Secure funding with federal grant writing services
Successfully helping nonprofits secure $45 million in grant awards.
Are you ready to go after Federal Grants?
Grants are very competitive, especially federal grants and you need to prepare an application that scores HIGH.
✅ Do you have annual revenue of $250k-$1M+ in foundation and corporate grants.
✅ Do you have a financial audit and an organizational budget of $1M+.
✅ Do you have a staff Director of Development and/or Grants Manager.
Do you have a great grants team but no one quite yet with the expertise to prepare high scoring federal grant applications?
It is a DIFFERENT animal to pursue government grants
And you Lack the bandwidth to:
✅ Find and make matches with government funders that support your work
✅ Prepare a quality proposal that is accurate and reflects well on the organization
✅ Develop a proposal to meet every point on the scoring criteria
✅ Create multiple requirements to ensure you match the funder's criteria
Ready to fund existing programs with federal dollars and you're not sure if you even qualify.
Let us help you create your TOP 10 List!
We customize all services in order to make your application stand out.
We do the hard work and manage each and every detail of the complex federal grant RFPs.
We have extensive experience developing winning applications to federal, state, and local government funding agencies.
Bottom line, we “get" grants.
We understand the grant seeking process, how to interpret the grant making patterns of funders, and how to guide nonprofit leaders to strategically grow their grant revenues.
Now is the time to pursue Federal Grants!
The best time to pursue federal grants is when there is an active grants program.
Do you have a successful track record of grant revenue from state and private partners?
If you said, Yes.
Then there's no better time than now to pursue federal grants – it is your strongest competitive advantage.
Get federal grants to support your clients who need it the most.
You may have noticed the increased amount of funding opportunities for organizations that provide healthcare and housing services from federal agencies to include:
- Department of Health and Human Services
- HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration)
- HUD (Housing and Urban Development)
- Department of Employment Services
We understand that you have a great Grants Manager but they cannot maintain current state and institutional funders AND apply for and manage federal grants.
Federal grants are complex and the investment of time and resources required for both the application process and subsequent reporting can be substantial.
I do not want you to venture into this process unprepared and I want to ensure that you have the necessary resources to successfully apply for and manage federal grants.
This includes reviewing the federal funding landscape applicable to your programs and services that are budget relieving to see what is availble for your organization.
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Federal Grant Writing Services
Grant Research
- Locate a list of federal funders that give to your programs and services.
- Develop a federal fundraising landscape of top hit list of federal funders.
- Determine project plan to determine reasonableness and likelihood of funders.
- Serve as team lead and manage the findings and review application and submission process.
Project Management
- Develop a project plan and collaborate with all stakeholders, including any potential subrecipients.
- Partner with the organization's finance lead to prepare the budget and budget narrative.
- Create Grants Workplan, Forms & Appendices Tracker
- Complete all supporting documents (SF-424, SF-LLL, assurances, agency-specific forms, etc).
- Examine the funder website (or other online portals) to ensure the deadline, priorities, and other necessary information has not changed.
Federal Grant Writing
- Work with program teams on the development of grant application materials, including project metrics/milestones.
- Coordinate all necessary meetings and schedule check ins with Development team to share grant outcomes.
- Review prior year grant proposal and ways to improve.
- Conduct and synthesize complex research for strong needs statement.
- Draft program/project budget in coordination with the finance team.
- Review the funder priorities against the application as part of the editing process and run proposal through editing/spell check software.
- Share with program team/grant contact via document sharing software and update proposal based on feedback.
Post-Award
- Review funder’s application and report requirements.
- Lead brainstorming in coordination with program teams for the proposal/report requirements.
- Draft proposals/reports for review and make the necessary revisions.
- Develop educational materials and hold virtual workshops to assist prospective/existing partners through the grant process.
- Provide grant proposals or reports final work product for submission.
- Meet ALL deadlines to ensure timely submission of materials.
Highlight of Federal Grant Awards
$1M+
$1M+
$1M+
$14,200,000 - Department of Education (Teacher and School Leadership Training)
$12,000,000 - Department of Education (SEED)
$4,800,000 - State of Maryland (social determinants of health)
$2,000,000 – The Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness (rapid rehousing)
$1,809,274 – Health Resources and Services Administration/HRSA (health care access)
$1,700,000 – Department of Health and Human Services (health access)
$1,000,000 - Department of Health and Human Services (health access)
>$1M
$1M+
$1M+
$800,000 - The Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness (housing)
$500,000 - Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation (K-12 education)
$276,000 - Department of Education (21st Century)
$150,000 – Department of Human Services (health services)
$100,000 – Department of Employment Services (workforce education)
$100,000 - WorkSource Montgomery (job training education)
Frequently Asked Questions
June First Firm typically works with nonprofits with an annual corporate and foundation grant revenue of $250k-$1M+ that are ready to pursue federal grants. We specialize in serving healthcare and housing nonprofits.
Hiring June First Firm for one-time federal grant writing is $18,900 per application. However, if you require ongoing federal grant support, our retainers start at $5,500 per month for 6-12 month contracts. There are no additional or hidden costs. The awesome benefit to retaining services is that you are not limited to the number of hours because - we do not track hours! That's right - we focus on deliverables and outcomes.
Our first recommendation will be to hire an in house grant writer if your nonprofit has the ability to do so. However, nonprofits that retain our grant writing services are looking for professional level expertise with immediate results at a lower cost than hiring in-house staff. June First Firm has a history of preparing grant applications totaling up to six figures in awards in less than 6 months. June First Firm annual cost for a senior level experienced grant writer and coach/consultant starts at $66,000. A full time senior level grant professional is $98,946 (Glassdoor, June 2023). Annually, your organization can save over $30,000 hiring June First Firm.
Our clients do not have the internal expertise or time to manage the complexity of federal grants, which is where we step in. We have achieved a 72% win rate in preparing federal grant applications.
June First Firm does not receive payment for services from the grant award. The most reputable grant professionals will NOT accept payment from the grant award as those funds are designed to fund the project described. Also, June First Firm follows the standards of the Grant Professionals Association Code of Ethics.
June First Firm takes grant writing projects from start to finish to create the needs assessment, project details, objectives, and evaluation etc. Once the proposal is written, you will receive it for your review. After you make any necessary corrections, a final package is prepared for submission.
Yes, we have a history of winning multi-million dollars in corporate, foundation, and private grants. Our clients experience as much as six figures in awards in less than 6 months versus doing private grants on their own. Check out our private grant writing services here.
June First Firm uses a multi-pronged approach to conduct a funding landscape analysis to determine the perfect fit for your organization.
Currently, we only provide grant writing services for nonprofit organizations. If you are not a 501c3 organization, you can check out Hello Alice for small business grants.
If you cannot find an answer to your question, send an email to info [at] junefirstfirm.com
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