- About
Our Story
Founded in 2013, Elevate has grown to be a leader in grants and institutional fundraising.
Join Our Team
We’re looking for authentic, collaborative staff around the country who want to be excellent partners to nonprofits of all sizes, issue areas, and grant needs.
Our Values
We believe that progress is possible and that nonprofits make the world better. And a whole lot more.
- Services
Comprehensive Grant Services
Elevate’s signature service is comprehensive grant writing and strategy. We build, revive, and boost grant programs.
Writing Capacity Projects
Ideal for nonprofits that want to apply for a specific grant or grants, but lack the capacity to take it on themselves.
Grants Accelerator Project
GAPs help jump-start a sustainable grants strategy for new nonprofits or programs.
Workshops
Learn from the pros! Elevate’s workshops are designed to be interactive and experiential.
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Resource Library
Our favorite tools, templates, and trainings for grant writers and fundraising professionals.
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We’ll show you how to write your first grant, build your grants program and find funding.
Workshops for Groups
We’ll work with you to plan and execute a customized, interactive grant training for your nonprofit staff.
Workshops for Individuals
We provide webinars to the public to support nonprofit professionals in building their fundraising toolbox.
- Clients
Case Studies
Get to know a few of our clients and learn what their partnership with Elevate has done for them.
Testimonials
Read what our clients are saying about their team, our process, and most importantly, the results.
Client List
We’ve been privileged to work with 200+ nonprofits across the sector. See a selected list here.
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- Hire Us
Prior to partnering with Elevate, The Theatre Lab (TTL) was a successful organization with 20 years of experience and a well-developed grant program. Despite having strong youth programs that would appeal to funders, they relied primary on arts funding. Moreover, they tended to focus on renewing grant amounts rather than upgrading them. Their executive director, who teaches adult theater classes and runs youth programs in addition to fundraising, did not have the time or energy to expand their existing grant program. While TTL was initially looking to fill their recently vacated part-time grant writer position, Elevate was able to see potential for new funding.
As Deb Gottesman, the Executive Director of TTL says: “With Elevate, you get a crew of dedicated, incredibly knowledgeable professionals who become a high level strategy team for your organization. My conversations with our Elevate team have resulted not only in winning proposals, but also in re-envisioning some of the work that we do in the community to better fit with our own strategic objectives.”
In the past 12 months, Elevate has raised The Theatre Lab over $600,000, a 33% increase in funding from foundation and government grants. Elevate has identified 39 new grant prospects, and as a result, Theatre Lab has had major successes with non-arts funders. Executive directors Deb Gottesman attributes this to the “fresh perspective” Elevate brought to a 20-year old grant program. In the past year, they won five new organizational funders, at least four of which are renewable. This has allowed The Theatre Lab’s executive director to focus more on programming and organizational development.
