Grant writing and fundraising

Fundraising capacity is one of the hardest constraints for small nonprofits to break through: your existing staff are fully deployed sustaining current revenue, and you're not ready to expand your development team until that growth is funded.

A focused, time-limited grant writing engagement can shift the trajectory.

Since 2021, Martha has completed more than a dozen grant writing engagements for human services nonprofits, writing 50 to 60 applications across government, foundation, corporate, and trust funders. Recent results include:

On The Rise, Inc. (Cambridge, MA, budget $2.1M) — Secured a new three-year commitment from a corporate foundation at $50,000 per year, and renewed a family foundation grant of $50,000 after a six-year lapse in the relationship.

ConfiKids, Inc. (Foxborough, MA, budget $450K) — Partnered with an organization just beginning to build its grants portfolio to pursue competitive applications to private family trusts. Secured initial grants of $10,000–$20,000 from two funders, both of which have renewed over three consecutive years.

Martha brings a writer's craft and a finance director's precision to grant work — understanding not just how to make the case compellingly, but how to structure budgets, match costs to funder priorities, and represent an organization's financials with credibility.