I offer service packages available on demand and customized services involving grant consulting, coaching, and writing, and strategic consulting and planning services.

service packages

grant consulting for arts & culture organizations or individual artists

Need advice about a grant application? The buttons below will take you to a brief form to fill out about your needs, then to book time and complete your payment. If you’re in doubt, start with a one-hour consultation, we can always add more time if needed.

Grant Consultation | One Hour
Grant Consultation | Two Hour

Customized services

For more complex work, especially involving grant writing, strategic planning, or project design services, I offer customized services on a contract basis.

arts project & program design

Clients come to me with an idea for an arts project that they are excited about, but that they don’t have the expertise or resources to make happen on their own.

  • Project and program design — planning unique projects that spark a sense of curiosity, excitement, and purpose.
  • Program evaluation design — gathering and analyzing data that demonstrate the impact your program is making on your community, and using that analysis to make changes to your program.
  • Partnership development — recruiting and negotiating with partners who can contribute skills and connections to the client’s project.

Grant consulting, strategy, Writing & Coaching

One of the most important things I offer my clients is lasting improvement in their grant seeking skills and process. A grant should never just be about a single project. Instead, the grant is a stepping stone to achieving long-term mission and providing an ongoing benefit to the client and the people who experience the project.

  • Grant Prospect Research — I find, or teach you to find, grants that you or your organization are eligible and well suited for.
  • Grant proposal strategy design — planning what you’ll ask for, how you’ll use the money, and why your proposal fits with the goals of the grant.
  • Community engagement design — finding concrete ways to reach the communities that will most benefit from your project.
  • Writing effective responses to application questions — clarifying both the how and the why of your project with direct and engaging language.
  • Budgeting — understanding how to create project budgets that tell a clear story of your project from a financial perspective.
  • Work Sample Selection — picking the best work samples for a particular grant submission, a critical part of the grant application for arts organizations.

I also offer a Grant Writing Workshop for College Students.

Strategic Consultation and Planning

Drawing from my experience as the Executive Director of a small arts nonprofit, a practicing artist, and a grant writer with intimate experience with a range of clients, I help clients gather critical information, clarify their mission and vision, and set implementation goals through a collaborative process.

Want to talk with me?

Fill in a brief form here. After you do, you’ll receive an email to schedule a free 15-minute Discovery Call with Douglas Detrick.