The Grant Doctors® is a full service government grants and contracts consulting firm for urban and rural education, local government, nonprofit (NGO), healthcare and small business clients. Our team has raised over $200 million and managed $350 million in public funds.

Dave Farley, founder and CEO, is an authority on public funds management, ethics and governance. He has nearly 30 years of experience serving local governments, corporations, community-based organizations and governing boards. Dave has worked on over $215 million in public/private projects; successfully managed the regulatory compliance of $200 million in federal and state funds; and secured $32 million for new projects.

We’re experienced with rural and urban clients and organizations of all sizes:

• Nonprofits/NGOs from 4 – 500+ employees
• Local governments of 840 – 3,800,000 population
• LEAs with 670 – 58,000 students
• Small businesses from 2 – 50 employees

Federal Agency Experience

• Department of Agriculture
• Department of Defense
• Department of Education
• Department of Energy
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Department of Homeland Security
• Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Department of the Interior
• Department of Justice
• Department of Labor

Let’s get to work!

We work with urban and rural education, government, nonprofit (NGO), healthcare and small business clients.

Organizational Capacity

• Grant Application Pre-Submission Review and Feedback. Applying for federal grants is a highly competitive process. Let us review your proposal, and provide actionable feedback, before you submit it. We will need a complete version of your application/proposal and the funder’s Request for Application (RFA)/Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). We require at least 72 hours before the grant’s deadline to complete our review.

• Federal Grant Management Systems Assessment. Federal grants can be overwhelming for new and developing nonprofits. Before you take the plunge, let us review your business and operations systems to see if your organization is ready to manage federal awards. Our engagement includes a deep examination of your nonprofit’s governance; organizational capacity; policies, systems and controls; and external environment through a series of one-on-one interviews with your organization’s leadership and staff. The final product is a strategy deck with our findings, recommendations and action plan.

• Annual On-Call Support and Coaching. Sometimes, all you need is a person you can call for a quick question, a brainstorming session, an outsider’s opinion or just an ear to bend. We’re here for you. All topics welcome. Everything is fair game: brainstorming new projects and positioning them for potential funding; grant management technical assistance; budgeting advice; policies, procedures and systems assistance; program sustainability and much more. The annual engagement includes a one-hour call per week over 50 weeks (we close the last two weeks of December).

Grant Management and Development

• Grant Development. Applying for federal grants is a highly competitive process. The Grant Doctors® can help increase your chances of success. Our professionals have secured over $200 million in discretionary awards. Let us help your team with the Grant Application, Evaluation Plan and Budget.

• Grant Management. Government regulations are becoming more complex. Compliance is more critical than ever. The Grant Doctors® has managed $350 million in federal grants. Issues frustrating to others are routine for us: Annual Federal Grant Oversight; Program Development and Funding Strategy; Sustainability Planning; Governmental Relations; Corrective Action Plan Development and Oversight; Sub-recipient Monitoring; and Federal Monitoring Review Preparation.

• Research and Evaluation. Every federal grant requires some form of evaluation to monitor progress, to identify opportunities for program improvement and to report progress. We can help with the Program Evaluation Plan (application phase) and the Annual Project Evaluation (implementation phase).

• Grant Deep Dive. Insufficient documentation is the number one reason for federal grant audit findings and repayments to funding agencies. Annual private audits won’t catch everything. You need an in-depth review by someone with extensive federal grant experience. Let us examine your documentation to make sure it meets federal expectations.

Small Business Development

• Public contracts. We can help your business prepare competitive contract proposals for the following government entities: state governments; local governments (i.e., counties, cities, towns); public school districts and charter schools; special districts; public utilities.

How can we help? Contact us today!

General inquiries: Email hello@thegrantdoctors.com to schedule an initial consultation with Dave Farley. Let us know the assistance you need so he can prepare for the conversation.

Formal bids/quotes: If you need a bid for your grant development/management services, please send your Request for Proposals (RFP) to rfp@thegrantdoctors.com and we’ll respond with a competitive offer.

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One more thing before you go…We offer a number of resources designed to increase organizational grant capacity. Please check in frequently. Additional resources coming soon.

Federal Grant Readiness Assessment

Federal grants are an excellent option for nonprofit organizations; they should represent a portion of every nonprofit’s annual revenue. Too often, however, many nonprofits go after federal grants before they have the capacity to manage the awards. Regulations involved with managing federal grants are more complicated than state and local government grants, private/corporate grants and private donations. Without the proper systems to manage federal funds, the consequences for a nonprofit can be severe: wasted funds, theft, audit findings, repayments, suspension, debarment and/or legal action.

Our assessment tool measures a nonprofit organization’s readiness to apply for, and manage, federal grants by looking at 28 indicators of organizational maturity across four major domains: governance; organizational capacity; policies, systems and controls; and external environment. The 28 indicators are scored using a five-point scale: Exceptional (5), Very Good (4), Satisfactory (3), Developing (2), and Beginning (1).

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