Heart Resources, LLC provides the following grant services for organizational grant-seeking and resource development.
Funder Research
Customized and objective funder searches and written reports listing “best fit” corporate, foundation, United Way, and local/state/federal government grant opportunities.
Demographic data in the form of profiles, charts, and narratives to describe and illustrate the problems/needs of the population served and geographic service area.
Analysis of evidence-informed and evidence-based practices, and searches for best-fit program models.
Monitoring and client notifications for federal initiatives, challenge prize competitions, forecasts of grant opportunities, and RFP releases.
Consultation and Project Development
Proactive organizations are in the best position to win grants. Katherine is experienced in providing consultation to identify funding gaps, potential matching public and private funders, and realistic grant goals as part of a diversified development plan. Her approach to strategic grant consulting has resulted in a higher-than-average award rate. Heart Resources, LLC does not endorse or engage in the practice of high-volume solicitations of unmatched funders (aka “shotgun approach” or “proposal mill”).
Grant Proposal Writing, Editing, and Reviewing
Letters of Inquiry / Intent
Concept Papers / Pre-Proposals
Letter Proposals
Online Grant Submissions
Corporate Foundation and Sponsorship Requests
Community, Public, and Private Foundation Grant Proposals
Common Grant Applications
Donor-Advised Funds (DAF) and Major Donor Requests
United Way Grant Applications
County and State Pennsylvania Grant Applications
Federal Government Grant Applications
Grant Attachments and Related Documents
Grant Project/Program Budgets
Grant Proposal Editing, Reviewing, and Rewriting
Grant Office Start-Up and Virtual Grants Office
Grant Monitoring and Report Writing
Grant Reviews - Pre-Application Rubric and Scoring, Markups, Heavy Editing
Grant Reviews - Federal, SAMHSA
Other Writing and Review Services
Request for Proposals (RFP) and Bid Documents*
White Papers
Staff Manuals, eBooks, and Books
"Secret Donor" Review and Feedback for Websites and Online Fundraising Content
Award Programs - Scoring and Judging
*In my book Grantepreneur: Getting Started in a Grant Career and Business, I explain the difference between "grant writer" as the person who prepares the Request for Proposal (RFP) and "grant proposal writer" as the person who prepares the grant application, as described in Grantsmanship: Program Planning and Proposal Writing by Norton J. Kiritz. I write both types of documents and describe my business as a "technical writer specializing in grants" because the Department of Labor has not yet recognized any grant positions. Try typing "grant writer" into the Occupation Outlook Handbook at https://www.bls.gov/ooh/occupation-finder.htm
