Proposals that win

RAISE YOUR PROPOSAL WIN RATE TO 80% OR HIGHER

Winning Proposals

Every winning proposal tells a compelling story. We know

narrative. You know your field. Together, we can create stories that sing, proposals that win.

Experience: $800 million raised;

150 institutions, companies and organizations;

25 years

Commerce Defense Education Energy Health & Human Services Housing & Urban

Development Justice

from over 25 operating divisions, agencies and other subsidiaries

U. S. Congressional appropriation

Key independent agencies, including EPA, NEA, NSF

Secured major funding from:

RETURN-ON-INVESTMENTFor every dollar you pay the Golden Group, you will secure between $33 and $300 from a funder.

Major foundations including:

Ford Robert Wood Johnson Retirement Research Lilly Endowment W. K. Kellogg The Cleveland Foundation

U.S. Departments of:

SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT PROCESS: Form and manage collegial, collaborative

relationships with prospective funders;

Recruit collaborative partners strategically and form winning teams;

Negotiate with collaborative program partners for optimal team results;

Support complex negotiations under pressure of tight deadlines;

Guide and support your pre- and post-submission advocacy activities;

Make sound decisions on using your grantseeeking resources judiciously; and

Increase your win rate to 80 percent or higher.

HELP IN PREPARING PROPOSALS: Expedite, ease and optimize preparation of

applications;

Develop narratives that respond to funder’s priorities;

Draft and edit using language and perspective that echo funder’s;

Weave sections together with unified voice;

Craft an executive summary that sells.

Marketing and Proposal Help for Grant and Contract Proposals

SUSAN’S BACKGROUND:

PhD, Duke University, NDEA Title IV Fellow;

MA, Duke University (Durham,NC);

BA, Case Western University (Cleveland, OH), Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude.

Invited author, Jossey-Bass Publishers, Secrets of Successful Grantsmanship (’97).

Invited columnist, “Grant Smarts,” Contributions Magazine.

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Proposals that win

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Working together, we can transform the “silk”

of your ideas into gold.

Call us at 216/464-9700