Q: What types of organizations do you work with?
A: We partner with educational institutions, community-based nonprofits, libraries, re-entry programs, and interdisciplinary research teams. If your mission centers equity, knowledge production, or social justice, we’re equipped to support your funding and research strategy.
Q: How is your service pricing structured?
A: It depends on the offering. For example:
Grant Writing: one hour of support; additional hours invoiced.
Curriculum Development: one hour of personalized support; additional hours invoiced.
Grant Prospect Research: three hours, minimum of four tailored funding opportunities; additional hours invoiced.
Research & Evaluation: three hours; additional hours invoiced.
Client Partnership: 20 hours every two weeks, subscription-based, minimum two-month commitment.
See each service page for details and payment terms. Additional hours invoiced.
Q: What does the “Needs Assessment” process involve?
A: The Needs Assessment begins with a capacity and infrastructure review of your organization’s research and funding readiness. We collaboratively set a baseline, identify gaps and opportunities, and outline how our consulting can help guide your funding and development trajectory.
Q: What can organizations expect during the first phase of engagement?
A: Our process begins with a discovery and needs assessment session to understand your organizational goals, capacity, and funding landscape. We review past proposals, analyze current research or data infrastructure, and clarify your desired outcomes. From there, we co-create a strategic roadmap outlining next steps—whether it’s grant prospecting, narrative development, or building an evaluation framework. This ensures alignment, transparency, and efficiency from day one.
Q: Do you guarantee funding or grant awards?
A: While we cannot guarantee awards, we guarantee rigorous, equity-aligned strategy, tailored prospecting, and professionally developed narratives. Our goal is to maximize your competitiveness and guide you through the full life cycle of funding strategy.
Q: How does your Ethnic Studies background inform your approach to grant writing and research?
A: Ethnic Studies shapes every aspect of our methodology—from how we interpret data to how we frame narratives of impact. We center lived experience, historical context, and community-defined metrics of success. This means our grant narratives do more than meet funder requirements—they tell stories of resilience, relationship, and systemic change. In research and evaluation, we apply frameworks that honor community voice and challenge extractive data practices, ensuring that knowledge production remains an act of justice.
Q: What makes your consulting model different from traditional grant writing services?
A: Unlike transactional models that focus solely on proposal submission, our practice is relationship-driven and research-based. We approach every engagement as a partnership—integrating program design, evaluation, and strategic learning throughout the process. Each deliverable is grounded in data ethics, narrative precision, and the community-centered values of Ethnic Studies. We don’t just write grants; we build capacity for sustainable funding and institutional transformation.
Q: How do you balance academic rigor with community relevance in your work?
A: We view scholarship and community practice as interdependent. Our research methods are rigorous yet participatory—combining qualitative interviews, community feedback loops, and culturally responsive metrics. Every product, from a funding narrative to an evaluation report, is designed to be both intellectually sound and practically useful. We aim to make complex ideas accessible while preserving their depth and integrity.
Q: How do you handle confidentiality and ownership of work?
A: All work is conducted under a clear consulting agreement specifying deliverables, timelines, invoicing, and data handling. Intellectual property belongs to you: you retain full rights to all drafts, research findings, and planned documents delivered.
Q: What is your philosophy on “data justice”?
A: Data justice is about returning ownership and interpretation of data to the communities it represents. It means designing evaluation systems that reflect context, culture, and complexity—not just compliance metrics. We ask: Who benefits from this data? Who defines success? Who is left out of the story? Our work reclaims research as a form of empowerment, ensuring that findings contribute to healing, not harm.
Q: How do you ensure that your work remains culturally responsive across diverse clients and communities?
A: Cultural responsiveness begins with humility. We engage each client as a collaborator and knowledge holder, not a subject. Before designing strategies or frameworks, we take time to understand the histories, languages, and cultural contexts that shape their work. Our research tools and narratives are then tailored to honor those identities—reflecting the complexity, not flattening it.
Q: Can you help our team strengthen our own grant writing or evaluation skills?
A: Absolutely. Many clients engage us not just for deliverables, but for capacity-building. Through collaborative writing sessions and reflective coaching, we help teams internalize best practices in strategy, storytelling, and data interpretation. Our goal is to leave you stronger and more self-sufficient with each partnership—able to articulate your impact and sustain your work long after our engagement ends.
Q: What if I only need a one-time project and not a long-term partnership?
A: That’s absolutely fine. We offer flexible services such as the one-hour Grant Writing session or the three-hour Grant Prospect Research engagement. If you prefer to scale up later, we can transition into a more sustained consulting model.
Q: How do your subscription-based partnerships differ from project-based services?
A: Our subscription-based Client Partnership service is designed for organizations seeking continuity and depth. It includes ongoing grant research, writing, editing, and submission support, along with strategic program design sessions. This model allows us to move beyond isolated deliverables into sustained collaboration—building institutional knowledge, momentum, and long-term funding infrastructure.
Q: Do you collaborate with other consultants or researchers?
A: Yes. Collaboration is central to our practice. We often partner with other equity-minded researchers, evaluators, and data strategists to create interdisciplinary teams capable of addressing complex projects. This allows us to maintain depth while expanding reach—bridging qualitative insight with technical expertise.