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KLGMGrants & Development

From Fundable to Funded.

We make nonprofits and mission-driven organizations fundable, build budgets from scratch, and manage compliance through closeout.

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Our story

Built for organizations that can't afford a full-time grants office.

Founded in 2017, KLGM was born from a simple need: world-class grant management that is available and affordable to nonprofits everywhere, regardless of operating budget.

Every engagement is led by our founder, Keith Richardson, who brings two decades of grant writing and management to each proposal, now amplified by the AI systems that power our work.

Across his career, Keith has raised more than $23 million managing grant and development portfolios for United Way, LifeSmart Education and The VanRoss Foundation, and for United Way partner agencies including the Red Cross, the Salvation Army and the Alzheimer's Association.

Portfolios Keith has managed

  • United Way
  • LifeSmart Education
  • The VanRoss Foundation
  • Red Cross
  • Salvation Army
  • Alzheimer's Association
$23M+ raised across Keith's grants & development career
20 years of founder-led grant writing & management experience

Results

Recent proposals and awards.

A running record of the work our team has submitted for clients. We update it as funding decisions come in.

KLGM client work

  • Awarded $25,000

    Inatai Foundation

    Flexible support for a youth housing and street outreach nonprofit in rural Washington State.

    October 2026
  • Submitted

    U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime

    Safety and Resilience for Rural Girls Project, serving girls and young women ages 12 to 24. Foundation for Youth Resiliency & Engagement.

    Federal · FY2026
  • Submitted

    U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women

    Federal proposal for Foundation for Youth Resiliency & Engagement, part of the first federal grants program in the organization's history.

    Federal · FY2026
  • In progress

    Saginaw County, Michigan

    Opioid settlement funding proposal for Reassurance PSD's real-time substance detection and safety networking.

    Local · Opioid settlement
  • In progress

    Itasca County, Minnesota

    Opioid settlement funding proposal for Reassurance PSD's real-time substance detection and safety networking.

    Local · Opioid settlement
  • Milestone

    A federal grants program, built from zero

    We built the federal application system for a nonprofit that had never applied for federal funding, and secured its first funder feedback session since its founding in 2020.

    Capacity building · 2026
  • In progress $1.3M requested

    Alaska Rural Health Transformation Program

    A Year 1 proposal for Community Based Coordination Solutions to stand up an Anchorage Challenging Discharge Team: a navigation workforce, a redesigned discharge workflow and a biweekly multidisciplinary case review that help three Anchorage hospitals return long-stay patients, more than a third of them from outside Anchorage, to home and community sooner.

    State · Federally funded · 2027

Founder track record

  • Awarded $500,000

    Wells Fargo

    Capacity-building grant for The Ensemble Theatre, funding youth-led projects, building repair and operations, and organizational capacity.

    Corporate · 2023
  • Grown $45K → $200K

    H-E-B

    Grew H-E-B's annual grant more than fourfold while managing corporate partnerships at United Way Austin.

    Corporate partnership
  • Raised $16,000 in 2 hours

    Kendra Gives Back

    A Kendra Scott giving event for The VanRoss Foundation, part of a relationship that grew a one-time in-kind gift into an annual donor.

    Event fundraising
  • Secured $50,000

    Mizel Real Estate Investment Group

    A corporate sponsorship gift brought in through a scavenger hunt fundraiser Keith designed and ran.

    Corporate sponsorship

Client results are shared with permission. Founder track record reflects Keith Richardson's work across his career, including roles before and outside KLGM.

How we work

Artificial Intelligence, Human Heart.

Lean by design. Powered by AI. Precise by default.

AI speeds up the research, drafting, tracking and compliance work that usually takes an entire grants department, and our strategists direct and check every step. That's how a lean team delivers the capacity of a full grants office to organizations of any size. The technology brings the precision. The heart comes from two decades of standing alongside nonprofits and the communities they serve.

  • Technical precision

    AI-assisted research, budget checks and requirement tracking catch the details that cost organizations awards.

  • Full-office capacity

    The systems, speed and rigor of a large grants office, without the overhead of one.

  • Priced for every budget

    Our lean model keeps costs down, so a small community organization gets the same caliber of work as a national one.

  • Expert-led, always

    AI accelerates the work. Keith leads it. Every strategy, narrative and report is reviewed by a senior grants strategist.

Your data, protected

We guard your information at all costs.

Your documents, budgets and donor information stay confidential. They're shared only with the strategists on your account and are never sold or shared with third parties. Every AI-assisted draft is reviewed by a human strategist before it leaves our hands.

Human in the loop

AI does the heavy lifting. A person makes every call.

"Human in the loop" means a person stays inside the process, directing the technology and checking its work, instead of letting the software run on its own. At KLGM, that person is always one of our Independent Grants Strategists. AI gives them speed and precision. They supply the judgment, relationships and care that win funding.

Many AI-led grant tools

  • Turn a prompt into a draft and hand it back to you
  • Leave you to fact-check claims, numbers and funder requirements
  • Can't call a program officer or read between the lines of an RFP
  • Sound like everyone else using the same software

KLGM

  • A dedicated strategist leads your account from research to final report
  • Every AI-assisted draft, budget and report is reviewed and approved by a person
  • Strategists bring funder relationships and two decades of field experience
  • Your proposal sounds like your organization, because a human tells your story

  • Strategy is human

    Your strategist decides which funders fit your mission and which opportunities are worth your time. AI widens the search. People make the choice.

  • Every word is checked

    AI drafts and cross-checks. Your strategist rewrites, verifies every figure and claim, and makes sure the narrative reflects your community.

  • A person signs off

    Nothing leaves our hands until a strategist has reviewed it. Submissions, reports and funder communication always carry a human's approval.

AI makes us fast. Our strategists make us right.

Grants we manage

One dedicated partner for the full grants lifecycle.

We research, write, submit and manage awards on behalf of our clients across every major funding source.

  • Federal
  • State
  • Local
  • Foundation
  • Corporate

  1. Research

    We find the funders and opportunities that fit your mission, programs and budget.

  2. Write

    We build the narrative, budget and attachments each funder asks for.

  3. Submit

    We manage deadlines, portals and final checks through submission.

  4. Post-Award Compliance & Funder Reporting

    We track deliverables, deadlines and spending requirements, and prepare the progress and final reports your funders expect.

We don't submit and run. We stay with you for the life of the award.

Quality checkpoints on every proposal

AI helps us move fast. These four checkpoints are how we make sure fast never means careless.

  1. Before writing

    Requirements matrix

    Every eligibility rule, scoring criterion, attachment and formatting requirement in the solicitation is logged and assigned before a word is drafted.

  2. While writing

    Budget validation

    Every budget line is tied to the narrative and checked against the funder's allowable-cost rules, including federal cost principles on federal awards.

  3. Before submission

    Mock scoring

    We score the full draft against the funder's own rubric, the way a reviewer would, and close the gaps before you see the final.

  4. Final

    Human sign-off

    A strategist verifies every figure and claim, and nothing is submitted until you've approved it.

Beyond the proposal

We help you become fundable, not just funded.

A single award is one moment. Staying fundable takes systems, budgets and relationships. Our team brings two decades of nonprofit development and leadership experience to the work around the proposal.

  • Grant readiness

    We get organizations ready for state and federal funding, with the policies, systems and documentation funders look for before they say yes.

  • Program & operating budgets

    Budgets built from scratch, tied to your programs and ready for funder review, so your numbers tell the same story as your narrative.

  • Federal compliance

    Experience working within strict federal guidelines, from the application through award management, reporting and closeout.

  • Planned giving

    Hands-on experience building planned giving programs from the ground up, including charitable gift annuity and charitable remainder trust administration.

  • Events & corporate partnerships

    Two decades of galas, tournaments and sponsor campaigns that turn one-time gifts into annual support.

  • Interim leadership

    Keith has served as an interim executive director, running an organization's full development and planned giving operations during a transition.

Every service is scoped to what you need. Ask about any of them on your free call.

How engagements work

Choose the level of support that fits.

Every organization's grants needs are different, so we offer three ways to work together.

  • Per proposal

    Starting at$500 per proposal

    One opportunity, done right. We handle a single application from research through submission.

    Best for: a specific funder and a firm deadline.

  • Monthly retainer

    Starting at$2,500 per month

    A set monthly scope of research, writing and reporting that keeps your funding pipeline full.

    Best for: organizations building a steady grants program.

  • Full portfolio

    Starting at$5,500 per month

    We run your grants office end to end: calendar, submissions, compliance and funder reporting across every award.

    Best for: organizations managing multiple active awards.

Every engagement starts with a no-commitment conversation. Then you get a clear written scope and a final quote based on your needs.

Current clients

Partners we're working with today.

Every grant is a mosaic: many pieces, one picture.

Work with us

Interested in our services?

Tell us a little about your organization and Keith will reach out personally to talk through your funding goals.

No commitment. Whether you're chasing your first grant or managing a portfolio of federal awards, we'll tell you honestly where we can help.

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Get in touch

Keith Richardson

Managing Director & Senior Grants Strategist

keith@klgmgrants.com
713-416-1934
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