Pre Award | Post Award — Two paths, one goal: sustainable funding without the chaos

We enable your internal practitioner and leave you with a repeatable system that doesn’t break when staff rotate.

We work on two parallel routes:

• Route A — Done‑with‑you (services / functional support): speed + quality + accountability
• Route B — Capacity Path (Practitioner Coaching): reduce dependency and build internal (and partner) capacity

It’s like working with the forces of nature instead of against them—strengthening your organization with a step‑by‑step guide so your team executes consistently, even when people change.

You’re not buying a service with an expiration date—you’re buying capacity: someone who can lead the internal process and reduce dependency.

You pay for results—not for unused theory. 

This is not a generic course with endless theory. It’s 1:1 coaching designed to transfer tools tailored to your organization and your fundraising goals.

If your focus is exclusively US Government funding, we’ll work with those tools.

Likewise, if you focus on the EU, corporate foundations, philanthropic foundations, family offices, multilateral organizations, etc. The goal isn’t to “know everything about everything”—it’s to work with excellence and be the best at something that matters.

8 weeks. We work side‑by‑side with your practitioner. If you want a clear definition: it’s the Salesforce for the social sector.

Each session (often weekly) has a mission—challenges and wins that add up to real, usable capability.

We work in two different tracks:

• Pre‑Award Track (proposal development, donor fit, proposal QA, reusable system), or
• Post‑Award Track (grant operations, reporting, evidence/data room, audit‑ready delivery) 

IGROW is an execution‑oriented coaching method: it turns a fuzzy problem into a clear plan—addressing the root cause and closing with concrete, measurable commitments.

We use IGROW because it makes every session operational progress. First, we clarify the real problem (Issue), define what success looks like (Goal), identify the root cause so the pattern doesn’t repeat (Root Cause), choose options with clear criteria (Options), and close with a concrete, measurable next step (What’s next). The result: less chaos, faster decisions, and actions that actually stick.

I — Issue

• “If you had to describe the problem in one verifiable sentence, what would it be?”
• “What is happening—and what isn’t happening?”

G — Goal

• “What specific result do you want in 30 / 60 days?”
• “How will we know it worked—what indicator changes?”

R — Root Cause

• “What keeps causing this repeatedly?”
• “What evidence do we have—what are we assuming?”

O — Options

• “Give me five options, including one that’s ‘imperfect but fast.’”
• “Which option maximizes impact with the least realistic effort?”

W — What’s next

• “What’s the next physical action, who owns it, and by when?”
• “What could block it—and how do we prevent that?”

Issue: “Donor reports are submitted late and come back with corrections.”
Goal: “Submit the next report 7 days early, with a maximum of 1 revision round.”
Root Cause: “There’s no evidence map; information is scattered, and no one ‘owns’ monthly collection.”
Options:

1. Monthly checklist + single folder + rotating owner
2. Biweekly evidence check‑in
3. Standard template + version control

What’s next: “Create checklist v1 today, assign an owner, schedule 2 checkpoints, and define where evidence lives.”

Result: less friction, fewer information losses, and reporting stops being a last‑minute marathon.