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Proposal Workup/Development

This service is intended for schools and organizations that prefer to have someone else write their proposals and manage the application processes. Our company will:

  1. Institute Assessment and Strategic Planning Processes: Assess opportunities for growth, develop board's fundraising strengths and strategies, develop and conduct feasibility studies, assess capacity to reach next level of growth, build solid partnerships among board members. Locate the most appropriate grants and private/corporate foundations.
  2. Facilitate High-Functioning Teams: Coach, mentor, build teams, identify issues/challenges and opportunities. Partner with you and your staff to develop a strong program plan towards proposal development. Develop compelling programmatic plans, programs and proposals, research/identify/assess new funding opportunities. Perform literature reviews of scientifically-based research for information to share with your staff and strengthen your proposal.
  3. Develop Proposals: Gather detailed information about your organization and engage staff input towards proposal development. Write and tailor proposals.
  4. Develop Campaign Strategies: Identify needs, develop case statements, assess campaign feasibility, and determine fund development capacity necessary to meet project goals. Communicate regularly with your contact person about the project to be funded and follow up with funding sources.
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Proposal Examination

When an organization already has the capacity to write proposals in-house, it still needs an objective review of its work. Our company recommends that all grant seekers have their proposals examined by an outsider prior to submission to funders, our company will:

  1. Conduct an impartial proofreading of your proposal;
  2. Review RFP or application guidelines supplied to you by funder;
  3. Analyze proposals and application content against proposal selection criteria;
  4. Determine how closely your proposal matches RFP/funder requirements;
  5. Develop an evaluation rubric;
  6. Identify potential weak areas and recommend procedures to strengthen proposal/application content according to RFP priorities.

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Third-Party Evaluations

  1. Data-Driven Solutions: Isolate research that distinguishes evidence based on scientific research to consider and use for program development. Gather and interpret local data about current performance levels at your school or organization compared with the highest performing schools with similar student populations in your state and across the nation;
  2. Best Practice Strategies: Tap into knowledge learned from studies of successful schools and community-based organizations from across the country, shared through a common framework of practices;
  3. Tools to Improve: Access school and community-based improvement tools designed to help community leaders, educators and community-based personnel analyze their school and non-profit organization’s program performance and identify proven practices to support specific goals for improvement.

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Proposal Consultation

When an organization wants to develop a strong proposal on its own, but needs guidance in the process, our company will provide the training and consultation needed by:

  1. Working directly with you and/or your staff;
  2. Providing guidance, training and objective advice throughout the proposal creation process;
  3. Facilitating proposal development meetings;
  4. Addressing all questions, which may arise;
  5. Reviewing the final proposal before submission to funder;
  6. Consultation held over 12 one-hour meetings of 6 two-hour meetings.
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Grant Administration

Using date generated from your grant-funded programs/initiatives, our company will:

  1. Work directly with your program staff for practical implementation;
  2. Prepare an required program initiative reports and/or narratives;
  3. Complete all required reporting forms;
  4. Serve as a liaison between your organization and the funder.
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Compliance Audit

The innovative service is provided for clients who want to document how they are managing their grant-funded programs/initiatives. Our company will:

  1. Review original RFP/application guidelines;
  2. Review original proposal and any revisions recommended by the granting agency;
  3. Determine if implemented program matches original proposal and document and changes;
  4. Conduct ongoing monitoring by interviewing the executive director, superintendent, program manager and staff, and other stakeholders to include students, parents and collaborating partners and organizations;
  5. Examine contracts with sub-contractors and collaborators;
  6. Prepare and review all client satisfaction surveys;
  7. Review original evaluation methodology;
  8. Analyze performance measurement data;
  9. Document strengths and weaknesses of your program/initiative;
  10. Assess program effectiveness;
  11. Examine program budget - proposed vs. actual;
  12. Review program expenditures;
  13. Evaluate efforts to sustain program beyond funding period;
  14. Review all submitted program performance reports required by funding source.
Upon completion of this audit, your school district will receive a report of Grant-Writing Consultants' findings in addition to a compliance letter describing how well your organization manages its grant-funded programs/initiatives.

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Proposal Revisions

When an organization already has submitted a proposal and received a rejection letter, the proposal may need to be updated and proofread before re-submitted to new or previous funding sources, our company will:

  1. Proofread your proposal;
  2. Review RFP or application guidelines supplied to you by funder;
  3. Analyze proposal and application content against selection criteria;
  4. Determine how closely your proposal matches RFP/funder requirements;
  5. Review panel remarks to identify weak areas and suggest improvements;
  6. Develop evaluation rubric;
  7. Edit entire proposal for re-submission.
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Basic and Active Grant Searches

When an organization is in the early stages of grant searching, staff will need to know where funds may exist for financial support of program/initiative development, our company will:

  1. Conduct research to identify private, public, and corporate grants;
  2. Provide a report of findings detailing all contact information, deadlines, types of funding, and grant amounts;
  3. Prepare letters of inquiry to potential funders;
  4. Recommend methods and strategies for the acquisition of financial resources.
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Preparation of Contract and Bid Application

This service is provided for companies seeking approved vendor statues for participating in government contracts. This service is also provided for companies intending to submit bids for government agency contract work. Our company will:
  1. Search for Invitations To Qualify (ITQ) as approved vendors for government contracts;
  2. Review guidelines provided by the requesting agency;
  3. Retrieve information for completing bid and/or application;
  4. Complete bid and/or application for submission to requesting agency, school district, charter/community school and/or private school.