Clarify your funding direction
Identify the programs, priorities, and outcomes that belong at the center of your grant strategy.
Grant Readiness Intensive
Grant
Readiness
Intensive
Turn your mission into a fundable plan.
A focused virtual working session for organizations ready to strengthen their grant strategy, systems, and story.
Reserve Your Seat →A five hour virtual working session
More than a writing workshop
Strong proposals begin before the first sentence.
Many organizations start looking for grants before they have clarified the program, gathered the evidence, or assigned the right internal roles.
The Grant Readiness Intensive helps you slow down long enough to build the foundation. You will examine what funders see, assess where your organization currently stands, and turn scattered ideas into an actionable preparation plan.
5focused hours
1readiness assessment
30day action roadmap
What you will build
A stronger foundation for funding.
This is a working session. You will use each conversation to make decisions about your own organization.
Assess your readiness
Spot the organizational gaps that can weaken an application before you begin writing.
Build your grant roadmap
Leave with practical next steps for research, preparation, writing, and submission.
Designed for people doing the work
You do not need a grant department to become grant ready.
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Nonprofit founders and executive directors
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Program managers and development staff
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Educators and community based organizations
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Small teams preparing to pursue grant funding
The five hour experience
From uncertainty to a practical plan.
Readiness before writing
What funders expect and how to evaluate your starting position.
Programs, evidence, and alignment
Connect your mission, program design, outcomes, and funding priorities.
Building the grant system
Organize the people, documents, research, and internal processes behind a strong proposal.
Your readiness roadmap
Apply the tools, identify immediate priorities, and map your next thirty days.
Questions and strategy clinic
Bring your questions forward, test your next steps, and leave with greater clarity.
Your facilitator
Ra'phael Davis
Founder and Principal Consultant, Lapicero Consulting
Ra'phael works at the intersection of international affairs and nonprofit management. His experience includes supporting mission driven organizations and managing federally funded international exchange programs. His approach helps teams move from ambitious ideas to clear structures and workable plans.
The Lapicero approach
Consulting, crafted for impact.
We help mission driven organizations listen well, plan smart, and build something that lasts. The Grant Readiness Intensive brings that same commitment to every decision behind your funding strategy.
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Questions before you join
Frequently asked questions.
This intensive is designed for nonprofit leaders, small organizational teams, educators, program managers, and mission driven business owners who want a clearer grant strategy.
It goes beyond proposal writing. The session focuses on the organizational preparation, program clarity, evidence, systems, and decisions that make stronger grant applications possible.
No. You can attend with or without a current opportunity. The tools are designed to help you prepare before the pressure of a deadline.
Recording availability and participant access details will be confirmed before registration opens.
September 19, 2026
Build your grant readiness before the deadline arrives.
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Reserve Your Seat → 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM Eastern Time · Live virtual session · Secure payment through Stripe