Benefolk Grant Clinic

Benefolk Grant Clinic 

Increasingly, grantmakers are requesting a well thought through service proposal / quote to accompany your grant application for capacity building support. 

We know how hard that can be: where to go, who to trust, what do I need? And it’s why we developed a tailored service proposal service to support you.

Benefolk Grant Clinic helps you: 

• Work through your needs for 1 or more professional service providers 
• Ensure that your costings and budget for service are accurate, therefore not leaving you out of pocket 
• Have a strategic sounding board from our experienced consulting team 
• Look at the services sequencing to ensure it’s sustainable and viable for you to execute, therefore reducing risk in achieving deliverables within the grant period 
• Tap into the Benefolk Network of highly vetted service providers 

Benefolk has a simple mission, which is to support changemakers with the tools and support they need to achieve their desired impact, without burning out.

Who runs the Clinic? 
The Grant Clinic is run by our CEO/Founder Julia Keady, who leads the Benefolk Services and Concierge team. Julia has worked with hundreds of CEO's, listening in, and helping them explore the solutions available through insourcing/outsourcing to achieve the priorities for the year ahead. Julia draws from 30 year career in organisational strategy, marketing and fundraising, as well as 16 years in the NFP sector. Julia also knows all the great providers and solutions available in Australia, including the 100 pre-vetted business providers in the Benefolk community, and can recommend a highly customised and tailored response to suit your needs.

What’s included?
This service takes approx 5 hours of our time, and includes the following: 

• An initial review of the grant program and your draft grant application (provide documents at least one week ahead of the session);
• A 60-minute private 1:1 consultation to discuss your grant and service needs;
• Sourcing of service provider and co-ordination of meeting with recommended provider/s;
• Development support for a high quality services quote / proposal to accompany your grant application;
  
• Access to our 'Succeeding with Grant Funded Projects' training and templates. 

If we are unable to source an appropriate provider, the Clinic Fee will be refunded to you. 

Timeframes 

• To set you up for success, please ensure the grant deadline is less than 4 weeks before the Grant Clinic. This provides sufficient time for us to work with you to find the right provider, and put together a high quality fit-for-purpose service proposal. 

Clinic Fee 

• $295 ex gst
• Clinic fees are not refundable, but transferable if you need to change the booking date.
• You are welcome to bring team / board members to the session (maximum 3 participants).

Complementary Services
Through our Benefolk community, we can also provide the following additional services: 

• Grant budget coaching 
• Grant application review 
• Grant writing services 
• Grants research 
• Program design / review 

Grantmaker Information: Grantmakers who are interested in prepaying for Grant Clinic, or providing a subsidised session for short-listed candidates, please reach out to our team at hello@benefolk.org