Nonprofit-First Grantwriting
We handle your grants from research to submission. And you only pay if you win, after you win.
You keep 77.5 cents of every dollar we win for your mission. Our fee is 22.5%, and we don't invoice until the funding is in your account.
Every grant dollar we win, on the ledger
What is nonprofit-first grantwriting?
Nonprofit-First Grantwriting is $0 to start. GrantLedger finds the foundations that fund work like yours, writes the applications in your voice, and submits them after your review. Our success fee is 22.5% of the grants we win together. Pay after you win. Only if you win.
Three things make nonprofit-first grantwriting different from every other option. We carry all the risk until you are funded. We leverage data and technologies that internal development teams, freelance grantwriters, and consultants do not have access to. And we only succeed when you succeed.
Traditional grantwriters and consultancies charge you for grants written. GrantLedger charges for grants won.
A hypothetical grant portfolio, two different ways
On a 30-application portfolio, the grantwriter-first model bills $2,000 to $5,000 per application before the charity sees a dollar. Here is the same portfolio, both ways.
| Grantwriter-first | GrantLedgerNonprofit-first | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant portfolio size | 30 applications | 30 applications |
| Cost per grant | -$2,000 to -$5,000per grant, win or lose | $0 upfront cost |
| Funder research | Often billed on top | Included |
| When you pay | Up front, win or lose | Only after grant funds are in your account |
| Downside | -$60,000 to -$150,000and many hours of your team's time | $0 in feesand about five hours of your time |
| Upside, $300,000 won | +$150,000 to +$240,000after risking $60,000 to $150,000 up front | +$232,500kept, having risked nothing |
3 simple steps to apply for ~30 grants.
Phase 1 Interview
About 2 hoursGrant-Ready Document Checklist
About 1 hourPhase 2 Interview
About 2 hoursThe Pre-Flight Review
You can veto any submission before it is filed.About five hours total across the three steps, or roughly ten minutes per grant.
We have limited onboarding capacity.
Let us know who you are and we'll run your numbers against our database to confirm the funding potential.
We spent six months building this quietly with nonprofits we already knew. We're excited to bring nonprofit-first grantwriting to a wider audience.