Grant consultants bring many benefits.

Burke Hammons Consulting brings specific expertise in writing certain types of grants. For example, an in-house grant writer might write one National Endowment for the Arts grant per year. We at Burke Hammons Consulting have written multiple NEA applications annually for various clients and bring that experience to crafting a more competitive proposal. You receive senior-level expertise for the cost of a junior-level staff member.

A consultant provides ongoing strategic advice on what grant opportunities to prioritize and how to best approach and build relationships with funders. Having worked with grant funders across many sectors and communities, we understand the complexities of evaluating funder priorities and approaching program officers.

If the organization is new to grant writing, Burke Hammons Consulting can guide you to becoming grant ready and provide frameworks and tools that in-house staff can use. These resources are also available to clients who are looking to improve their existing grant seeking processes.

Perhaps counterintuitively, specialized consultants can help diversify your revenue streams by freeing up existing development staff time for other fundraising activities, including planning events, stewarding donors, and more.

As a contracted entity, we are paid for the work we do and do not require payment for benefits, taxes, technology, vacation time, sick leave, training, professional development, or hours spent not actively working on grants, which can ultimately save money. Consultants do not require Human Resources’ time to manage, and the consultant relationship can last for one project or for decades.