AfricaBridge helps nonprofits, businesses, institutions, and development organizations identify suitable opportunities, prepare stronger submissions, and manage a strategic funding pipeline.
Every funded application is the output of the same nine stages, in the same order — with every factual claim classified Verified / Likely / Unconfirmed and anything unverifiable flagged rather than assumed. This is the same discipline as our consulting pipeline, in the funding trade’s own language.
Eligibility, revealed funding behavior, and the real path in — tested before a dollar is spent on writing. The cheapest possible outcome is an honest “don’t apply.”
You receive: The fit brief with a definite verdict — fee credits toward a package.
What this funder actually funds versus what it says, award sizes, invitation-only realities, and the introduction path if one is needed.
You receive: The capture plan with a 90-day calendar.
Your program rebuilt as an outcomes chain a program officer can defend internally — results framework to institutional-funder standard.
You receive: The logic model and results framework.
The full case in the funder’s priority language: your real numbers woven throughout, weaknesses addressed honestly rather than hidden.
You receive: The complete draft narrative.
Arithmetic verified line by line, allowability checked against the funder’s rules (2 CFR 200 for federal), indirect rate applied correctly, budget telling the same story as the narrative.
You receive: The compliant budget with justification.
Commitment letters calibrated to what is actually signed versus verbal, biosketches, and the capability statement — drafted, not requested and forgotten.
You receive: The full attachment package.
The application scored against the funder’s own rubric before submission, weakest claims named, fixes applied while there is still time.
You receive: The scored review and the fix list.
Format pass/fail checks, forms, registrations, and portal mechanics — the stage where compliant applications beat better-written ones.
You receive: The submission-ready package, principal-signed.
For Annual Funding Programs: the reporting calendar, funder communications, and the record that makes the next application stronger.
You receive: The reporting discipline that renews funding.
Runs on our proprietary engagement platform, developed within the group; every stage output is reviewed by the principal before it ships. Fees for each tier below — or derive yours: Scope Estimator →
We evaluate organizational readiness, strategic fit, eligibility, competitiveness, documentation, deadlines, and delivery capacity before recommending an opportunity.
$1,500 – $2,500 · 1–2 weeks
$1,500 — one funder, one program · $2,000 — multi-program or federal complexity · $2,500 — federal/DFI, invitation-only mapping, or a ranked 2–3 funder comparison. Credits in full toward a Complete Application Package within 90 days — and if the finding is “don’t apply,” it just saved you the application.
Government, foundation, donor, development-finance, climate-finance, and institutional opportunity mapping.
Priority themes, qualification criteria, bid/no-bid recommendations, pipeline design, and submission sequencing.
Capability narrative, evidence base, policies, partnerships, budgets, governance, and document-library preparation.
Concept notes, narratives, work plans, budgets, logical frameworks, monitoring plans, and compliance matrices.
Independent scoring against funder requirements, evaluator criteria, narrative coherence, and submission risk.
Kickoff planning, reporting calendars, performance frameworks, evidence tracking, and donor reporting support.
Commission and success-fee pricing violates GPA and AFP ethics codes, is prohibited by most funders — including federal agencies — and can put an awarded grant at risk. Every fee is fixed, transparent, and payable from operating funds, exactly as funders require. Funding outcomes are never guaranteed.
An outsourced funding intelligence and proposal-development function for organizations that need consistent capacity without building a full internal grants department.
Annual capacity: up to 2 foundation-class applications — the applications alone cost $9,000–$15,000 à la carte; the pipeline, calendar, and continuity ride along.
Annual capacity: 4–6 applications including one federal-class package — $25,000–$40,000 of à la carte value, plus biweekly research, compliance review, and a monthly leadership report.
Annual capacity: 8–12 applications across programs, including federal, tender, and consortium submissions — plus ALL interim and final funder reporting and priority advisory access. Compare: one full-time grant writer costs roughly $98,000 per year fully loaded, and is one person; this is a senior-led program at $60,000.
What “scope” means on a retainer: defined annual capacity, not hours — the number and class of applications, research cadence, reporting load, programs tracked, and response priority. Need more in a given month? Additional applications are added at the published package price, or the band steps up — capacity moves, the price logic doesn’t. Twelve-month term with a quarterly exit option after month six. Funding outcomes are never guaranteed.
