Grants & tenders
Submissions that read like they were written by someone who has done the work.
- NDIS Practice Standards
How this engagement works.
Most grant writers are wordsmiths. The Executive Presence brings something different: the experience of running the service the grant is meant to fund. That changes everything about the submission - the framing, the evidence selection, the language. Engagements run from full end-to-end submissions to targeted strategic review on a draft.
- Common single-submission size
- $1M+
- Typical submission timeline
- 2-6 weeks
- Built around the scoring rubric
- Panel-tested
What's included in a typical engagement
Most engagements pick from this list and grow from there. The scope is shaped to your situation on the discovery call.
- End-to-end grant and tender writing - DSS, state, philanthropic, corporate
- Submission strategy: shortlisting, positioning, weighting key criteria
- Proofreading, structural review, scoring-rubric alignment
- Impact and outcome statements that survive panel scrutiny
- Point-of-difference content and theory-of-change articulation
- Post-submission debrief whatever the outcome
Who it's for
- Providers responding to DSS grants and state-government tenders
- Organisations chasing philanthropic and corporate-philanthropy funding
- CEOs and COOs without an in-house grants team
- Boards needing a senior pair of eyes on a high-stakes submission
From the call to the kick-off.
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Discovery call
Thirty minutes to scope: the funder, the deadline, the realistic chances.
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Strategy
Read the brief properly. Map the scoring rubric. Decide what story this submission tells.
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Draft
End-to-end writing with you as the subject-matter expert and The Executive Presence as the author.
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Submit & debrief
Polish, format, submit. Post-decision debrief whatever the outcome.
Common questions.
Can you take on a submission with two weeks to deadline?
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Sometimes. It depends on the size of the submission, what's already drafted, and current capacity. A discovery call is the fastest way to find out.
Do you write the submission or just review it?
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Both. The most common engagement is end-to-end writing with the CEO or program lead as the subject-matter expert. Strategic review of an existing draft is also available.
How do you price a grant or tender engagement?
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Project pricing scaled to the size and complexity of the submission. Most sit between $4,000 and $15,000 per submission. Pricing is shared after the discovery call.
What types of grants do you work on?
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DSS grants (including ILC), state-government health and disability tenders, philanthropic foundations (Lord Mayor's, Sidney Myer, etc.), and corporate philanthropy. Most submissions are in NDIS, aged care or community-services contexts.
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