One application · no retainer

One-time foundation grant writing for nonprofits

For a nonprofit with an identified foundation opportunity, this one-time writing scope turns your approved program facts and budget into a clear application package the organization can review, approve, and submit.

Available remotely throughout the United States. We confirm instructions, materials, scope, and timing before payment.

$750 · $375 to begin and $375 on delivery of the agreed submission-ready package

Discuss a foundation application

A bounded application package

The $750 scope covers one identified foundation opportunity and up to 2,000 narrative words. It includes an attachment checklist and one consolidated revision using the organization’s approved program and budget.

Payment is $375 to begin and $375 on delivery of the agreed submission-ready package. There is no retainer or automatic recurring commitment.

Start with public fit information

For the initial inquiry, send the foundation and program name, public instructions or URL, stated deadline and time zone, a short description of the approved program, and a high-level request and budget. Identify the person who approves organizational facts.

Keep confidential client information, protected records, passwords, and sensitive attachments out of that first message. After fit, scope, payment, and access are agreed, we arrange a separate handoff for the draft and approved materials.

Process and timing

  1. Inspect the identified foundation’s instructions, fit, deadline, and required attachments.
  2. Confirm scope, payment, the secure materials handoff, and the accountable fact approver.
  3. Draft the narrative and attachment checklist. First draft within 5–7 business days after complete materials and access.
  4. Incorporate one consolidated revision and deliver the agreed submission-ready package.

Allow additional time after the first draft for your factual review, the included revision, approvals, and submission. The client confirms facts, approves the final materials, chooses the submission channel, and submits. Late or incomplete inputs move the working deadline.

What a focused answer can look like

Suppose a foundation asks: “Describe the proposed project, who it serves, and how you will measure participation.” This fictional Northside Arts Workshop response names the activity and participants, then gives a measurable target and a way to record attendance. All names and figures are invented for this demonstration.

Fictional excerpt · not proof of client work or an award

Northside Arts Workshop proposes a free six-week visual-arts workshop in Arlington, Texas, for 24 students ages 10–14. The planning target is for at least 18 enrolled students to attend five of six Saturday sessions. Sign-ins will be reviewed after the workshop, with missing attendance records identified explicitly.

The answer stays within the question. The request amount and budget belong in the funder's budget questions; the $3,600 hypothetical request and $4,800 total project budget are shown in the linked examples. Actual applications need approved organizational facts and the funder's current word limits. These participation figures are targets, not achieved results.

Read the fictional grant review example for the source facts and unresolved inputs, or see the fictional LOI sample for a different foundation-facing format.

Fit and boundaries

This offer is for one identified foundation opportunity and an existing approved program and budget. It excludes federal applications, new program design, complex budget creation, researching multiple funders, portal administration, and submission on the client’s behalf. Work beyond one consolidated revision requires a separate agreement. The foundation makes the award decision; Wellridge does not guarantee funding.

Compare this scope with application review, letter-of-inquiry writing, all grant-writing services, payment and scope answers, or the grant buyer guide.