community health centers
Service-area expansions, equipment and capital notices, workforce programs.
Grant writing · Greensboro, NC
who’s writing the grant while you’re busy doing the work it pays for?
Vetiver finds the funders that fit, writes the narrative, builds the budget and its justification, reads every page against the funder’s checklist, and submits from your portal — for one flat fee per application package. Send us the funder and the date. The rest can live on our desk.
- Your flat fee, in writing, before kickoff
- Budget narrative and compliance review in every package
- An honest yes-or-no on your timeline within one business day
Flat-fee packages
one package, one flat fee — quoted before we begin
Every package includes the research on fit, the writing, a budget with its narrative, and a compliance read against the funder’s own checklist. You’ll know the number on day one, and it won’t move.
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prospect scan
For the organization that knows it needs funding, just not yet from whom.
- 8–12 funders matched to your program, with typical award ranges
- A month-by-month deadline calendar for the next twelve months
- A 30-minute walkthrough call to pick your first target
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letter of inquiry
The two-page first impression most foundations ask for before they invite a full proposal.
- LOI plus the cover email or portal summary
- One round of your edits, folded in within two days
- Sent or submitted by us, with a copy to your files
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most requested
foundation full proposal
The complete application for a community, family, or corporate foundation — the package we write most often.
- Narrative up to 12 pages, shaped to the funder’s scoring rubric
- Program budget with a line-by-line budget narrative
- Attachments gathered, checked, and named to spec
- Portal submission and the confirmation receipt forwarded to you
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state agency application
North Carolina departmental RFAs and pass-through funds, with their workbooks, certifications, and very particular formatting.
- Narrative written to the RFA’s section headings, in order
- Budget workbook and justification completed together
- Required state forms and certifications prepared for signature
- Compliance read against the RFA before anything is uploaded
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compliance read, twice
federal application package
Grants.gov submissions with the full SF-424 family. Priced by page limits and attachment count, confirmed in writing once we’ve read the notice.
- Project narrative, logic model, and work plan
- Line-item budget with a federal-style budget justification
- SAM.gov and UEI status checked in week one
- Two separate compliance reads before submission
Resubmitting a declined package we wrote? The reviewer-comment rewrite is $390. Every invoice splits in two: half at kickoff, half when your confirmation receipt arrives.
Before you call
the questions directors ask us first — answered here
So your first conversation with us can be about your program, not our paperwork.
about the money
what it costs, and why
Why a flat fee instead of a percentage of the award?
Commission-based grant writing is discouraged by the profession’s own ethics codes, and most funders won’t let award dollars pay for the proposal that won them. A flat fee keeps everything clean: you know the cost before we start, funded or not.
What happens if the application isn’t funded?
The fee covers the writing, not the outcome — no one can honestly promise an award. If the funder shares reviewer comments, we’ll walk through them with you at no charge and tell you plainly whether a resubmission is worth your time.
Can we pay in two parts?
That’s already how it works: half at kickoff, half when the confirmation receipt lands. Check, ACH, or card — whichever your bookkeeper prefers.
about the work
what it asks of your team
How much lead time do you need?
Comfortably: six weeks for federal, three for a foundation full proposal. Closer than that? Call anyway — we’ll tell you within one business day whether we can do it well, and say so if we can’t.
How much of our time will it take?
About three hours across the whole package: a 60-minute kickoff interview, one read-through of the draft, and a final sign-off. We gather everything else and chase the attachments for you.
Who actually presses submit?
We do, from your portal account with your written authorization, and the receipt is in your inbox the same day. For federal work you’ll need an active SAM.gov registration — we check it in week one so it never becomes a Friday-afternoon surprise.
Who we write for
organizations without a development office — and a director who also answers the phones
free & charitable clinics
Operating support, pharmacy assistance, volunteer-clinician programs.
behavioral health
Peer-support, crisis-line, and school-based counseling funds.
food access
Pantry operations, cold storage, mobile distribution routes.
youth & after-school
Summer learning, mentoring, and early-literacy grants.
housing & reentry
Case management, rental assistance, and job-readiness programs.
faith-based outreach
Community programs kept separate from worship, the way funders require it written.
first-time applicants
We check your 501(c)(3) letter, SAM.gov, and portal logins before a single word gets written.
submitted · receipt attached
Submission day
what lands in your inbox when we press submit
- The final narrative, exactly as the funder received it
- Budget, budget narrative, and the spreadsheet behind them
- Logic model and work plan you can reuse in reports
- Letters of support — drafted for your partners, signed by them
- The confirmation receipt, timestamped, filed with the rest
How a package moves through our desk
— the first rule on the Vetiver deskwe read every funding notice twice before writing a word — once for what it asks, and once for how it will be scored.
- Week 1The notice, read twice; a one-page scoring map sent to you
- Week 1Your 60-minute kickoff interview
- Week 2Outline and budget frame, for your nod
- Weeks 2–4Full draft; your one read-through
- Week 5Budget narrative locked; compliance read
- Week 6Submitted from your portal; receipt forwarded
That’s the federal route. Foundation proposals travel a three-week version of the same road.
Your next step
is there a due date circled on your calendar right now?
Send the funder and the deadline. Within one business day you’ll hear whether we can take it, which package fits, and the flat fee in writing.
by appointment
5047 Bass Chapel Rd
Greensboro, NC 27455
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The desk
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Vetiver5047 Bass Chapel Rd
Greensboro, NC 27455
Most kickoffs happen by phone or video, so you never have to leave the clinic. If you’d like to sit across the table with your binder, we’ll have coffee on — just book a time first.
For your first call
have these within reach and the hour flies
- The funding notice — a link or the PDF, whichever you have.
- Your most recent Form 990 or audited financials.
- A board list with each member’s affiliation.
- This year’s program budget, even if it’s a rough draft.
- One story from the front desk — the case that made you want to apply.
| Monday–Friday | 8:30am–4pm |
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| Saturday & Sunday | Closed — deadlines still tracked |
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