Get the funding your
mission deserves.
Grant writing is time-consuming, technical, and increasingly competitive. Araya Advisory helps nonprofits find the right opportunities, build stronger applications, and manage their funding pipeline — so your team can focus on the work.
Grant writing is harder than it looks — and the stakes are real.
Grant funding pays for staff, programs, facilities, and the everyday work communities depend on. Winning it is a job in itself: finding the right opportunities, building a competitive application, managing funder relationships. Most organizations we talk to are already stretched thin. They know the money is out there. They need someone who knows how to go get it.
Finding the right grants takes time most orgs don't have
Federal, state, foundation, and corporate funding shifts constantly. Knowing where to look, and which opportunities are worth pursuing, takes ongoing research.
A strong narrative isn't optional
Funders read dozens of applications per award. A technically complete one that does not tell a compelling story about mission and impact rarely survives first review.
Budgets and compliance requirements are their own discipline
Grant budgets, matching requirements, indirect cost rates, allowable expenses. These decide whether you are competitive, and whether you stay in good standing once awarded.
Missed deadlines and wasted effort compound quickly
Without a managed pipeline, opportunities slip, effort duplicates, and the pressure to just get something in produces weaker applications.
The nonprofit funding landscape at a glance
Both states we work in have deep, active nonprofit sectors and competitive grant environments to match. Here's what organizations are up against.
Organization counts: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, July 2026. Active 501(c)(3) registrations statewide.
Simple, transparent services.
Grant writing is our strength, but it is rarely the whole job. Whether you are not yet eligible to apply, preparing a first application, or running an active funding pipeline, there is a level that fits where you actually are.
Grant Readiness Assessment
A structured review of your organization's capacity to pursue grant funding — where you're strong, where there are gaps, and what to prioritize first.
- Mission clarity & program outcomes review
- Financial infrastructure assessment
- Grant history & capacity evaluation
- Scorecard across 8 readiness categories
- Written report with recommended next steps
Grant Application Writing
End-to-end support on a grant application — from funder research and narrative development to budget alignment and submission. You focus on the mission. We handle the application.
- Funder research & opportunity vetting
- Full narrative development
- Budget preparation & alignment
- Compliance & eligibility review
- Submission & confirmation
Development & Pipeline Retainer
Ongoing support for the whole funding side of the organization, not just applications. For younger nonprofits that often starts before grants are even an option: building the systems, records, and partnerships that make an organization fundable in the first place.
- Grant eligibility groundwork for newer organizations
- Building the records and financial systems funders expect
- Partnership development that opens new funding routes
- Monthly opportunity research & reporting
- Deadline tracking & calendar management
- Funder relationship notes & follow-up
- Reporting support for active grants
- Priority access for new application requests
A different kind of nonprofit consulting partner.
We are not a national consulting firm. We are an independent practice built around the specific funders and community organizations our clients actually depend on.
Genuinely local knowledge
We know the local foundations, the city and county programs, and the community context funders care about. That shapes every application we write.
The numbers get the same care as the narrative
Financial narratives, budget justifications, indirect cost calculations, allowable expenses. These are where most applications weaken, and where we do the most work.
We track the funding landscape so you don't have to
New RFPs, shifting foundation priorities, federal program changes. We watch continuously and surface only what is worth your time.
Priced for real organizations, not large institutions
Most nonprofits operate lean. We price to be genuinely useful, not to run up a bill that outpaces the grant itself.
What to expect when you reach out.
No commitments, no pressure. Here's how a typical engagement starts.
Tell us about your organization
Use the form below — or just email us. Let us know your mission, your current funding situation, and what you're trying to accomplish. Any amount of context helps.
We'll have a conversation
James will respond personally, usually within one business day. The first conversation is free and carries no obligation — it's a chance to understand your needs and assess whether there's a good fit.
We get to work
If it makes sense to move forward, we'll agree on a clear scope with no surprises. From there, we handle the research, writing, and logistics — and keep you informed throughout.
A look at who we work with.
A closer look at two of the nonprofits we work with, and what that support actually looks like.
Algiers Economic Development Foundation
A community organization working on economic development in Algiers, supporting local businesses and the programs that keep the neighborhood's economy moving.
What we do for them: we write and submit funding applications on their behalf, ranging from local foundations to national corporate funders. Alongside that, we provide consulting services supporting the formation of their FY2026–27 budget, including its financial structure and presentation.
Pirates Promise
An off-the-track Thoroughbred rescue that takes in racehorses at the end of their careers, rehabilitates them, and finds them adoptive homes.
What we do for them: we are building the foundation for sustained grant funding, through a full readiness review, strengthening the records and adoption policies funders look for, and facilitating a partnership with a national equine adoption program that opens both credibility and new funding routes.
A local partner who happens to know how to grow nonprofits.
James Araya works in nonprofit finance, and has watched nonprofits leave funding on the table because nobody had the time to chase it.
Araya Advisory started from a simple question: what if a nonprofit had a funding partner who brought real financial discipline to the work?
James works with organizations across Texas and Louisiana. Not a national firm, just someone you can actually talk to, who knows which funders are paying attention in both states.
We're here when you're ready.
Whether you have a specific grant opportunity in mind, need help understanding your options, or just aren't sure where to start — send us a note. The first conversation is always free, and there's no obligation to go further.
Serving nonprofits in both states