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The full funding cycle, four disciplines

Strategy, applications, financials, and follow-through — each a defined engagement with one agreed price, approved by you before anything starts.

Funding Strategy

Know which programs fit — and which to skip.

Canadian governments, foundations, corporations, and industry bodies run hundreds of funding programs that change every year. Funding Strategy turns that noise into a plan: which opportunities genuinely fit your projects, what each will require, and the order in which to pursue them. For organizations planning beyond a single application, a quarterly advisory engagement keeps the roadmap current as programs open, close, and change.

Assessments begin at CAD $399; roadmaps and standing advisory are scoped from there.

What a typical engagement covers
  • Discovery and project-fit analysis
  • Eligibility assessment against named government, foundation, and industry programs
  • Funding roadmap with application sequencing and documentation requirements
  • Quarterly advisory: standing reviews, program monitoring, and an annual funding calendar

Application Development

Applications a reviewer finds credible.

Strong applications are built, not written. We develop the application strategy, draft the narrative in your organization's voice, coordinate supporting documents, and run a final readiness review against the program's own criteria before anything is submitted. If you have already drafted an application, we review and strengthen it.

Quoted as a single fixed fee once the program and scope are set.

What a typical engagement covers
  • Application strategy aligned to stated program criteria
  • Proposal development and narrative drafting
  • Independent review of applications you have drafted
  • Supporting-document coordination and submission-readiness review

Financial Readiness

The numbers that carry the argument.

Reviewers fund projects they can believe, and belief is built in the financials. We prepare grant budgets, financial projections, cash-flow forecasts, use-of-funds schedules, and funding-focused business plans — the documents that make an application's case, and that most applicants underinvest in.

One agreed number per deliverable — model, budget, plan, or the set.

What a typical engagement covers
  • Grant budgets and use-of-funds schedules
  • Financial projections and cash-flow forecasts
  • Funding-focused business plans
  • Support documents for loan and program applications

Post-Award Support

Keep the funding you worked to win.

A signed agreement is a set of obligations, not just a cheque. We build the reporting calendar, prepare claims documentation and milestone reports, track reimbursements, and keep records structured the way funders expect — so today's award never complicates tomorrow's application. Standing advisory is available for organizations managing multiple agreements.

Priced per engagement, sized to the reporting load in your agreement.

What a typical engagement covers
  • Reporting calendars covering every obligation in your agreement
  • Claims documentation and reimbursement tracking
  • Milestone and progress reports
  • Recordkeeping structure and compliance reminders

Questions

Fees, scope, and how engagements work

The short version: one agreed price per engagement, never a share of your award, and outcomes that belong to the funder alone. The details are here.

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How are engagements priced?

Funding assessments begin at CAD $399. All other engagements are priced using transparent flat fees based on scope, complexity, and timeline — confirmed in writing before work begins. We charge no percentage of funding and no success fees, so our advice is never shaped by a commission.

Do you guarantee funding?

No — and no honest advisor can. Funding decisions are made solely by the relevant government or funding organization. What we control is the quality of the strategy, the application, and the financial case. When a program is a poor fit, we say so before you spend money pursuing it.

What is outside your scope?

Northward does not provide legal, accounting, tax, investment, immigration, or assurance services, and does not lobby program officials. Where a matter calls for a licensed professional, we say so and refer you to one.

Do you write the application, or do we?

Either. Most clients have us develop the application end to end with their input; others draft internally and engage us for strategy, review, and strengthening. Both are scoped engagements with a fixed fee.

What does a first engagement look like?

It starts with a free introductory call, which establishes whether a paid funding assessment is worthwhile. The assessment is a written review of your eligibility against named programs — and if the honest answer is that nothing fits right now, the assessment says exactly that.

Where do you work?

Northward is based in Toronto and serves organizations across Canada, with an initial focus on Ontario. Our deepest program knowledge today is federal and Ontario; for clients elsewhere in Canada, we take on engagements where the fit is strong — and say so quickly when it is not.

Not sure where to start?

Start with the introductory call. It costs nothing, and it ends with a clear recommendation on whether a funding assessment is worth pursuing.

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