs assessments, readiness assessments, feasibility studies
- Data Analysis & Synthesis — quantitative and qualitative data turned into actionable insight
Project Development
Turning priorities and early-stage concepts into well-defined, actionable projects — with the scope, resources, coordination, and planning needed to move forward.
Includes
- Project Scoping — defining purpose, scope, objectives, activities, and intended outcomes
- Readiness & Gap Assessment — identifying missing information, documentation, technical needs, dependencies, and barriers
- Budget & Implementation Planning — developing project costs, timelines, milestones, resource needs, and implementation strategies
- Technical Coordination — coordinating engineers, planners, consultants, organizational staff, and other specialists to bring project components together
- Partnership Development — identifying and coordinating the partners, roles, commitments, and resources needed for execution
- Funding Alignment — positioning developed projects for appropriate funding opportunities and identifying potential sequencing or funding-stack needs
Grant Writing & Funding Strategy
End-to-end support to identify, secure, and structure diverse funding streams across programs, operations, and capital projects.
Includes
- Grant Prospect Research — federal, state, local, and private opportunities aligned to your goals
- Multi-Source Funding Stack Design — sequencing grants, loans, tax credits, and philanthropy
- Grant Application Development & Review — full drafting or compliance review of your drafts
- Contract & RFP Response Development — government and private-sector proposals
- Loan Packaging & Tax Credit Applications — financing beyond grants
RFP Development & Procurement Support
Full lifecycle solicitation support that keeps your procurement competitive, compliant, and fair — and defensible to funders and auditors.
Includes
- RFP Development & Compliance — scopes of work, instructions, and evaluation criteria
- Process Design — timelines, publishing protocols, and standardized scoring rubrics
- Review Facilitation — coordinated, neutral scoring sessions with your committee
- Procurement Support — vendor vetting, communication, and award notifications
Grant Management & Compliance
Post-award administration done right: 2 CFR 200 compliance, funder reporting, award amendments, and clean closeouts that keep your portfolio in good standing.
Includes
- Regulatory Review & Compliance — award terms, 2 CFR 200, and funder-specific regulations
- Financial & Performance Monitoring — ongoing review of spending, deliverables, and milestones to keep awards on track
- Financial & Performance Reporting — mandatory reports that meet funder requirements
- Award Revisions & Amendments — scope, budget, and timeline changes
- Grant & Contract Closeout — reconciliation and end-of-award compliance
One partner, start to finish
Most clients start with a single need — a grant deadline, an assessment, a plan — but funding works best as a system. Our services are designed to hand off to each other: research feeds strategy, strategy shapes programs, programs win grants, and compliance keeps them funded.
Not sure where to start?
Tell us what you're working toward. We'll recommend the right starting point — and give you a clear, project-specific estimate before any work begins.
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