Services
Our strategic, adaptive approach helps you achieve greater social impact. Smarter Good’s services model creates a resilient, interconnected base that will secure long-term success for your organization.
We conduct prospect research to build a post-USAID funder pipeline of private and family foundations. Amid the challenges of the shifting funding landscape, we guide you through every stage of the fundraising process—from research and proposal development to reporting—to help you build diverse, impactful, and enduring partnerships.
Our customized projects also pair your goals with our specialized research teams. Past research projects included mapping expansion landscapes and locations, issue area research and deep dives, and research for talent searches.
Let us know your research needs and we’ll craft a project for you.
Market map: We map how other organizations in your issue area are funded.
Qualification and Prioritization: We develop a rubric to help qualify and prioritize potential funders that best fit your mission and your needs today and tomorrow.
Disqualification: We save you (and funders) precious time by taking no and low-fit funders off your pipeline.
Connectivity: We map connections and use your network to connect to funders.
Cultivation: We make sure cultivation happens like clockwork. We craft meeting talking points, conference prep notes, and tee up content to keep in touch.
Fundraising Content: We draft proposals, concept notes, LOIs, and emails. You do the last yard to incorporate your voice and style.
Success Stories: We do first person interviews with those who benefit from your work and write success stories that bring your mission to life.
Deadlines and Details: We craft and manage production schedules, prep attachments, do proposal uploads and never miss a deadline.
We recognize the challenges and constraints of funding, especially in today’s landscape. Whether you’re seeking new partnerships or strengthening existing ones, we help you build and operate a reliable system for managing accounting and producing monthly and annual financial statements.
Cash Flow Management
We help you stretch out cash and project cash flow to inform your decision-making. We provide robust budgeting support tailored to evolving contexts with an eye on long-term sustainability.
We help create marketing assets across all digital platforms and media, ensuring that you reach and inspire your target audience to achieve meaningful impact.
Impact Storytelling
We craft compelling, data-driven, and authentic impact stories across multiple media channels – showcasing measurable results that strengthen partnerships and attract supporters.
Define your strategy to captivate target audiences and funders alike with a unified brand voice.
We get to know your organization and create a branding toolkit that speaks your truth.
Extend your brand identity with creative assets designed for both print and digital platforms including:
We support foundations in advancing inclusive and equitable grantmaking by:
As a partner in the Foreign Aid Bridge Fund, we saw how more than 400 donors came up with $2.1M in under 8 weeks. Individual donors are a bright spot to tap right now, and we can help you set up and sustain effective individual donor campaigns.
Grant Writing
We combine AI-powered tools with expert human grant writers to deliver high-quality proposals quickly—helping nonprofits and funders build meaningful, long-term partnerships.
Editorial & Design Support
The words we use matter. Our dedicated editorial and design team ensures that all of your content and communications are sharp, professional, and effective. We support you through:
We recognize that organizational transitions and restructuring can be necessary in today’s environment. Our HR and People Services team provides expert guidance to support your organization through difficult decisions, including restructuring and potential workforce reductions, as well as recruitment.
