For Nonprofits
Grant Strategy
Grant strategy involves the planning and execution of a process for identifying, applying for, and potentially receiving grants from organizations or foundations. Depending on your organization’s needs, resources, and age, this process can include researching potential grant opportunities, developing proposals, building a relationship with funders, and reporting on funding requirements. It can also involve setting budgets, developing a plan to measure success, and a project timeline. Our work doesn’t stop once you receive the grant, as we will also equip you with the tools and resources to carry on this work for your organization.
Why hire us?
Level Up Impact Group offers a full-service approach to grant strategy with our ability to support a wide range of grant types, from nonprofit and private funders to state, government, and federal grants. Unlike traditional grant writers, we are able to provide full proposal support including writing, developing budgets, evaluation design, and program design. Since our founding in 2020, we have secured $19.2 million in grant funding across clients with a 93% approval rating on the grants we apply for.
Work with experts: We’ll guide you through the grant application process, including the types of grants available, requirements and eligibility, and best practices for creating a successful proposal.
Save time: Let us do the research and identify the best grant opportunities that align with your organization's mission and goals. We also provide you with the tools to make grant writing more efficient and effective such as a grant calendar and program templates.
We’ll tell your story: We’ll work with you to understand your organization and program and translate that into high-quality grant proposals that are tailored to meet funders’ priorities and that you can continue to use over and over again.
Impact reporting and support: The work doesn’t stop once you win the grant, many funders have reporting and documentation requirements to ensure funds are used appropriately. We can handle grant reporting so that you can focus on your impact and getting even bigger grants.
Capacity Building and Training
Capacity building is an investment in the efficacy and long-term sustainability of an organization. Research shows that organizations benefit significantly when they work alongside peers who have similar needs and are at similar stages of development. This allows organizations to benchmark themselves against others and identify opportunity gaps to drive their own growth. Our capacity building and training services include:
One-one coaching with leadership to identify opportunities for organizational growth.
Custom trainings to meet organizational needs such as fundraising, evaluation, and professional development.
Development and implementation of an organizational self-assessment and actionable capacity-building plan(s).
Evaluations that illustrate the impact of capacity building or training.
SERVICES
CLIENTS + TESTIMONIALS
Grant Strategy Boot Camp
Grant Strategy | Capacity Building and Training
In 2022, Level Up Impact Group collaborated with The Joy of Impact to develop and provide a 10-week Grant Strategy Boot Camp for nonprofits in South Florida who were planning to apply for funds from The Children’s Trust of Miami-Dade County. These sessions provided our participating nonprofits with strategies, information, and custom tools to help them navigate and submit a successful application for funding.
Grant Boot Camp participant testimonial:
Even though I have experience as a grant writer, the perspective offered was so helpful. I like the recommendations for improvement (the grant review) especially. I would recommend to anyone -- new or experienced. It's worth the investment of time.
I do not see how it would have been possible to complete this grant application without your help. The tools we were given helped us to break down a massive project into manageable tasks, and it was tough, even then. With your help, we were able to unravel a web of components to this grant, and then weave them back together again to the Trust's specifications.
For organizations without enough staff but with dreams of growing through Trust funding, the investment is worth it. It was also very helpful to go through the bootcamp with other organizations, to benefit from their questions and comments as well. For some this was also a professional development opportunity for younger or newer staff. Thank you so much for your expertise and inside knowledge of the process.”
Caridad Center
Grant Strategy and Grant Writing
Level Up Impact Group was hired to support Caridad Center’s Grants & Strategic Planning team. As part of this work, we developed and implemented a comprehensive grant strategy and calendar of grants for Caridad Center, and also manage grant reporting for the organization. Caridad Center is Florida’s largest free clinic providing health and wraparound services to Palm Beach County’s uninsured residents.
Be Strong International
Capacity Building and Training
Level Up Impact Group worked with Be Strong International to create a more efficient and aligned data collection system across all of their grants, including federal level grants. We then provided training and coaching sessions to empower staff to continue managing and using the new system on their own!
Client testimonial:
Anna is such a pleasure to work with. Not only did she understand our needs, she gave us great tools to handle our pain points. She saved us so much stress and, when you speak with her, the vast knowledge that she has is absolutely mind-blowing! She knows her craft very well and Be Strong Intl is honored to work with her. Our entire data department has changed for the better. Thank you, Level Up Impact!