ABOUT
our story
We've Done This Work. Now We Fund It.
We've sat where you sit.
Our team has founded and led charities, built businesses, and sustained creative practices. We are a group of leaders who have navigated funding cycles, board pressures, and the weight of keeping something meaningful alive.
That experience shapes everything we do. Grant writing is the craft, but organizational understanding is the foundation. We know how funders think because we've worked within the systems they support. We know what makes an application compelling because we know what makes an organization worth funding.
We work across charities, and businesses and bring the same depth to each. Whether you're applying for your first grant or building a long-term funding strategy, we help you find the words, the structure, and the clarity to grow.
Marko Curuvija
Owner, Grant Writer
I hold a Master’s degree in Sustainability and have spent the past decade building and supporting initiatives that aim to create meaningful impact. My background includes founding multiple start-ups, including one of the first electric bike companies, as well as a Nation-Wide charity called The Existence Project that centred on humanizing homelessness through storytelling
I’m particularly drawn to work that sits at the intersection of purpose and execution. I value the process of taking an idea that matters and shaping it into something that can be clearly understood, supported, and realized.
Jess Goldman
Grant Writer
Jess Goldman is a writer, cartoonist, and amateur puppeteer. Their story “Tombstone of a Tsaddik” won the 2025 Bronwen Wallace Award for Short Fiction.
Jess has received grants from Canada Council for the Arts, SSHRC, and the Jewish Museum of Montreal. They are an alumnus of Banff Centre’s 2025 Literary Journalism Residency and the 2025 Tin House Summer Workshop. They have written grants for clients from various funding bodies, including the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Canada Council for the Arts. A graduate of University of British Columbia’s creative writing MFA program, their writing explores that sweet spot where Yiddishkayt and queer culture joyfully collide.
Alex Longo
Grant Writer
Alex Longo knows what it takes to build something from nothing and how to make the case for it. As the founder of her own small business and a former Director of Scouting Operations at Scouts Canada, she's worked both sides of organizational growth: securing resources and delivering results.
Her nearly six years at Scouts Canada, where she supported funding applications and led national-scale operations, gave her a deep appreciation for how mission-driven work gets communicated to funders. Paired with her certification in Crucial Conversations, Alex brings both strategic clarity and precise communication to every grant she touches.
She's drawn to organizations doing meaningful work — and knows how to help them tell that story.
THANK YOU
Our Clients
Canadian Student Debating Federation
Amphibiographer
Canadian Association of Police Governance
Health Arts Society
Port Edward Historical Society
The Neighbourhood Alliance Church
Hadley Community Inc
Stepped Care Solutions
Genwell
Hecate Strait Employment Development Society
Joanne Dolan Design
Carmanah Wildfire
Methex
AISIX Solutions Inc
Tetontopo
Drop In Skateparks
ABoot Studios Inc.
PawzNDogz Inc.
ArboStar
MagnaVolt
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