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Imagine running a young nonprofit with a fantastic mission, a thriving program, and growing community supporters. Yet, you need expanded funding to enrich your program services. That was the situation for a young youth nonprofit. Early in her grant writing career, Kristin helped this nonprofit secure foundation grant funding so they could purchase equipment to help grow and expand their program. Much of the all-volunteer board were grant novices. Despite this, Kristin teamed up with the treasurer and submitted the organization’s first-ever grant. Several months later, Kristin received a call. The application was approved, and the funder awarded the total funding request! Six months later, the children enjoyed learning, exercising, and growing together, using their new equipment.
Nonprofits experience many challenges, some more urgent than others. A month before several of their program grants were due, a local chapter of a national nonprofit organization had an emergent staffing need. Their internal grant writer was suddenly unable to complete their upcoming applications. Grant funding revenues sustained this one program. They would need continued funding to maintain their annual programming. A representative turned to Kristin. She conducted a site visit promptly to assess the project’s scope and current resources. Through research, Kristin quickly became a program subject expert on their initiative. Kristin drafted section narratives and developed a project budget after securing organizational information and financial data from the organization’s leaders. In collaboration with their leadership representative, Kristin reviewed and revised the application. She also provided support while this leader submitted the grant application via the online portal. Throughout the process, Kristin shared advice on grant writing, budgeting, and strategies to engage the community’s support through partnerships and fundraising. Kristin helped to prepare two grants for this nonprofit. Each proposal received total funding, allowing the organization to sustain its program for the year.
An established nonprofit with impactful programming and robust community support contacted Kristin for help with grant writing. Through the years, they successfully developed several diverse funding sources yet had limited grant funding success. After an initial meeting, they decided to place their trust in KGA. Kristin has helped to research appropriate funding opportunities and educate the grant team about the grant process, the importance of program development, and program budgeting. She has also coached the grant team on establishing and stewarding grant-funder relationships. Kristin has successfully prepared several program grant applications. In the process, Kristin and the nonprofit’s grant team have developed a warm working relationship.
A youth performance theater nonprofit was hitting its stride when the global pandemic hit. The resulting lockdowns forced it to operate with razor-thin margins. The youth performance theater nearly closed due to dwindling resources and no means to capture program or performance fee revenues. Due to generous community support, they made it. They were beginning to generate financial growth when they contacted KGA for help to secure general operating grant funding. Kristin worked quickly with the board president on a client-identified funding opportunity. The timeframe to help the organization prepare its first grant from start to finish was three weeks! Kristin provided informational resources and helped clarify the funding opportunity’s appropriateness. She directed the grant proposal writing, securing necessary program and financial information from board members. The team was thrilled that they could submit a timely and compelling proposal. The funder awarded this first-time applicant generous grant to hire a part-time development director.
When volunteering with a health and human service organization, Kristin helped capture a funder’s interest in the organization’s ongoing programming. Historically, the funder had funded the organization for emergency relief funding. Kristin’s grant proposal relayed the potential impact of the funder’s gift by combining data with persuasive writing. Doing so helped to convey the needs of the population served. The funder’s acceptance of Kristin’s grant request helped the nonprofit forge a new relationship with the funder. Their support of Kristin’s grant proposal request demonstrated that she successfully conveyed the value of supporting the organization’s ongoing, year-round programmatic work and emergency relief initiatives.
Occasionally, KGA engages with select small business entrepreneurs to assist them with their grant-seeking efforts. Such was the case for a math-minded, adventurous, minority-owned business owner who contacted Kristin for help with a State of CT Department of Environmental Protection Grant. Within three weeks from start to finish, Kristin worked tirelessly to compile data to demonstrate the funding need and draft the project description and all required sections per the grant guidelines. To help establish community support for this application, Kristin advised her client to join the local Chamber of Commerce. Additionally, she secured a letter of support for her client’s business from the CT state legislator representing the district and business location. Kristin’s client was thrilled to receive a sizeable award to help defray equipment costs. He continues to engage KGA for his business writing needs.