Do you want to make your foundation, agency, or corporate philanthropy grantmaking more effective? We specialize in helping grantors manage high-impact funding programs that align with mission-driven goals and deliver measurable results.
As an experienced grant consultant, Blue Sky Consulting provides grantmakers with expert guidance on everything from program design and application processes to grant evaluation and impact measurement to closeout assessment. Whether you’re launching a new funding initiative, refining an existing one, or looking to improve your post-award grant management, we bring clarity and insight to every step of the process.
Grant Planning
Grant planning requires preparing for the steps that need to be taken from the grant program concept to award, so you can provide the best assistance to the population you serve. Blue Sky Consulting assists grantmakers with program design and implementation, funding opportunity development, identification of grant criteria and requirements, application and review process support, application review and scoring, and pre-award systems and capabilities auditing.
Grant Administration
Grant administration consists of the steps that a grantmaker must take after a grant is awarded to ensure that the grantee is properly managing its funding. Blue Sky Consulting supports grantmaker grant administration by providing technical assistance to grantmakers, grantees, and subgrantees, evaluating grantee financial systems and controls, monitoring grant project progress and deliverables, and assessing closeout and final deliverables.
Reporting & Monitoring
Grantmakers should monitor grant progress through periodic financial and performance reports and desk reviews of grantee documentation. Blue Sky Consulting helps grantmakers to monitor grantee and subrecipient compliance with requirements, by reviewing financial and performance reports, analyzing data and deliverables, and conducting desk reviews. BSC also advises grantmakers on audit design, procedures, and response.
Grant Planning
Grant planning requires preparing for the steps that need to be taken from the grant program concept to award, so you can provide the best assistance to the population you serve. Blue Sky Consulting assists grantmakers with program design and implementation, funding opportunity development, identification of grant criteria and requirements, application and review process support, application review and scoring, and pre-award systems and capabilities auditing.
Grant Administration
Grant administration is the steps that a grantmaker must take after a grant is awarded to ensure that the grantee is properly managing its funding. Blue Sky Consulting supports grantmakers’ grant administration by providing technical assistance to grantmakers, grantees, and subgrantees, evaluating grantee financial system and controls, monitoring grant project progress and deliverables, and assessing closeout and final deliverables.
Reporting & Monitoring
Grantmakers should monitor grant progress through periodic financial and performance reports and desk reviews of grantee documentation. Blue Sky Consulting helps grantmakers to monitor grantee and subrecipient compliance with requirements, by reviewing financial and performance reports, analyzing data and deliverables, and conducting desk reviews. Blue Sky Consulting also advises grantmakers on audit design, procedures, and response.
Contact us for more information on how Blue Sky Consulting can help you manage and improve your grantmaking processes, so you can focus on advancing your mission and supporting the communities you care about.