Customized grant solutions for nonprofits.

Mission Forward Fundraising can help your organization build a robust grants pipeline—regardless of sector, level of investment, or expertise. Let’s work together to secure untapped funding to advance your mission.

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Mission Forward: The Method

Contracts are customized for you and can include up to three key services:

Prospect Research

Whether you’re looking for new Campaign prospects or starting from square one, we can identify a number grant opportunities to help you reach your funding goal.

Grant Pipeline Management

Looking for a low-cost alternative to track your grant history, deadlines, notes, and funding goals? Grant Pipeline Management is your answer.

Grant Writing & Coaching

Do you need a refresh on your grant narrative or additional capacity to tackle a complicated grant? We can help!

Services: What to Expect

Hi, I’m Olivia Gattuso

I’ve helped 40+ small to large nonprofit organizations simplify the grant process and secure millions of dollars in essential funding. Through this experience, I’ve developed a collection of tools and strategies to help you increase capacity and maximize your fundraising opportunities.

About Me

My Experience

What People Are Saying

Testimonials

“In Olivia's time supporting City Year Seattle's grant program, she influenced more than $1M in grant revenue for our organization. More importantly, she was a fantastic partner and we loved working together. Her experience and expertise allowed her to be an extremely valuable thought partner as we developed proposal strategies. Olivia brought A+ writing skills and a genuine interest in learning about the great work of our organization.”

– Daniel Webb, Managing Director of Development, City Year Seattle/King County

“Olivia's strategic approach to grant research, writing, and management diversifies our grant funding and strengthens our relationships with funders. She is inquisitive, thoughtful, organized, and crafts remarkable, compelling narratives. Above all, Olivia is attentive to the needs of the organization and staff. It is a joy to work with her.“

– Cilia Jurdy, Development & Communications Manager, West Seattle Food Bank

“Olivia has become an invaluable asset to our organization. She works tirelessly to provide an organized and thoughtful grant database and strategic funding plan that has set us up for long term success. Olivia’s professionalism, integrity and dedication to social justice is unparalleled. Any organization would be lucky to have Olivia on their team.”

– Ariana Orford (Executive Director) & Carlen McKee Romain (Program Director), Legal Hope at The WAVE Foundation

“I have had the pleasure of working with Olivia when she served as grant-writing consultant for Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra. Olivia went above and beyond the technical aspects of grant writing. Those aspects - her communications skills, attention to detail, and time management - were all very strong. Olivia truly cared for her clients, and you could tell by the way she learned about the organization's mission, was very attuned to our strengths and challenges, and was always understanding of our needs and resources. I highly recommend Olivia as a great fund development collaborator!”

— Kathleen Allen, Executive Director, Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra

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