Tools to Effectively Secure Funds

Thoughtful preparation before hitting the ground running in pursuit of funding is the key to success.

Many small or newer organizations jump into grant writing, special events and mailings without thoughtfully prepping for success.  We review the readiness of your organization to be effective in raising money. Areas such as finance reporting, program structure and evaluation methods, sustainability, budget management and articulating past success and current needs are examples of grant writing prep 101.

We can create and expand templates for grants to outline the giving “menu” for donors—adapt request levels to specific needs within each program: create a menu of universal sponsorship needs, i.e. equipment, training scholarships, aiding a specific community, underwriting, etc. We can serve as the behind the scenes “ghost writers” to craft prepare grants for the development team for review, editing and approval to submit.

We create new materials or rejuvenate existing collateral required for grant proposals, applications for government funding, annual campaigns, events and the other opportunities to garner funding:

• Grant best practices documents

• Line item budgets for each program/project/discrete cost/funding area

• Brochures / Posters / at-a-glance info cards  

• Honor roll of donors

• Volunteer opportunities

• Success stories

• News clippings

• Family endorsements

• Donor “menus” for sponsorships

• Set fees for services and/or sliding scale fees

• Lists of inkind donations needed

• Sponsorship packages delineating the 4:1 publicity/marketing recognition for each sponsoring dollar levels including all forms of public information dissemination