If your goal is strategic sustainable growth, the skills and experience I can provide are highly relevant to to achieving your mission.
Grant Management:
Developmental Support & Strategic Management Services
We are your one-stop, full-cycle grant management solution, enhancing
your organization's impact through comprehensive pre- and post-award services:
Understanding your organization thoroughly helps identify funding opportunities with individuals, foundations, and corporations. Developing a tailored strategy and building vital partnerships that align with your mission and goals ensures that your organization is well-positioned to secure the resources needed for success.
Specializing in crafting compelling grant proposals and managing awards. From overseeing the entire grant application process to ensuring compliance with all reporting requirements—every detail to help grow your funding sources and achieve your mission.
Relationship cultivation and maintenance, acknowledging their contributions and keeping them informed and engaged with your organization’s projects and impact. Strategy development and execution to secure financial support from individuals, foundations, and corporations, ensuring sustainable growth and planning for your future.
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Award
Post-Award
Expert Grant Development and Management
Research, Connections and Project Development
Stewardship
and Planning
for the Future
Award Services:
Grant Development and Management: I provide comprehensive support throughout the entire grant lifecycle, from identifying relevant grant opportunities to crafting tailored responses to Requests for Proposals (RFPs). My services cover every aspect of the process, including project scoping, budget creation, and writing persuasive grant applications that align with funders' specific goals and priorities. I also offer guidance on optimizing your grant strategy to improve your chances of success.
Post-Award Services:
Compliance: I ensure that your organization stays compliant with all post-award requirements, safeguarding your funding and reputation. This includes monitoring reporting deadlines, preparing the necessary documentation, and adhering to all the stipulations outlined in the grant agreements. With my help, your organization will remain in good standing, avoiding the risk of non-compliance.
Future Planning and Ongoing Stewardship: After securing funding, I assist in developing long-term stewardship strategies that maintain donor relationships and build on your organization’s successes. I work with you to craft personalized engagement plans, keeping funders informed about your impact while exploring opportunities for future support. My services ensure you’re not only sustaining current funding but also growing it through thoughtful planning and cultivation of new opportunities.
Pre-Award Services:
Fundraising Pipeline Creation: I partner with your team to develop a comprehensive, research-driven fundraising plan tailored to your organization’s mission and goals. From identifying potential donors and funding sources to creating a step-by-step roadmap, I ensure your team is equipped with actionable strategies that position you to meet or exceed your fundraising targets.
Relationship Management, Engagement, and Stewardship: Together, we’ll develop an in-depth strategy to cultivate and maintain strong, lasting relationships with key stakeholders, including funding organizations, corporations, individual donors, and potential project partners. Our approach emphasizes the importance of ongoing stewardship—ensuring that supporters are consistently engaged, appreciated, and motivated to continue their involvement with your cause.
Media & Marketing Support: I’ll help you craft and share compelling stories that highlight your mission, impact, and value. Whether it’s designing an outreach campaign, developing digital marketing strategies, or building relationships with media outlets, we’ll ensure that your message reaches the right audience and builds the awareness needed to drive support.
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Grant Proposal Samples
Project Proposal: The B-Side Collective
My Role: Aided in project development, content development and writing, graphics, and budget creation.
This proposal was presented to the Fresno Arts Council, seeking grant support to empower young creatives in the Fresno area. It aims to provide them with access to a series of workshops designed to provide valuable skills and crucial exposure to educational institutions, programs, museums, and key figures within their respective fields.
Result: An upstart nonprofit received a nearly $49,000 award.
Proposal: Transformation in Chicago
My Role: Aided in project development, ideation, research, content development and writing, financial data and projections, collaborated on budgets
Technology propels the world forward, and those left behind in areas like data analytics, digital health, and biosciences are missing out on potential meaningful upward mobility. Unfortunately, Chicago’s South Side remains largely excluded from these opportunities, perpetuating economic and health disparities that hinder participation in the modern economy.
In response, a coalition of community leaders and local organizations mobilized to transform this scenario through initiatives including a tech workforce engine, entrepreneurship accelerator, digital health collaborative, and bioscience incubator aimed at addressing the needs of traditionally underserved communities.
Proposal: Empowering Marginalized Communities Through Tech Education
My Role: Relationship development, research, content development and writing, graphics, budget creation
After significant relationship development, this project sought funding to support tech education for marginalized groups, aiming to train thousands and to help ensure middle-wage tech jobs. The partnership bridged systemic gaps and elevated diverse communities.
Result: $750,000 awarded.
This proposal lays out the details of a potential program designed to create tech-based employment opportunities through workforce training aimed at violence intervention and prevention.
Program Development & Project Proposal
My Role: Program creation & development, content development and writing, graphics, budget creation
"Mike Major is a highly skilled leader with a proven track record in driving growth and mission-aligned business strategies. His exceptional ability to craft winning proposals, coupled with his strong servant leadership skills, make him an invaluable talent."
Ryan McCallum, Dartmouth College
Vice President of Transformation
”If it wasn't for Mike, I'm not sure how I would have taken the steps necessary for The B-Side Collective to have the financial momentum it has now. From the start, he has been instrumental in the entire process. He's communicative, patient, easy to work with, and an invaluable resource."
Frankie Garibay, B-Side Collective
Founder & CEO
”Mike is a reliable leader who incorporates research and strategic analysis to successfully identify and win new opportunities."
Tina Robertson
Propoint Technology
"Mike's deep understanding of complex concepts—ranging from proposal writing and financial management to federal regulations—combined with his strategic mindset and talent
for identifying and creating
innovative solutions, makes
him an invaluable asset."
Chrystine Villarreal, Kapor Center
Sr. Director of Fund Partnerships
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