Skaros Solutions

Grant writing and fundraising for small nonprofits

Grant research and writing

Funders that fit your work, proposals written to their guidelines, and reports sent on time.

Fundraising strategy

Where the money should come from next year, beyond the next deadline.

Program development

Programs designed with clear outcomes, so they are easier to run and to fund.

Organizational growth

The systems and plans a small nonprofit needs as it adds staff and funders.

Youth sports grants

I've written and managed grants since 2018, first at Doc Wayne Youth Services and now for a soccer organization's charitable foundation. Funders rarely pay a club's operating costs, but free spots for kids who couldn't otherwise play, coaching and mentoring, and safe places to play fit what many of them fund.

I've also worked on the field: coaching with Husky Sport in Hartford's North End, a year with AmeriCorps Coach Across America, and sport-based therapy groups at Doc Wayne. When a funder asks what happens at practice, I can tell them.

HR consulting for small nonprofits and businesses

Employee relations

Help with the hard conversations, complaints and performance problems.

Engagement and culture

Finding out what staff think, and acting on it.

Internal communications

Updates and announcements that staff read and understand.

Onboarding

A first-week plan so every new hire starts the same way.

Policies and processes

Handbooks, policies and job descriptions that fit the size of your team.

I spent three years in HR at What If Media Group, finishing as Director of Employee Experience, and I hold an MSW from Boston College and the SHRM-CP. I'm not an attorney and this isn't legal advice. When a question needs an employment lawyer, I'll say so.

Fees

From $100 an hour. Project or retainer pricing can be agreed in writing before I start.

For grants, I never take a percentage of the award. The Grant Professionals Association's code of ethics rules it out, and most funders won't allow it.