Schacht & Associates










Health, Human Services & Philanthropy: Services to Not-For-Profit Organizations & Public Agencies

I’ve really enjoyed tag-teaming with Jennie on grantwriting. I write the initial draft of my vision, and she closes the deal by making it cohesive to reflect the funder’s programmatic priorities. Together, we have raised over $3 million in less than 4 years. —Lupe Alonzo-Diaz, Executive Director (former), Latino Coalition for a Healthy California

Professional Writing & Editing Proposal Writing Proposal Check-Up: Preview & Commentary Funder Research Management & Planning Training Design Qualitative Evaluation See also: Services to Foundations PROFESSIONAL WRITING & EDITING S&A produces articles, web content, newsletters, manuals, reports and a wide variety of other documents for non-profit community service providers and state and county agencies. We can help you bring your thoughts, philosophy and ideas to the written page. Editorial services are also available. [top] PROPOSAL WRITING Schacht & Associates has secured more than $135 million through foundation and government grants on a broad range of topics including health, education, employment, family planning, substance abuse, criminal justice and housing, with an average 92% rate of success. Schacht & Associates also has worked with foundations to disseminate over $25 million in funding. [top] PROPOSAL CHECK-UP: PREVIEW & COMMENTARY In addition to writing grant proposals and other strategic documents, with Proposal Check-Up we make the documents you write yourself more powerful, providing editorial suggestions to improve the logic, flow, and voice of your proposal, making it more compelling and engaging; substantive suggestions to strengthen your arguments and align them more closely to funding priorities; structural suggestions to improve the organization and presentation of your proposal; and formatting pointers to showcase your work. Proposal Check-Up can save you substantial cost by allowing you to develop your proposal or document in-house, then receive valuable information to strengthen it. If you already work with a consultant to prepare these documents, Proposal Check-Up gives you a second set of eyes that can help your proposal rise to the top of the stack facing the overburdened grant reviewer. More about Proposal Check-Up [top] FUNDER RESEARCH Schacht & Associates can research potential funders for your project and compose a letter of inquiry to identify those interested in receiving a full proposal. [top] MANAGEMENT & PLANNING Schacht & Associates has provided assistance to health care providers, clinic associations, and companies and organizations statewide. We provide consultation and technical assistance on program planning and implementation, business development and strategy, fund development and program evaluation. [top] TRAINING DESIGN We have designed and conducted trainings on a variety of topics, including Medi-Cal managed care, maximizing perinatal revenues, Medi-Cal eligibility and successful grant writing. Training consultation can help you find the most effective way to present your program. [top] QUALITATIVE EVALUATION Schacht & Associates specializes in designing and implementing evaluations that tell the story of a project, raising penetrating questions and providing practical information in a format that is easy to understand and use. [top]