Alice Parman, Ph.D.

Organizational Coaching

Alice Parman works with board, staff, and stakeholders to create a succinct and doable strategic plan, geared to your resources and timeline.

Alice's strategic planning report includes:

Review of the mission and vision
Analysis of your organization's internal strengths and weaknesses, and external opportunities and threats (SWOT)
Critical issues, in priority order
Strategies for addressing critical issues
Action plan: objectives, key people, deadlines

As an experienced facilitator, Alice Parman can be helpful when your organization

convenes a board/staff planning retreat
faces a key decision or choice point
chooses to explore a collaboration, partnership, or merger with another organization
feels the need to envision alternative pathways or futures

Facilitation services include

Based on 30 years of effective proposal development, Alice Parman’s services include:

Proposal writing and editing
Strategic planning and consultation concerning grant funding and proposal development
Individual/group coaching on proposal development
Grantwriting workshops

Managers, trustees, department heads, and other leaders sometimes need a sounding board. You are assured of

empathic listening
absolute confidentiality
alignment with your organization’s mission, vision, and goals
creative, realistic suggestions for alternative approaches to challenges or opportunities

Alice Parman can meet with you in person or by phone.

Is your organization new to fundraising? If so, it may seem tempting to pin your hopes on grants from foundations and government agencies.

Before you put time and effort into proposal development, consider these important facts:

85 percent of all contributions to nonprofits in the United States come from individuals. Foundations account for about 15 percent; businesses give 5 percent. (Businesses give much more, in the form of marketing-based sponsorships. These are not contributions, however. They are considered a form of earned income.)
Most foundations want to fund an organization with a solid track record of local support. In almost all cases, this means contributions from individuals and local businesses.
Individuals who believe in your organization’s mission will give money for operations. With care and feeding by you, many of these contributors will remain loyal over the long haul.
Most foundations want to invest in an organization, with a one-time or short-term grant that builds organizational capacity, and/or funds a project that is potentially sustainable.

Think of foundation support as windfall income.

Think of individual contributors as your real base of support.