At Grant Strategy Network, we follow a strategic, research-driven process designed to maximize funding success. From discovery to submission, every step is tailored to align your mission with the right opportunities—ensuring compelling proposals, streamlined execution, and sustainable results.
Our Process
At Grant Strategy Network, we follow a proven, six-step grant seeking process to help your organization succeed. Our approach blends strategic insight, meticulous research, and compelling storytelling—designed to secure the funding you deserve.
1. Discovery & Assessment
Our team starts with a deep dive into your mission, programs, and funding needs. Our team assess whether the project aligns with your goals and the funder’s priorities confirming eligibility, scope, timeline, and capacity to sustain efforts post-award.
2. Prospective Funder Research
Our team conducts an intensive research to identify funding opportunities that align with your mission, programs, and strategic goals. Using a combination of industry-leading databases, historical giving analysis, and funder landscape insights, we evaluate potential grantmakers based on alignment, geographic focus, funding history, and openness to new applicants. This research-driven approach ensures we target funders with the highest likelihood of engagement and success.
3. Grants Calendar & Planning
Our team develops a comprehensive strategic grants calendar informed by intensive prospect research. The calendar integrates your organization’s goals, program timelines, and anticipated competitiveness to proactively align high-impact opportunities with your funding needs. By strategically sequencing applications and optimizing timing, we help build a diversified funding portfolio that supports large-scale initiatives and ensures long-term program sustainability.
4. Strategic Proposal Development
Our team crafts each proposal to showcase your organization’s mission and programmatic strengths while reinforcing every element with rigorous, evidence-based research. We conduct thorough analysis to substantiate the narrative—from defining the problem and identifying the target population to articulating measurable outcomes and evaluation strategies. This approach ensures each proposal is both compelling and credible, grounded in current data, aligned with best practices, and informed by sector-specific insights—ultimately strengthening the case for funder investment and long-term partnership.
5. Review, Refine & Submit
Each proposal undergoes a rigorous internal review and peer evaluation process prior to submission to ensure accuracy, compliance, and a high standard of professionalism. We refine every application for clarity, coherence, and alignment with funder expectations ensuring that language, structure, and formatting are optimized for competitive review. All content is cross-referenced against the funder’s RFP to ensure we address each criterion thoroughly and maximize scoring potential across all evaluation sections.
6. Post-Submission Follow-Up & Learning
Following submission, our team conducts a post-submission review with the client to evaluate process effectiveness and outcomes. We also track funder response timelines and gather qualitative and quantitative feedback, which is incorporated into a performance matrix. This data-driven approach informs future strategy, strengthens proposal quality, and enhances overall funding competitiveness.
