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Grant Proposal Review & Critique

If you prepared a grant proposal, we can help your organization improve its chances of winning.

We will review and edit any proposal prepared by your organization for clarity, grammar, completeness, and match with the priorities of the grantmaker before you submit your application. And, we will review any proposal that did not receive funding to determine its strengths and weaknesses to help you prepare an effective proposal to submit in the future.

This highly sought-out service provides you with a section-by-section, paragraph-by-paragraph verbal and/or written critique of the areas that need improvement. If you choose, we can edit the document or you can use the critique to do so yourself.

The Write Source, LLC is now a member of the prestigious Association of Philanthropic Counsel (APC). This group of independent and small consulting firms throughout the U.S. promotes best practices and upholds ethical standards in their delivery of professional philanthropic services to nonprofit organizations. As we have for 26 years, we will continue to maintain our high standards that clearly reflect the APC Code of Ethics and Principles of Practice.

Fellow grants consultant, Jana Jane Hexter recently blogged What Your Attitude to Jigsaw Puzzles Says about Your Capacity for Grant Writing with excerpts from her book, Grant Writing Revealed: 25 Experts Share Their Art, Science, and Secrets. In her post, she quotes four grant consultants, including our Diane Gedeon-Martin, about their puzzle-solving approach to grant writing.

You can access the webinar Diane Gedeon-Martin conducted for The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) International on March 13, 2019, entitled 21st Century Grant Applications: Brief and to the Point. Visit our Webinars for Purchase page for more information.

We are proud to welcome our 278th and 279th clients, The Art League of Alexandria, Virginia, and Aspire in Chicago, Illinois.

mHub Chicago received a $300,000 three-year Seed Fund Support (SFS) grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) Regional Innovation Strategies (RIS) program to launch its Accelerated Incubation program and the Product Impact Fund.

The Village for Families and Children in Hartford, Connecticut received a $675,000 five-year grant ($135,000 per year) from the Connecticut State Department of Education’s 21st Century Community Learning Centers program. This grant will support the development of the Rawson Elementary After-School Program (REAP).

The Jewish Association for Community Living in Hartford, Connecticut received a $100,000 grant from the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management’s Nonprofit Grant Program. It was one of 92 out of 407 eligible applications to receive a grant. They will use the funds to purchase four new mini-vans to transport residents from its group homes to various sites to receive services and engage in activities.

Childhelp in Phoenix, Arizona received the only $1.0 million, two-year discretionary grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration of Children, Youth, and Families for the Best Practices for the Use of Text and Chat-Based Technology in Child Maltreatment. They will expand and enhance their current text and chat-based hotline to create a nationwide system.

Be sure to visit our Grant Award News page for more information about these and other awards our clients received.