Grant Funding Strategy
Non-Profit Consulting: Your Partner in Developmental Growth
Many organizations rush to apply for grants without a clear project plan or a cohesive team, leading to burnout, confusion, and funding rejections. My signature service begins where true transformation occurs: by cultivating safe spaces for team building to promote psychological safety and mutual understanding. From there, we collaboratively create a clear project plan, a compelling digital pitch, and a strategic 12 to 18 month grant roadmap that aligns with your objectives, rather than just a funder's checklist.
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Our Processs
Grant Readiness Assessment
When you skip over grant readiness and project planning to chase grants that you had impossible low chances of being awarded, you waste valuable time and put your team at risk of burnout. We meet with either your Executive Director or Board to complete our thorough grant readiness assessment.
Cultivating Safe Spaces for Teamwork
As the foundation of our grant funding strategy, the Cultivating Safe Spaces workshop fosters trust, clarity, and connection within your team. The CSS framework equips organizations with tools to collaborate more effectively and build the internal alignment needed for impactful, fundable projects. As a licensed CSS facilitator and grant professional, we highlight the importance of relationship building as an essential part of fundraising.
Project Planning
Our project planning process helps you translate bold ideas into fundable initiatives. We start by clarifying your goals, identifying the problems you’re solving, and outlining the specific actions needed to achieve success. Then, we use a structured toolkit to assess funding readiness, develop a compelling project plan, and map out a tailored funding strategy. This ensures you're pursuing the right grants with clarity, confidence, and a strong return on effort.
Pitch Development
A project prospectus is a concise, visually engaging overview that communicates what your project does, why it matters, and what funding is needed. As part of your funding strategy, it serves as a powerful outreach tool to spark funder interest and pave the way for meaningful conversations and successful grant applications.
Grant Research
Our grant research approach prioritizes quality over quantity, focusing on finding funders whose priorities closely align with your project’s goals. By targeting the best-fit opportunities and building intentional outreach strategies, we help you pursue funding that offers the highest likelihood of success and long-term impact.
12-18 Month Grant Strategy Development
After completing grant research, we develop a 12–18 month funding strategy that maps out your strongest grant opportunities in a clear, actionable timeline. Your internal team can carry out this plan, or we can shift into a retainer model to help write and manage the grants, keeping momentum strong and increasing your chances of success.
Our success with funders
Grant Writing
Grant Writing Retainer
Once we outline your grant plans for the upcoming 12 months, STJ Writing can manage all your grant writing needs through our Grant Writing Retainer.
We specialize in creating persuasive proposals and developing tailored donor strategies, providing the knowledge and support necessary for securing competitive funding. Let us simplify the grant writing process. We will assist you and your team in building lasting connections with funders. Contact us today to start your journey toward funding success!