Federal Grant Writing Services
Successfully helping nonprofits secure $35 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.
Is your current grant team stellar but they lack federal government grant writing experience.
We help you talk about your programs and impact so that it is clear for reviewers.
Not a one-size fits all approach.
No more stress applying for federal grants.
We do the Hard work for you.
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.
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.
Submission and Reporting Requirements
- 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
>$100k
$101k-$499k
$101k-$499k
$100,000 – Department of Employment Services (workforce education)
$100,000 – Department of Employment Services (workforce education)
$100,000 - WorkSource Montgomery (job training education)
$100,000 – Department of Employment Services (workforce education)
$101k-$499k
$101k-$499k
$101k-$499k
$150,000 – Department of Human Services (health services)
$150,000 – Department of Human Services (health services)
$125,000 – TD Charitable Foundation (affordable housing)$100,000 – CareFirst (health care access)
<$500k
$101k-$499k
<$500k
$14,200,000 - Department of Education (Teacher and School Leadership Training)
$12,000,000 - Department of Education (SEED)
$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)
$800,000 - The Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness (housing)
$500,000 - Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation (K-12 education)
Frequently Asked Questions
Send an email to info @ junefirstfirm.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.
June First Firm typically works with nonprofits with a current grant program ready to pursue federal grants. We specialize in serving nonprofits that provide healthcare, housing, and job training services.
Hiring June First Firm for federal grant writing is 3 payments of $8,500 per application. However, there are monthly retainer options that start at $5,000 per month for 6-12 month contracts. There are no additional or hidden costs. The awesome benefit for our retainer clients is they are not limited to the number of hours because guess what - we don't track hours! That's right - we focus on deliverables and outcomes.
Our clients do not have the internal expertise and/or time to manage the complexity of federal grants. June First Firm has an impressive history of preparing successful federal grant applications. Our clients experience as much as six figures in awards in less than 6 months.
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.
June First Firm uses a multi-pronged approach to conduct a funding landscape analysis to determine the perfect fit for your organization. There are multiple subscriptions used for grant research, including GrantStation and Foundation Directory. Through our targeted 990 searches and access to philanthropy digest alerts, our clients gain a comprehensive list of new potential funding partners.
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