Grant Services for Colleges & Universities | Think and Ink Grant Consulting®
Nonprofits
Who We Serve — Large Nonprofits

Grant expertise
built for large
nonprofits.

We help large nonprofits with budgets of $3M+ secure competitive grant funding through strategic, high-quality proposals — shifting your organization from reactive to fundable.

$625M+
Secured for clients nationwide
95%
Client referral rate
NSF · NIH
Dept. of Education & more
10+
Years of higher ed experience
Certified B Corp
GPCI Approved
Atlanta, GA — Nationwide
Nonprofits · Universities · Government
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Our Approach

Large nonprofits are impactful — and overstretched.

We partner with large nonprofits — organizations with budgets of $3M or more — to build the grant strategy, program readiness, and proposal quality needed to win competitive funding. From community foundations to federal programs, we help your development team work smarter, not harder.

We help nonprofits shift from reactive grant-chasing to a proactive, strategic funding model — one where your programs are fundable, your data tells a compelling story, and your proposals consistently score at the top.

Areas of Focus
We help large nonprofits fund
01
CI

Community Impact Programs

Health, education, housing, and social service programs — proposals that connect your mission to funder priorities and community need.

02
WD

Workforce & Economic Development

Job training, workforce readiness, and economic mobility programs aligned with federal, state, and foundation priorities.

03
CB

Capacity Building

Organizational infrastructure, program design, evaluation systems, and strategic planning to make your nonprofit more competitive.

04
IR

Impact Reporting & Grant Management

Systems and support for tracking outcomes, managing multi-grant reporting, and demonstrating results to current and future funders.

Understanding the Challenge

The five pain points we solve
for large nonprofits

A

Volume vs. Quality

  • High demand for "more grants" reduces the quality of each submission
  • Teams are stretched thin and reactive — not strategic
How we help

We bring dedicated capacity and a strategic approach — helping your team focus on the right opportunities and submit fewer, stronger proposals that win more funding.

B

Lack of Program Readiness

  • Programs don't have logic models, evaluations, or outcomes prepared
  • Organizations get stuck chasing money instead of building fundable programs
How we help

We help you build fundable programs from the inside out — developing logic models, evaluation plans, and outcome frameworks that make your proposals competitive before writing begins.

C

Weak Collaboration Between Program & Development

  • Development writes proposals without updated program data or staff input
  • Program teams feel proposals don't reflect the real work being done
How we help

We bridge the gap between program and development — facilitating the collaboration needed to ensure every proposal authentically reflects your work and positions it competitively.

D

Data Gaps & Measurement Issues

  • Difficulty accessing clean, consistent data for problem statements and outcomes
  • Funders increasingly require evidence-based approaches your team isn't prepared to demonstrate
How we help

We help you identify, structure, and present the data that funders need — turning your program outcomes into compelling evidence that strengthens every proposal.

E

Reporting Burden

  • Funders want more frequent, outcome-level reporting across 20–50+ active grants
  • Teams lack the systems and capacity to track and manage reporting at scale
How we help

We support your grant management and reporting infrastructure — helping you build the systems that keep your organization compliant, credible, and positioned for renewal.

Trusted by large nonprofits across Georgia and beyond

A sample of our current and past nonprofit clients — mission-driven organizations with $3M+ budgets that trusted Think and Ink to strengthen their grant strategy and win more funding.

UW United Way
TK Thrive Kenya
JBU John Brown University
POS Posidolia
+ And more nationwide
Think and Ink Grant Consulting®

"Large nonprofits don't need more grant applications — they need better ones. We help mission-driven organizations build the program readiness, data infrastructure, and proposal quality to win the grants that fuel real community change."

Shavonn Richardson — Founder & CEO, Think and Ink Grant Consulting®

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