Grant Writing
We write the application — full narrative, budget, and compliance documentation, not a template with your name on it.
How applications are actually read
Reviewers score against a rubric. Most applications don't answer it.
A federal reviewer works through a scoring sheet with points attached to specific criteria, often with dozens of applications still in the queue. Conviction doesn't score. Anything a reviewer has to hunt for loses the point. Writing that wins is writing that puts the answer exactly where the rubric asks the question.
How it works
The writing process
Plain language, reviewer-ready, on your deadline.
- 01
Narrative development
We translate your mission and program design into the plain, compliant language federal and state reviewers are trained to score.
- 02
Budget and compliance build
We build the budget narrative and compliance documentation alongside the story, so nothing gets bolted on at the last minute.
- 03
Review and submission
You review and approve every section before it goes in; we handle the submission portal and the deadline itself.
How we work with you
You approve every section before it goes anywhere.
We write it; you own it. Nothing is submitted that your leadership hasn't read and signed off on, and we carry the portal, the formatting requirements, and the deadline itself. The finished application reads like your organization, because the substance is yours.
What's included
A grant writing engagement typically includes:
- Full narrative and budget development
- Compliance documentation matched to funder requirements
- Submission through the funder's portal, on deadline
Writing it in-house this cycle?
Take the book with you.
Grant Writing Strategies for Churches runs the grant cycle in the order the work happens, from readiness through to authoring the proposal. The worksheet packet is included.
The Full Lifecycle
Writing is stage three of five.
A submitted application still depends on the readiness that made you eligible and the research that pointed you here — and it isn't finished once it's sent. See where writing fits against the other four services.
Start here
Bring us the deadline you've been worrying about.
Tell us the opportunity and when it closes. We'll tell you honestly whether it's winnable and what winning it takes.
Free 20-minute fit conversation