Proposals & Grants
Funding requests that win. Grant packages, major donor proposals, and pipeline management.
MAKE IT EASY TO SAY YES.
A proposal has one job: make it easy for a funder to say yes.
That means leading with what they care about rather than what you need, showing your work with real numbers, and being specific about what the money buys. We write proposals for a living, and we write them the way funders read them.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Grant Writing Packages
Foundation requests built around each funder’s stated priorities — narrative, budget, and attachments, drafted and revised with your team. We know the funders that matter most to organizations like yours, including the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, and we’ll tell you when a funder isn’t a realistic fit.
Major Donor Proposals
Custom materials for a specific person and a specific ask. A transformative gift is never won with a generic document. It’s won by showing one donor exactly how their money changes something they already care about.
Pipeline
Management
Cultivation and tracking plans that move donors from prospect to partner. We build the moves-management structure, define the next step for every relationship, and set up tracking your team will actually maintain.
HOW THIS WORKS.
Engagement shape
Per proposal, or an ongoing package across a grant season. Your team supplies the program detail and budget; the writing is ours. You keep the submitted proposals plus a reusable narrative library, and we set up reporting calendars and renewal strategy so a first grant becomes a second.
Who this is for
We work with policy and advocacy organizations — state think tanks, legal advocacy funds, and issue campaigns — and with nonprofits across education, the arts, and human services. This page is for organizations with a strong program and nobody with time to write, teams whose grant revenue has flattened, and anyone preparing a major ask they can’t afford to get wrong.
Let’s talk.
Thirty minutes, no obligation. Bring the opportunity you’re weighing and we’ll tell you honestly whether it’s worth pursuing.