Grant applications developed end-to-end by people who run nonprofits.
From funder research to a submission-ready narrative and budget, written by operators who've sat in your chair, not consultants working from a template.
Most grant applications are written by the people with the least time
Grant writing usually lands on an executive director who is already running the organization. The deadline is fixed, the narrative has to satisfy a reviewer you'll never meet, the budget has to be defensible line by line, and, increasingly, the funder wants evidence that your technology, data handling, and accessibility practices are in order. Generic grant writers can produce a clean narrative, but they don't know the operational reality behind it, and they rarely touch the digital and compliance requirements that now decide applications at the margin.
We handle the full application, start to submission
You can hand us a concept and a deadline, or bring us in partway through a draft. Either way, we take it the rest of the way.
Funder research & eligibility
Identify the right programs and confirm you qualify before you invest time in an application that can't win.
Project narrative
A clear, fundable story covering need, approach, outcomes, and measurement, structured the way reviewers score.
Budget development
A defensible, line-by-line budget that matches the narrative and survives scrutiny.
Digital & privacy compliance
WCAG accessibility summaries, PIPEDA and data-governance statements: the privacy and accessibility documentation funders increasingly attach conditions to.
Capacity & delivery evidence
A clear case that your organization, your team, and your systems can actually deliver what the grant funds.
Submission-ready packaging
Funder-specific formatting, attachments, and final assembly so nothing gets bounced on a technicality.
We've run the organizations we write for
We run nonprofits ourselves. We've written the narratives, rescued the budgets, filed the amendments, and sat through the renewals. That means we write applications that are honest about how the work actually happens, which is exactly what experienced reviewers reward. And because our background is in nonprofit technology and compliance, we close the gap most grant writers leave open: the digital, privacy, and accessibility documentation that Canadian funders increasingly require and applicants routinely guess at.
- Our team has developed grant applications, funding amendments, budgets, and charitable registration filings for nonprofits across the sector.
- We can document compliance you've already achieved, and that documentation is often itself a grant-eligible capacity cost.
A scoped engagement, shaped around your project
Five stages, from the first call to the submission. Here's how an engagement actually runs.
Free scoping call
We talk through the opportunity, the funder, your timeline, and what you already have. No charge, no obligation.
Scope & quote
We send back a clear written scope and a fixed quote for the work, so you know exactly what you're approving before anything starts.
Research & drafting
The stretch where the application gets built, with check-ins at each stage so the draft keeps sounding like your organization.
Compliance & supporting documents
We assemble the supporting documentation alongside the narrative, so it's ready when the application is, not scrambled the night before the deadline.
Review & submission
Final formatting, packaging, and submission support, ready ahead of the deadline.
Priced per engagement, not per template.
Every grant is different. A single small application and a multi-funder campaign aren't the same job, so we don't pretend they cost the same. After a free scoping call, we send a written scope and a fixed quote for your specific application. No tiers to squeeze yourself into, no hourly meter running in the background, and no surprises after you've approved the work.
Often grant-eligible. Grant development and capacity-building costs are frequently eligible expenses within the application they support, so the grant itself can reimburse what you spend. Most EDs don't know this; we'll tell you when it applies to your funder.
What you walk away with
Not just a submitted application, but documents, language, and structure you can reuse the next time you apply.
- Reusable narrative language and a budget structure you can adapt for the next application, so the investment outlasts this grant
- The submission-ready application itself: narrative and budget, formatted to the funder's requirements
- The compliance documentation set: WCAG, PIPEDA, and data-governance statements, where the funder requires them
- A technology and digital-capacity statement you can reuse across future applications
What EDs and boards usually ask
Do you guarantee we'll get the grant?
No one honest can. We can't control a funder's decision, but we can make sure your application is complete, defensible, and free of the avoidable mistakes that get applications screened out before the merits are even read.
Do you write the whole thing, or work with us?
Both are options. We can develop an application from a concept, or pick up a draft you've started. We build in check-ins so the final application still sounds like your organization.
Which funders do you work with?
Any of them. Between us we've written applications for government programs at every level, private and community foundations, and corporate funders, for organizations of nearly every size and cause. We research the specific funder's requirements and shape the application to fit, no matter who they are.
Can we recover your fee through the grant?
You pay us directly for the work, the same as any other expense. The good news is that the cost can often be recouped: grant development and capacity-building costs are frequently eligible expenses within the application they support, so the grant itself can reimburse what you spent. Most EDs don't know this is possible. We'll tell you when it applies to your funder.
We already have a draft. Can you just clean it up?
Yes. Bring it to the scoping call and we'll scope the work to what you actually need: sometimes that's a full rebuild, sometimes it's tightening and compliance documentation.
How early should we bring you in?
As early as you can. The more lead time we have, the stronger the application we can build, but tell us your timeline on the scoping call and we'll be straight with you about what's realistic.
Have a project you're trying to fund?
Book a free scoping call. We'll tell you whether it's worth applying, what a strong application would need, and exactly what it would cost to develop it with you.