We first briefly review your existing materials, talk with key staff, and review your goals and application interests. You review our contract, and if both sides agree that we are a good fit, we sign the contract, and we proceed with the research and writing process.  

Once the contract is signed, we conduct any necessary research to gather materials. This might include collecting data on the target population, the intervention, finding the best funding opportunities that match your organization, and more.

Working closely with your team or a designated point of contract, we write the grant application to fit the funder's requirements. 

Again, working closely with your team or designated point of contact, we review and finalize the grant, making sure its information is accurate and current.

We can help with the submission process, though often we encourage clients to submit grants themselves so that they are the final point in the chain of submission. 

LaBarbera Learning Solutions has many years of experience writing grant requests and also as grantmakers. We fully understand both sides of the equation and how to write winning proposals that grantmakers want to see. 

We don't stop at writing a grant request for you. We advocate in public spaces for your cause by writing blogs, posting on social media, publishing peer-reviewed articles, speaking at conferences, and more to support your social impact cause. We get the word out about what you're doing to impact the community. It is our mission to help you advance yours.

In most instances, clients require assistance to develop and conduct substantive research to target donors most likely to support the nonprofit organization. It takes a great deal of time to read through foundation materials to see if they're a match for your organization. For your investment in grant writing services, you are also getting high quality content that you can repurpose in a number of ways, such as on your website and social media, or for future grant requests. 

Our standard fee to research and write a proposal for submission to multiple foundations is $5,000. Once we spend hours combing through the databases we subscribe to to find the perfect match for your funding needs, we can identify two or three target donors. We then tailor the wording in our grant requests to match their particular criteria to provide up to three documents for submission to the target donors. 

The amount of a grant award can vary. Grants range from $5,000 to $500,000 and sometimes more. Foundation grants are generally under $100K, with the average amount closer to $20K. Government grants have the potential for higher funding, but they are also much more complex (and more costly to write and manage).