Month 1 · Learn and organize
We learn your programs, funding history, financials and current obligations — and tell you what's missing.
How we work
A documented process, not a personality.
Grant programs fail on inconsistency more than on writing quality. Everything below is how we keep an engagement predictable.
The first ninety days
Getting the function stood up.
Month 2 · Build the pipeline
We qualify opportunities, build your working grant calendar, and begin the highest-priority applications.
Month 3 · Establish the rhythm
Applications move through drafting, your review and submission. Reporting joins the same calendar.
Then every month
Find, qualify, prepare, approve, submit, track, report — and repeat.
↑ Returns to 01 each cycle
The monthly rhythm
What every month looks like.
| Continuous | Grant calendar maintained as work changes |
| Weekly | Internal pipeline and opportunity review |
| As needed | Requests to you for documents, figures, signatures or confirmations — with notice |
| Ongoing | Draft applications delivered ahead of agreed internal deadlines, with time to review |
| Monthly | A written leadership summary, and a formal check-in |
View a sample monthly report →
Almanac Grant Partners — April / Grant Program Summary
03Applications submitted
04In preparation
06Decisions pending
02Reports approaching
03Client items needed
| Date | Activity | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 03 | Submitted | Community Foundation — General Operating Support |
| Apr 14 | Client review | Youth Development Foundation |
| Apr 22 | Report due | Community Impact Award |
ILLUSTRATIVE MONTHLY REPORT
Our commitments
What you can hold us to.
Internal deadlines ahead of funder deadlines.
Set at the start of each application and communicated in advance.
A complete draft for review.
With time to revise before submission.
A written summary every month.
What was submitted, what's pending, what was decided, what's due next, and what needs attention.
What we need from you
The engagement is a two-sided arrangement.
What Almanac owns
- Research and qualify opportunities
- Maintain the grant calendar
- Draft narratives
- Track requirements and attachments
- Prepare budgets from your figures
- Coordinate submission
- Draft interim and final reports
- Maintain your content library
What we need from your team
- Program facts and priorities
- Accurate budgets and financial information
- Current organizational documents
- Outcome and impact data
- Timely review when approval is required
- Final authorization for submissions