What We Do
Comprehensive, tailored solutions
Education Foundations offers services that stand alone or work together as a full-cycle engagement — from securing funding, to proving you spent it well, to building the leadership capacity to sustain it.
Strategic Resource Acquisition & Management
Our central focus. Using our IMPACTS framework and Resource Opportunity Matrix, we help organizations build a deliberate, diversified resourcing strategy — treating it as a core function of transformational leadership rather than a task delegated after the vision is set.
Grant Writing & Reporting
We manage your organization's grant-seeking and reporting activities end to end, from letters of intent through multi-year budgets and ongoing federal reporting.
Monitoring & Audit Readiness
We conduct mock monitoring visits and audits, then build the protocols your team needs to walk into an actual review with confidence.
Compliance & Policy Review
We review and draft policies for alignment with the Uniform Grants Guidance, EDGAR, and program-specific requirements.
Executive Leadership Coaching
We work directly with your leadership team to build the collaboration and culture that let strong compliance and strong strategy coexist.
Board Governance Training
We deliver governance and fiscal oversight training that builds real board capacity — not just meeting attendance.
Litigation & Expert Witness Support
Case analysis, expert reports, and testimony in federal and state litigation involving education funding and grant compliance.
Our Guiding Principles
How we work
01 · Resourcing Is a Leadership Discipline, Not a Back-Office Task
Strategic resource acquisition and management is how transformational leaders fund their mission, not a compliance chore handled after the vision is set.
02 · Compliance Enables Mission, It Doesn't Compete With It
Strong compliance infrastructure is what lets an organization keep the funding it needs to serve students.
03 · Know the Regulation, Not Just the Requirement
We work from direct experience administering these programs, not secondhand guidance.
04 · Build for the Audit Before It's Scheduled
Readiness is a year-round discipline, not a scramble in the weeks before a monitoring visit.
05 · Governance Is a Skill, Not a Title
Board members need training and tools to exercise real fiduciary oversight.
06 · Leadership Capacity Outlasts Any Single Grant Cycle
We build capacity your team keeps long after our engagement ends.
Federal Programs Deep Dive
Fluency in the regulatory framework
Effective grants management means fluency in the regulatory framework, not just the paperwork. This is where Education Foundations' engagements go deeper than most consulting relationships.
“We don't advise from the outside. We have sat in the seat you are sitting in.”— Dr. Alyson Lerma, Founder & CEO