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Bright Star Grant Consultants will
either perform the following services or coach your team
so your investment in the community will make a
significant impact. The days of just handing out checks
are over. Grant makers want assurance that their funding
dollars have fiscal and social impacts that reflect the
grant maker’s priorities and mission.
Our services range from full service grant making
development to assisting the small business owner deal
will frequent calls for donations.
Sample of services:
Grantmaking
- Facilitate the process for your foundation to
focus and refine your standards, ethics, and grantmaking practices
- Organize your grant making structure and process
- Review and score Letters of Inquiry or full
proposals
- Develop the Request for Proposal
- Facilitate the criteria determination, scoring,
review of proposals, and selection of grantees
- Develop a contract with the grantee, including
the oversight process, budget control, site visits, reports, and project
evaluation
- Close projects that are not performing
- Build relationships with other foundations,
stakeholders, and potential grantees
- Review and evaluate operations, procedures, and
current processes for grantmaking
- Advise program and policy guidelines according
to changing societal conditions and the diverse viewpoints in the community
Leveraging Impact
- Coordinate funding with other foundations or fund granting
entities
- Budget development including: Evaluation, dissemination,
strategic communication, and social marketing
- Duplicate a successful model
- Develop collaborative consortiums to increase impact of
projects
New Foundation Development
- Define and articulate philanthropic vision and mission
statements
- Develop governing and/or decision making bodies
- Develop grantmaking Policy and Guidelines
- Strategic planning that includes the process to review and
evaluate operations, procedures, and grantmaking processes
- Establish a clear, logical, and consistent grant making
components including process, cycle, and documents

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Renee Bourque's Introduction to grants class and workshop series was a great
help in my work with a local community foundation. The class was
challenging, fun, and a great opportunity for building confidence. I found
that the presentation of information was clear, concise, hands on, and
relevant to grant seekers and grant makers alike.
Bonnie Parden
Women's Gift Alliance
http://www.wgakc.org

Renee is explaining what makes a good grantee and how to evaluate them on
the University of Washington Social Venture Funding Panel for Entrepreneur
Week. Patrick Ennis of Arch Venture Partners and Robin Breedlove of Social
Venture Partners are also shown.
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