CompassPoint Nonprofit Services Online Learning

CompasPoint Nonprofit Services is one of the country's leading nonprofit professional development organizations, serving over 7,000 nonprofit staff persons each year. Our new online course, Budgeting for Programs and Proposals, will teach you how to create accurate program budgets and effectively communicate your financial needs in grant proposals. Approved by the Association of Fundraising Professionals for continuing education credit, this affordable and convenient course includes six months access to personalized feedback from expert course tutors.

Draper Consulting Group

Since 1990, Draper Consulting Group (DCG) has provided high quality, customized assistance to over 140 grantmakers and nonprofit organizations in the fields of health, social services, education, and the arts. Because we work directly with funders as well as service providers, DCG has a comprehensive understanding of the nonprofit sector, cutting edge trends, and the needs of donors as well as nonprofit managers.

DCG has exemplary expertise in strategic planning, board and staff development, and the full range of private sector fundraising from individuals, foundations, and corporations. We help organizations expand and diversify their funding base with attention to building internal capacity and ensuring long-term sustainability. We have experience in effective annual fundraising, major donor development, grantsmanship, capital campaigns, and innovative fundraising that reaches younger donors and new segments of wealth. Our approach to strategic planning complements goal setting with budget projection, prioritizing, and fundraising planning. Visit http://www.drapergroup.com for more details and a client list.

Hired Gun Writing, LLC

Hired Gun Writing offers complete, cost-conscious grant management services for nonprofits. When you partner with us, we move efficiently and effectively to get you the grant funding you need—on time, on budget, and with zero "writer" hassles. Depending on your needs, we offer the following services:

• Grant Source Research. We identify all government and foundation/corporate funding opportunities, and compile a list of the best prospects.
• Grant Writing. Our complete proposals speak straight to the reviewer to inform, engage and convince them your project is the one they should fund. We also prepare supplementary documents, submit your grant and handle follow-up.
• Grant Editing and Consulting. If you already have a grant proposal and want a professional evaluation we will: Proofread your grant, make sure it meets proposal guidelines and matches the grantor's objectives, and offer suggestions to target any weaknesses.

J.C. Geever, Inc.

J.C. Geever, Inc. provides strategic, implementation and training services to help not-for-profit organizations build successful and sustaining fund raising programs. The firm maintains a commitment to providing professional fund raising and management expertise that empowers each and every client to fulfill its mission and to realize its full potential. Our services are tailored to address the specific needs of the client and are driven by the highest standards of quality and integrity. They include development planning, feasibility studies, management of capital campaigns, management of grantseeking programs, strategy and counsel on major gift development, training and coaching for staff and volunteers. The firm is led by Jane C. Geever, Chairman and author of The Foundation Center's Guide to Proposal Writing and John Hicks, President and CEO.

Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations

The Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Case Western Reserve University, is internationally known for its comprehensive graduate programs in nonprofit leadership and management. It is ranked among the top ten programs of its kind by U.S. World and News Report. The Center offers a Masters Degree in Nonprofit Organizations and a Certificate in Nonprofit Management. Students in the Center's partner schools may also receive a dual degree or dual credential combining the study of the nonprofit sector with other disciplines. The Center is a partnership of the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, the Weatherhead School of Management, the School of Law and the College of Arts and Sciences.

The Write Source, LLC

At The Write Source, we design winning grant proposals, not just write them. Since 1993, we have assisted over 200 nonprofit organizations in 23 states and the District of Columbia achieve their short-term and long-term grantseeking goals. Clients use our services for one reason: they want to win grants!

Think of The Write Source as your virtual grants office. We provide only grantseeking and writing services for nonprofit organizations. This sets us apart from other consulting firms that work in all areas of fundraising and nonprofit management. Our services include grant proposal planning and preparation, proposal review and critique, grantmaker research, grantseeking workshops, and promotional writing. We also provide exceptional training opportunities to help you, your board, volunteers, and others become successful grantseekers.

Let us help your organization obtain the grant funds it needs to succeed in fulfilling its mission. Choose to work with the right source, The Write Source. Visit our website at www.write-source.com.