We are the architect of your ideas.
Our team translates your organization’s dreams, goals, and strategies into authentic, meaningful, and effective grant proposals to a variety of funding agencies.
About SFL Consulting
SFL Consulting collaborates with nonprofit organizations, colleges and universities, and public agencies throughout the arc of grantseeking and management. This continuum includes: organizational readiness, strategy development, project refinement, proposal writing and budgeting, and post-grant management as needed.
We are a small team who cares about your mission and the people you serve; therefore, our approach is hands-on, authentic, and inclusive. We are immersed in our clients’ grantseeking journey and work in tandem with staff to create compelling proposals and a strong grantseeking program.
SFL Consulting specializes in working with small to mid-sized organizations that are ready to take their existing grant program to a more advanced level or require specific expertise on writing to large private foundations or federal agencies.
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OUR TEAM
Sara Forbes Landrum
Sara Forbes Landrum, founder of SFL Consulting, has 20 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, helping organizations earn more than $20 million in grant funds. Professional experience includes leading a multi-million dollar grants program at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis for more than four years. In 2008, Landrum founded SFL Consulting LLC and began working with a variety of nonprofit organizations in the arts, education, and health and human services sectors. Landrum earned a Master of Public Affairs in Nonprofit Management from Indiana University in 2005, and has been “Grant Professional Certified, GPC” through the Grant Professional Certification Institute since 2010. GPC credentialing validates knowledge of and competency in the grants profession through education, experience, professional development, community involvement, and a psychometrically sound evaluation instrument. Landrum and her team adhere to the professional and ethical guidelines set forth by the Grant Professionals Association (GPA).
OUR PARTNERS
Kristina Davis Smith
Kristina Davis Smith partners with SFL Consulting to provide grant planning and development services to clients. Kristina has 20 years of experience in strategic philanthropy at the private, municipal and state levels and specializing in arts and culture, community development and social service organizations. Her professional experiences include roles as Executive Director at the Reva and David Logan Foundation, Grants Program Officer at the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, and Director of Programs at the Indiana Arts Commission. During her career in Indiana, Kristina has worked in public policy creation and analysis, developing the state’s first Cultural District Program, advancement and promotion of ADA requirements within cultural institutions, implementation of community development planning consultancies, strategic planning and implementation, and grant program development and oversight. Kristina earned an M.A. in Arts and Nonprofit Administration from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a B.A. from Bryn Mawr College as a double major in the History of Art and History. She holds a Certificate of Fundraising Management from the Indiana University Lilly School of Philanthropy, as well as certificates in Community Development and Economic Development from Ball State University.
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