Proposal & Project Design Consultancy
Arts for Social Cohesion's proposal and project design consultancy helps nonprofit cultural/arts organizations actualize - and fund - powerful visions and missions.
Guy Mendilow & Regie Gibson combine nuanced listening, question-framing and storycrafting with fascination and over three decades of performing arts expertise on leading stages across the US and Europe.
Guy and Regie have been trusted as creative thought partners, proposal writers and grant evaluators for organizations making social and climate change through bold artistic experience and commissions; Programs cultivating leadership through the arts for college & high school students; Diverse Jewish arts and culture; And visibility and development of Latinx arts and culture across the US’s Northeast, Mountain West and Puerto Rico.
Offerings
ASC helps organizations secure foundational funding through proposals that are rigorous, emotionally resonant and that demonstrate relevance to the lived experiences of people served. ASC proposal writing uses clear, specific language to make a persuasive funding persuasive argument based on a demonstration of the organization’s excellence, contribution and capacity and on mission/values fit with granting organization.
ASC helps organizations find funding opportunities, build tailored grant-pipelines and identify foundations with whom relationships are authentic and meaningful.
ASC helps change-agents disaggregate complex visions into new powerful — fundable — plans, pilots and programs.
ASC helps granting organizations determine funding awards for artistic/cultural efforts that clearly benefit people and communities and for whom a funding sets in motion long-lasting, even cascading, impacts.