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We
provide a full spectrum of quality services . . .
to
assist in the procurement of additional funding for public
education, faith based organizations, and other non-profits.
Our mission is to
build the capacity of organizations in Southeastern
Michigan to provide
innovative programs and services and to use the grant-seeking
process to obtain the supplementary funds needed. Academic and
Business Designs provides:
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Grant Research and
Identification –
Our design professionals conduct Internet and
library research to develop a detailed report of upcoming
grants and funding opportunities that match your mission and
for which your organization is eligible to apply.
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Grant Proposal
Writing Services
– Development and writing of the grant proposal
narrative, goals, budget, project activities, evaluation
process, and abstract. Editing and review
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Letter Writing – Our design professionals will Answer RFPs and
write letters of inquiry/mini-proposals to introduce your
organization and project to agencies/foundations.
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Rigorous
review and editing of key school foundation documents
including:
·
Charter
Drafting
·
District Impact
Statements
·
School Improvement
Plans
·
Technology
Plans
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Planning Facilitator
– We
will facilitate meetings with staff and community planning
groups to develop a collaborative design for the grant
proposal and decide on project activities.
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Strategic
Planning for Your Organization
– We
use best practice based solutions in development to assist
organizations in articulating and aligning their vision,
mission, goals, and strategic action
plans.
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Staff
Training and On-on-One Coaching – A Certified
Grant Writer can teach your staff to be effective grant
researchers and composers while working as part of a grant
writing team. Teach your staff to research and write grants
and then have a grant consultant perform a review of the final
draft. This is the most cost effective method for an
organization with ongoing grant needs.
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Promotional
Materials
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Full
Color
Printing
–
We
create compelling print designs and marketing brochures with
affordable full color printing.
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Certified Grant Writers – There are great
benefits to contracting the services of a certified grant
writing organization. Instead of paying the
high cost of a full-time professional grant writer, with an
average salary of $75,000 per year, plus benefits,
“outsourcing” services when you need them saves your
organization thousands of dollars.
As a client of
Academic and Business Designs, your organization and its
stakeholders receive top quality, affordable, support services
that are individualized to meet your budget and programming
needs. All of our
grant writing professionals are certified by the American
Grant Writers Association with 10 or more years of grant
writing and grant management experience. Using our client needs
assessment - grant research - and proposal development
process, Academic and Business Designs can prepare grant
proposals and programming designs with limited burden on your
staff.
For
more information about our development services contact
Academic
and Business Designs today!
Relieve
the work overload on your staff !
Take
Advantage of Our Full-Color Printing
Services
Grant Research – Researching and
finding the most appropriate RFP is often the most time
consuming part of the grant proposal writing process. Academic and Business
Designs will do all the hard work for you. We show you step by
step how to locate the grants you are eligible for. Our design
professionals conduct research and develop a detailed report
of upcoming grants and funding opportunities that match your
mission and for which your organization is eligible to
apply.
Academic
and Business Designs will do all this for
you:
̀ Locate 5-7 funding
sources that specifically match your organization’s needs,
mission, and program goals. We conduct Internet and
library research to identify upcoming grant opportunities from
federal, state, local, and private funding sources that align
with the programming needs of your organization. We only put
the most appropriate grant competitions on the list which
reduces time and future research efforts.
̀ Research government
grant guidelines and foundation/agency giving guidelines,
method of application, and information on how to approach
prospective foundations.
̀ Gather foundation
applications, deadlines, and any other important information
needed in the application process.
Fee:
$500
This includes an initial planning
session.
This service can
also include monthly grant searches. For
agencies and organizations that need ongoing support to
identify grant competitions we offer a monthly retainer-based
service system.
Services include monthly grant competition list
development, ongoing consulting, and coordination of
agency-based grant planning teams. This is comparable to
acquiring the full-time services of a professional
grant-writer with very personalized, consistent support.
Fee ranges from $500 to $1,500 per
month
depending on the service need.
For
more information about our development services contact
Academic
and Business Designs today!
Relieve
the work overload on your staff !
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