What Is It

School Frontiers serves as your school's grant partner. We identify and pursue new grant revenue such as competitive federal, state, and private/foundation opportunities. In addition, we can manage every awarded grant from budget setup through the final closeout. Grant Writing & Management is focused on growing your school's funding base.

Federal and state grant examples include but are not limited to:

Charter School Program (CSP) grant application and administration (where applicable) — application narrative and budget development, submission, and follow-up with program officers; monthly reimbursement request preparation and filing; budget revision submissions and budget-to-actual tracking; Annual Financial and Performance Reports and monitoring documentation; audit support

Title I, II, III, and IV grant administration — application and budget development submission; budget management; required program and financial reporting; Parent and Family Engagement (PFE) annual requirements, meeting support, policies, and documentation; audit / monitoring support

Problems Solved

Underfunded vs. District Schools

Facilities Costs and Access

Federal and Grant Reporting Burden

Federal Funding Restructuring and Agency Uncertainty

Deliverables

Grant Landscape Scan and prioritized Grant Opportunity Calendar — federal discretionary programs (e.g., CSP, 21st CCLC), state competitive grants, and private/foundation funders mapped against the school's funding gaps and deadlines

Fit and Feasibility Assessment for each opportunity pursued — funder priorities, eligibility, competitiveness, and capacity to deliver if awarded

Fully drafted and submitted grant applications — needs statement, logic model, measurable objectives, budget and budget narrative, required assurances and attachments

Interim and annual progress/outcomes reports submitted on funder deadlines

Post-Award Compliance & Reporting Calendar for every funded grant

Charter School Program (CSP) grant application and administration (where applicable) — application narrative and budget development, submission, and follow-up with program officers; monthly reimbursement request preparation and filing; budget revision submissions and budget-to-actual tracking; Annual Financial and Performance Reports and monitoring documentation; audit support

Title I, II, III, and IV grant administration — application and budget development submission; budget management; required program and financial reporting; Parent and Family Engagement (PFE) annual requirements, meeting support, policies, and documentation; audit / monitoring support

Who's Involved

At Your School

Primary: School executive director, principal, or Director of Development (where the role exists)

Active participants: Business manager or finance staff for budget development; program leads and teachers who will design and implement the funded initiative

Informed partners: School board (budget and application approval authority); charter authorizer (for grants tied to renewal, facilities, or replication)

Your School Frontiers Team

Director of Grant & Compliance Services — leads grant strategy and portfolio prioritization; serves as lead writer and final reviewer on major submissions; primary point of accountability for win outcomes and award terms

Educational Data Analyst — builds the data-driven needs case and logic model for proposals; supports post-award performance reporting and outcome tracking

Research Assistant — supports grant opportunity research across local, state, federal, and charter funding streams; pulls supporting data and synthesizes evidence of impact for proposal narratives; organizes documentation and maintains compliance checklists across the active grant portfolio

How It Works

We structure the engagement around three core functions — Identify, Pursue, and Manage — run continuously across the school year rather than around a single deadline:

1

Identify

We conduct an annual grant landscape scan across federal discretionary programs, state competitive grants, and private/foundation funders, screening each opportunity against the school's strategic priorities, current funding gaps, and realistic capacity to implement. The result is a prioritized Grant Opportunity Calendar reviewed with school leadership before any proposal work begins.

2

Pursue

For every opportunity the school decides to pursue, we lead full proposal development: a needs statement built from the school's own enrollment, achievement, and demographic data; a logic model and measurable objectives; a budget and budget narrative aligned to allowable costs; and every required assurance, attachment, and signature.

3

Manage

Once a grant is awarded, we can own the administration: budget tracking against award terms, programmatic and financial reporting on the funder's schedule, documentation maintained in audit-ready condition, and a final report and closeout package at the end of the grant period. Nothing awarded is handed back to school staff to manage alone.

Objectives

Diversify and grow revenue beyond per-pupil funding by securing competitive federal, state, and private/foundation grants aligned to the school's strategic priorities

Increase proposal win rate by building funder-aligned narratives — grounded in the school's own data and written in the funder's language, not just the school's

Remove the burden of grant-seeking and grant administration from school leaders and teachers so program design gets their attention, not paperwork

Build a sustainable, multi-year grant portfolio rather than a one-time award, so funding supports the school's long-term plan instead of plugging a single-year gap

Testimonials

"We are so grateful to have partnered with School Frontiers. Their deeply knowledgeable team helped us understand and successfully secure key complex funding sources to support the growth of our school."

— Executive Director, Philadelphia Hebrew Public Charter School

"School Frontier's remarkable expertise in grant writing and data collection has significantly supported our efforts, allowing us to focus on what's best for students!"

— Principal, Chester Charter Scholars Academy

Grant Writing & Management