Over $1,200,000 raised in one year from new government grant revenue, an ROI of $26 raised to $1 spent
CAMBA
Challenge:
CAMBA’s Brooklyn community has ever-growing needs, and the organization has continually expanded to meet those needs. From modest beginnings, programs have grown to include economic development, education and youth, family support services, HIV/AIDS, housing, and legal services. But with government funding cuts and government contracts becoming more competitive than ever, CAMBA’s government revenue was in jeopardy when it needed to be growing.
Solution:
Drawing on LAPA’s pool of 70+ government grant writers, LAPA provided CAMBA with a team of topic-expert grant writers when it was needed most—assigning more than eight different experts within the year. That pool was able to meet many challenges, including turning around a nine-RFP project in six weeks to meet tight grant deadlines. By taking on those and similar tasks,
CAMBA’s government administrator was free to take on more of a management role and focus on other simultaneous projects. LAPA continues to be “on-call” for CAMBA’s government grant writing needs, as it has for the past four years.
Results:
In one year, LAPA secured $1,200,000 for CAMBA. CAMBA’S ROI for that year was $26 for every dollar spent with LAPA. Further, LAPA was about to secure a $20,000 private grant to help defray the costs related to contracting, and that grant has been renewed for each year of the engagement.