Non-Profit Services
Creative Resources and Research loves to work with non-profit organizations. Our consultants each have personal experience working for non-profits as consultants, and within non-profits as volunteers and Board Members. We share your passion for cause-driven fund raising and we want to know what your plans are so we can help you achieve your vision.
We offer a variety of services to support your work and we subscribe to Hank Rosso’s vision of fund raising as the "servant of philanthropy". Our goal is to support you however we can to improve your bottom line, upgrade your organization and make sure that no opportunities are being missed.
Professional Development Services
We offer a broad range of training and workshops that we can offer on site when desired. Visit our Professional Development Services pages to see the extensive list of workshops we can offer. If you have an idea for training and the topic isn’t listed on our site, give us a call and we’ll custom design a training for your needs.
Planning Services
Do you need a little assistance getting ready to raise funds? Do you need to develop your Internal Case and write some External Case Statements? Do you need to develop a Strategic Plan? We have experience helping organizations get ready to do an effective job of raising funds including development of fund raising plans.
Grant Seeking Services
Our staff has access to the finest research resources on the web and we know how to use them. We will meet with you to learn all about your mission, programs and needs so we’ll be fully prepared to find the best opportunities to support your work.
Grant Research Standard Rates
Research Levels of Service and Fees:
Gold Research Protocol - $800/month
- Online Foundation Search
- Filter by: Fields of Interest, Geography, Limitations, Type of Organization, Special Factors, Size of Grant, Type of Funding
- Review 990 for three previous years
- Review potential grant maker web sites
- Review potential grant maker annual report from previous year
- Search online for articles pertaining to grant maker giving
- Attempt direct communication with grant maker about current priorities
- Attempt to communicate with two grant recipients about grant maker priorities
- Government Grant Search
- Weekly review of grants.gov
- Weekly review of applicable state grant sites
- Weekly review of Federal Register
- RFP Grant Search
- Weekly review of foundation RFP sites and periodicals
- Daily review of relevant Google alerts
Deliverables:
- Minimum of 3 qualified grant leads per month
- Report providing details on a minimum of 15 organizations screened per month
- Weekly updates on open Foundation and Government RFP’s pertaining to the organization
Silver Research Protocol - $400/month
- Online Foundation Search
- Filter by: Fields of Interest, Geography, Limitations, Type of Organization, Special Factors, Size of grant, Type of funding
- Review 990 for previous year
- RFP Grant Search
- Weekly review of Foundation RFP sites and periodicals
Deliverables:
- Minimum of 3 grant leads per month
- Report of a minimum of 10 organizations screened per month
- Weekly updates on open Foundation RFP’s pertaining to the organization
Bronze Research Protocol - $250/month
- Government Grant Search
- Weekly review of grants.gov
- Weekly review of applicable state grant sites
- Weekly review of Federal Register
Deliverables:
- Weekly updates on open Government RFP’s pertaining to the organization
Grant Writing Services
Our staff has many decades of highly successful grant writing experience. We have an excellent rate of success and we provide our services at competitive and ethical prices. You can find more information about our grant writing services on the Grant Writing Services Page.
Grant Writing Fees
Level I - grant amounts from $10,000 to $99,000:
We offer a sliding fee schedule based on the grant amount and on the foundation’s budget.
Level II - Grant amounts from $100,000 - $1,000,000+ per fiscal year:
A flat fee of $10,000 is charged for writing grants within this range unless an application requires a level of staff time that exceeds the commitment we would customarily anticipate in the development process. The fee in these instances is negotiated on a case-by-case basis with the client. Grants over one million dollars will be negotiated based on a number of factors on a case-by-case basis. Please call CRR and speak to a representative about your specific project.
Level III – Grant amounts from $50,000 and upward
CRR sometimes writes proposals on a percentage contingency fee for grants of $50,000 and above. A contingency fee option is offered at the sole discretion of CRR. A contingency arrangement always requires a review of the client’s circumstances and an assessment of the likelihood of a successful proposal prior to approval. CRR charges a percentage fee that is reasonable and which takes into account the reality that in such an arrangement, CRR bears the entire fiscal burden of producing the application.
Letter of Inquiry Writing
- Initial Agency/Program Letter of Inquiry (LOI)–1-3 page Letter of Inquiry = $250
- Subsequent LOI’s (same program) = $100
CRR Commitment to Grant Quality
If a grant we write is not funded, CRR will revise and resubmit the original proposal to the same program the following year using feedback from the reader’s comments. We do not redevelop proposals or write entirely new proposals under this provision, nor will we rewrite the proposal for a new funding source under this provision.
Non-Profit Clients
For non-profit clients, there is no additional fee for rewriting and resubmitting an unfunded proposal to the same funding source.
CRR Proposal Review Services
CRR provides review and critique services for clients who want to write the grant themselves and then have it reviewed by an expert prior to submittal. As part of this service CRR experts will work through two or three complete review and critique cycles, providing written comments with very specific recommendations for improvement. While the fee for this service varies, based on the type of grant involved, fees typically begin at $1,500.
Member Resources
We offer a Member Site for those who want access to more resources than what we offer for free on our site. By charging for some of our resources we are able to develop more and higher quality resources for our members. We’re excited about our member site and we know you’ll think it’s well worth the cost.
