Every department has federal deadlines. One grant writer can’t file them all.
Public works, police, fire, parks and housing all compete for federal money, and the applications run through one grants coordinator or a finance office that already has a full job. A federal application runs 40 to 60 pages. NexGrant AI writes the complete application, fills the federal forms and files it to Grants.gov after your city approves it.
Sound familiar?
Departments wait for one writer
The grant writer’s calendar decides which department applies this cycle, not the size of the opportunity.
Consultants bill per application
$15,000 to $25,000 buys one application, once.
Deadlines arrive together
Federal programs open in waves. Three 40-page applications due in the same month is more than one person can write well.
One full-time writer files about 11 federal applications a year.
A federal application takes about 116 hours (von Hippel & von Hippel, PLOS ONE 2015, 195 applications). A full-time writer has about 1,880 working hours a year; with 70% of them spent writing, that is about 11 applications.
In state and local government, a writer at a $65,000 base salary (Grant Professionals Association, 2023 median) costs $105,691 a year fully loaded (BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, March 2026).
See every input on the methodology page- 116 hours per federal application
- 40 to 60 pages each
- About 11 applications a year from one full-time writer
- $105,691 a year for that writer, fully loaded
Complete applications for every department under one agreement.
Your grants coordinator stays in charge: they pick the opportunities, review every page and approve before anything is filed. NexGrant AI does the writing, the forms and the filing.
Done for you:
- Each department’s application written in full, from narrative to budget justification
- SF-424 and the other federal forms filled in
- Graded against the funder’s published criteria before you see it
- Filed to Grants.gov after your approval
- One contract covering every department, with a bulk discount for multiple-agency licensing
Veteran-owned, with a procurement route your purchasing office will recognize.
As an SBA-certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), NexGrant is eligible for the veteran-owned business preference many states and local governments apply. Your purchasing office decides the route; we provide the documentation.
Talk to us about procurement- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)
- Veteran-owned — eligible for state and local veteran preference
- Documentation your clerk or attorney can hand the council
- One approval, then we start
Impact
Impact is $975/mo for 6 applications a month, up to 30 a year, built for cities, counties and districts with several departments filing. Packs cover your peak months. Licensing several departments or agencies under one contract is quoted for your city.
See what your departments qualify for.
Book a 20-minute demo and we’ll run it on your city’s own grants. We can’t promise you win. We can promise you submit.