Services & Fees

Project scope

Projects typically involve one or more of the following
types of service.

  • Project management
  • Initial needs assessment
  • Action plan construction
  • Program design
  • Program budget development
  • Grant funder research
  • Grant proposal production and submission

Management participation and reducing overall project cost

Overall project costs can be reduced by solid organizational management support, especially in the following areas.

  • Fully support in-house team members assigned with specific project-related tasks.
  • Encourage and support prompt response from organizational team members to questions raised throughout the duration of the project.
  • Timely provide all requested and required project-related organizational documents.
  • Authorize all funded-grant responsibilities, including timely program performance reporting to the funding organization.

Service Fees

Grant program design, grant proposal construction, and general consulting services are typically contracted on a project basis. Services will involve project management techniques, including a project timeline with project deadlines.  Contracts will often include a total cost not-to-exceed clause, and all service types will be billed at $60/hour.  Auxiliary fees such as travel, postage, and printing will be additional.  Usual foundation, state, and federal grant proposal projects comprise a total of less than 50 hours, 100 hours, and 150 hours, respectively, and will be capped accordingly.

Service Retainer

As described within a retainer agreement, at the beginning of each identified month, an amount will be billed for a specific number of hours of service planned for that month according to the project timeline.