Nonprofits & Public Agencies

Nonprofits & Public Agencies

McAllister & Quinn provides nonprofit clients with comprehensive grants consulting and strategic government relations services.

Our proven process identifies funding opportunities that align with nonprofit client’s priorities, utilizes collaborative project design, and provides clients with comprehensive grant writing services. In addition, through our strategic government relations services, we are able to further our client’s goals by working with Congress and the federal agencies. This unique blend of consulting services has resulted in significant funding for our nonprofit clients’ programs and goals. 

learn-more-text

We've Helped Our Clients Secure

$ 500000000 +

in Awarded Funding

Read about Recent Grant Successes

Who We Serve

Our grants and government relations consulting service is tailored to meet the needs of each individual client whether they are experienced large national nonprofits or smaller regional and local organizations with no previous grants experience.

 

Human Service Organizations

Family Services Agency of Santa Barbara 

Para Los Ninos 

Samaritas 

Greenlight Grants Initiative

Museum and Cultural Organizations

Japanese American National Museum 

Maryland Institute College of Art

Conservation Organizations

Green and Healthy Homes Initiative

Coalition for Green Capital

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

Public Agencies & Associations

National Association of Home Builders 

Financial Planning Association 

Chautauqua County 

St. Mary’s County Health Department

Full-Service Grants Consulting

McAllister & Quinn maintains the largest and most specialized grant consultant network in the country. Our clients work with writing teams from our proprietary network of over 400+ experts.

A writing team that includes a McAllister & Quinn in-house professional, writer, reviewer and editor is assigned to grant projects. Our team works collaboratively with staff using a comprehensive and systematic approach to proposal development.

McAllister & Quinn can transform a small or non-existent grants office into a robust grant seeking operation.

Grantsmanship Training

McAllister & Quinn also provides clients with specialized grantsmanship training geared towards the individual needs of our clients. Training can be one time or an ongoing series of webinars that are customized to be specific to an agency, grant program, or more general.

Government Relations Services

The McAllister & Quinn team consists of former senior level Congressional staff and federal agency professionals who have decades of experience working with Congress to direct funding to client priorities. We have a successful track record of working with Congress to establish new grant funding programs, increasing funding for existing programs, and shaping legislation to support our nonprofit clients’ goals and objectives.

With the return of earmarks for the FY 2022 appropriations cycle, we assisted our clients with crafting projects and submitting them to their congressional representatives. With McAllister & Quinn’s assistance, our clients have gained new sources of federal funding to support their programs and developed productive relationships with their Congressional representatives and key agency personnel.

Highlights and Successes

Grant Successes

  • $4.6M to Para Los Niños from the Department of Education’s School-Based Mental Health (SBMH) Services Grant Program to expand and increase access to fully integrated mental health services for students and families in key schools located in the highest poverty neighborhoods of Los Angeles.
  • $10M to the Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara from the Administration for Children and Families’ (ACF) Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education grants to provide at-risk families with critically needed counseling and other supportive services.
  • $16M to the National Court-Appointed Special Advocates Association from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s (OJJDP) National Mentoring grant program to train, provide, and expand the number of mentors/advocates for at-risk foster children involved in the dependency court system.

Government Relations Successes

  • On behalf of a consortium of a consortium of museums, zoos, and aquariums, we successfully advocated for increased COVID relief funding to be included specifically for these entities in the recently passed Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021.
  • On behalf of a national poverty and nutrition focused nonprofit client, we established and secured funding for a pilot program within the Department of Defense to a pilot to give low-income service members and their families access to enhanced medical and nutrition services including fresh fruits and vegetables.
  • After the return of earmarks for the FY 2022 appropriations cycle, we drafted background documents, completed applications, and scheduled congressional meetings for our clients. Through these efforts we secured over $11M in project funding.

Recent Insights

Federal Grants Offered by the Administration for Children and Families are a Game-Changer for Nonprofit Organizations

Unlock Funding for Family Success: The ACF Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Grant Program  The 2025 Healthy Marriage and Responsible...

The McAllister & Quinn Grants Academy: Building Capacity for Non-Profit Grant Success!

At McAllister & Quinn, we are committed to helping nonprofit organizations advance in their missions and grow their programming. That is...

Happy New Year from The McAllister & Quinn Nonprofit & Public Agencies Practice!

As we enter 2025, we would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to our clients for the critical work you do every…

Nonprofits & Public Agencies Team