Services
Working Capital offers a number of services that can be tailored to meet your organization’s needs. The categories of services offered are described briefly below. However, feel free to contact us directly if you have questions or if your organization is facing a unique situation.
Online Fundraising
This broad category includes:
- Application Development
- Database Integration and Management
- Online Communications
- Project Management
- Reporting and Analytics
- Technology Consulting
- Training
- Website Development
- And ongoing support of any or all of the above
Grant Research and Funder Evaluation
Even a great project stands little chance of being funded if it is proposed to the wrong funder or the proposal does not meet a funder’s guidelines. Our experienced staff will identify the most likely targets for your organization through an extensive research process, which includes utilizing library and online resources and our own database of funders. We then refine initial results through review of each funder’s policies, priorities, guidelines, and applications to create a list of the most promising potential funders for your situation. All this information is then compiled in written form, detailing the funding opportunities, submissions deadlines, requirements, and our recommendations for amounts to request for your proposal in an easy-to-use document.
Grant Writing
Working Capital can generate grant applications in the configuration that works best for your organization. Once the needed information is shared, you can choose to have us work collaboratively with your staff members or write the application solo. In every situation, your organization owns the work product as it is produced and controls the work process. You have the final approval on every application before it is submitted. Simply tell us what your organization needs and we will work with you to structure the best way to achieve that goal.
Grant Editing and Review
Has your organization already developed a grant proposal? Are you comfortable that it is as good as it can be? If you have any doubts, we are here to assist you.
Working Capital can review and edit proposals to evaluate your proposal, identify weaknesses, and make suggestions for improvement. In addition, we can ensure that the proposal meets the funder’s guidelines and application requirements. Since our staff has sat on the other side of the table and reviewed proposals for foundations, we can provide real insight into what funders are looking for, which is just the advantage you need.
Evaluation
More than ever, funders are requiring organizations to evaluate their programs and services. Simply stated, they want to know if money invested in your organization will yield the results your organization states.
Whether your organization wants an objective outside review of existing evaluation efforts or needs help creating its first evaluation plan, Working Capital can help. Our evaluation experience ranges from evaluation design and review to internal organization evaluations to evaluations for funders such as the National Science Foundation.
Entrepreneurial Publications
Ensuring that your organization’s funding base is as broad as possible is smart management, especially in these difficult economic times. Utilizing the specialized knowledge your staff members possess to inform the public on issues of import to your organization is smart advocacy. Working Capital can help you do both.
Publications, either hard copy or electronic, can disperse important information to a broader audience, thus expanding the base of people who care about your organization’s target concerns. They can also be sold, thus generating an additional and unrestricted source of funds. Working Capital has a strong history in this area, writing publications for clients that have sold hundreds of thousands of copies. Contact us if this is of interest to you.
Long-Term Planning
The best way to utilize an organization’s resources for fund raising efforts is to have a long-term plan. Unfortunately, the day-to-day activities involved in running a nonprofit organization can make it difficult to develop and update a comprehensive approach. Working Capital can help you identify short- and long-term goals and set priorities so that your efforts can be concentrated on the most important tasks, both now and in the future.
