Since our inception, we have been tracking
a variety of data relative to our service provision:
#1 Of clients contracting to raise funds,
83% of them received
some level of funding
#2 85% of our work in fundraising is focused
on proposal preparation, with the remaining 15% comprised of other fund development activities, (targeted capacity building, public
relations materials design and print, & annual campaigns)
#3 Of grants awarded, categorization is as
follows: 85% - general operating expenses and 15% - program start-up or seed money
#4 Of clients securing funds, the average length of time contracted with Fund Finders was 10 months.
#5 The type of services most often provided are: 75% - Prospect identification and donor research with full proposal development; 15% -Targeted capacity building; 10%
Print materials for education/solicitation.
#6 More than two-thirds of all quote requests become active clients. Call us today
and find out what Fund Finders can do for you!
Company
History
Fund Finders was founded by Cynthia A. DeLadurantaye, B.A.,
in 1999 and is located in Grayling, Michigan.
Fund Finders' experience has raised millions for a variety of nonprofit organizations. Given today's technology,
Fund Finders is able to meet the needs of clients no matter their geographical location. We've been pleased to contract
with clients located in areas throughout the entire state of Michigan, as well as with clients in Illinois, Tennessee, Maryland,
and Washington, D.C.
Ms. DeLadurantaye has 32 years of experience working within the nonprofit
sector; primarily in family and children's services.
She is a Consultant to The Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Child
Welfare Review Project; NorthSky Nonprofit Network and the Kellogg Action Lab College of Consultants.
In 2002, Ms. DeLadurantaye began working with HHS within the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) as
a Grant Reviewer/Chairperson. She has reviewed grants for programs seeking federal funds through the following
grant competitions: Mentoring Children of Prisoners; Street Outreach and Basic Center Shelter grants for
Homeless & Runaway Youth; Community-Based Abstinence Education; Compassion Capital Fund grants in Demonstration Projects
and Targeted Capacity Building. Additional federal grants have been reviewed for the U.S. Department of Justice Programs'
Office for Victims of Crime and the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention. She has served as a grant reviewer
to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for their Services in Supportive Houseing and
Grants for Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integation. She has also served as a Grant Reviewer for the State of Michigan's
21st Century Community Learning Center grants.
Clients We've Been Proud To Serve:
Addiction Treatment services
Artesia Youth Park
AuSable Free Clinic
AuSable Valley Animal Shelter
Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Central MI
Black Child & Family Institute
Catholic Human Services
Child & Family Services of Northeast MI
Citizens Helping Acquire Money for Police
Services (CHAMPS)
Communities in Schools of Mancelona
Community Caring
Community Substance Abuse Services
COOR-Intermediate School District
COOR-Iosco Great Start Collaborative
Crawford County Collaborative Body
Crawford
County Department of Human Services
Crawford County United Way
Crawford/Roscommon Child Protection Council
Dickinson
County Health Care System
Eagle Village
Early Childhood Investment Corporation
Family & Children's
Services
Family Talk, Inc.
Foote Hospital
Foundation for a Healthy Community
Frederic Township
Goodwill
Industries of Northern MI
G.R.A.C.E. Center
Kalamazoo Junior Girls Organization
Kassle Mission Historical Society
Kirtland Community College
Musical Arts Recording Education (MARE)
MATRIX Human Services
Montmorency/Oscoda
Child Protection Council
New Creations Youth - The Matrix
New Life Pregnancy Center
Nexus Family Services
NorthSky Nonprofit Network
Northwest Community Action Agency
Oasis Detroit
Of One Accord Ministries
Ogemaw
County Department of Human Services
Physicians for Responsible Negotiation
Restoration Community Outreach
River
House, Inc.
Rochester Community Schools
Roscommon County Department of Human Services
Roscommon County Transportation
Authority
Roscommon Human Service Collaborative
Sisters of Mercy
Slavic Humanitarian Association
Special
Olympics of MI
Teaching Family Homes of Upper MI
Vista Maria
Volunteer Center of Otsego County
Wellington
Farm Park
Wellness House of MI
