Services

For Grantmakers

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Are you a grantmaker looking to make your application and funding procedures more accessible? Or are you looking to invest additional resources into professional development to round out the financial support you already provide to your portfolio?

First, thank you. We need more equity-conscious funders like you. And second–we can help with that. We have worked with some of Chicago's most influential funders in the arts and humanities spaces to center the needs of applicants and grantees, and we would love nothing more than to bring that expertise to your team as well.

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Explore Other Fundraising Services:

Development Strategy

Grants Management

Individual Giving

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Grantmaker Services At-a-Glance

Grants360

A six-session series of learning, workshopping, and community-building.

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Application Support

We can audit your application process and improve applicant success by providing coaching and reviewing proposals.

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Custom Workshops

Need fundraising professional development, a webinar facilitator, or something else? We’ll build it for you.

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Grants360

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We have evolved our Grants360 services for cohorts of up to 20 small and midsize nonprofits to provide a six-session series of learning, workshopping, and community-building. We can also pair this work with optional 1:1 support and individualized materials generation in tandem with seminar learning for lasting impact. Let us support you in offering this invaluable resource to your grantees to create tremendous change within the sector we share.

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Application Support

Don’t let the technical components of a grant application come between you and your prospective grantees. We provide proposal coaching and review services to your pool of applicants to strengthen their approach, alleviate uncertainty, and ensure they can successfully submit a proposal. We can also audit your application process and recommend improvements based on applicant feedback and our extensive grant writing experience.

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Looking to offer a single-session professional development opportunity in fundraising? Or do you need a facilitator to present a how-to webinar when your RFP opens? Our team can build something just for you.

Custom Workshops

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