We’ll take you from A to everything you want to Be
The Snow Queen, Eugene Ballet, 2023; An A to Be Partners Grants & Fundraising Client.
Photo: Ari Denison
Steady, strategic fundraising for your good work.
A to Be Partners helps nonprofit leaders stabilize their resources and serve their communities. We specialize in private foundation grants and long-term strategy, offering calm, experienced partnership you can rely on in any funding landscape.
Whether you’re navigating a transition, refocusing on essential programming, or managing growth, put our decades of fundraising experience to work for you — so you can stay focused on your mission.
Our Approach
You’re already working hard. Let’s work smart, together.
Our approach is practical, strategic, and flexible. We help you understand exactly where your organization stands in the broader fundraising landscape, clarify what success means to you, and plan realistic next steps towards your biggest goals. Then we do the work — proposal by proposal, system by system — in a way that builds internal capacity and leaves your organization stronger over time.
Grants intersect with all sorts of other parts of your organization, from internal databases to internal giving. That’s why we take a big-picture approach, developing internal systems, optimizing workflow, helping create stronger relationships with donors, managing risk, and thinking through grants strategy over the short and long term.
The ultimate goal? Optimize the impact of foundation grants on your good work in a way that is sustainable, disciplined, and supports your organization for the long term.
Readiness
A clear-eyed assessment of where your organization is today. We can help evaluate capacity, find prospective funders, identify opportunities, and craft case statements your team can run with.
Grants
Like hiring a grants team without the burdens of training, overhead, or physical space. We handle the entire grants process, from identifying prospects, to writing and submitting proposals, to helping with reports — all while optimizing workflow and implementing systems that make your life easier.
Grants+
Want to diversify your funding streams? Curious about how to manage it all behind the scenes? Need a thought partner for your next big project or partnership? We’re here for you.
Between 2018 and 2025, A to Be Partners raised more than $27 million for more than 40 nonprofits.
Whether you’re working to improve one life at a time, support families, or create more equitable systems for everyone in the community, your work matters.
Photo: A to Be team members enjoying fresh air, with books. Photo: Shawn Linehan
We’re proud to have partnered with the following organizations in their efforts to make the world a better place:
“Working in such a small shop, it’s important to delegate responsibilities where we can. A to Be Partners takes grant writing off my plate so I can focus on cultivating individual donors. Tobey and her team are excellent communicators and collaborators who help us meet (and exceed!) our fundraising goals.”