Democratizing Grant Access
Empowering organizations and individuals to secure funding through AI-powered grant writing assistance
Ira Revels
Founder & CEO
With a passion for bridging the gap between underresourced communities and critical funding resources, Ira Revels founded My Grant CoPilot to transform how organizations and individuals access grant opportunities.
Drawing on extensive experience in technology, social impact, and community development, Ira recognized that the grant application process was unnecessarily complex and time-consuming—creating barriers for those who needed funding most.
My Grant CoPilot leverages artificial intelligence to level the playing field, making professional-quality grant writing accessible to nonprofits, small businesses, and individuals who lack dedicated grant writing staff.
Hands-On Grant Strategy with Ira Revels
Build the funding infrastructure to compete, grow, and scale.
For established nonprofits ready to move beyond scattered applications, Ira Revels provides senior-level grant strategy, funder research, proposal development, and application management. Every engagement is designed to strengthen the organization's funding system while pursuing well-aligned private and state opportunities.
More than 25 years across the grant lifecycle, including founder and consulting experience contributing to over $11 million in awards since 2001. This figure reflects Ira's professional experience, not results generated by the My Grant CoPilot platform.
Platform
My Grant CoPilot is the funding-intelligence and workflow platform — self-service tools for search, drafting, and tracking.
Consulting
Ira Revels Consulting, LLC provides hands-on strategy, research, writing, and opportunity-response work — delivered by Ira Revels.
Early-stage organizations below $500,000 in annual operating budget may still use My Grant CoPilot tools and educational resources. Hands-on consulting is reserved for organizations with sufficient operating and leadership capacity.
Service Tiers
All prices are starting prices. Final scope depends on readiness, complexity, deadlines, number of programs, and application requirements.
Funding Readiness Intensive
An established nonprofit that needs a strong funding foundation before entering an ongoing engagement.
- Leadership intake and document review
- Grant-readiness and capacity assessment
- Review of programs, outcomes, budgets, and existing narratives
- Funder qualification criteria
- Priority prospect shortlist
- 12-month grant calendar and action roadmap
- Core organizational concept paper or case-for-support framework
- 90-minute executive strategy session
Private Funder Growth Partnership
Nonprofits that need consistent foundation and corporate pipeline development.
- Everything required to maintain a qualified private-funder pipeline
- Research across private, family, corporate, and community foundations
- Maintained grant calendar and opportunity tracker
- Up to two letters of inquiry or short applications per month
- Up to one full private-foundation proposal per month
- Budget narrative and supporting-document coordination
- Monthly funding pipeline report
- Monthly 60-minute strategy meeting
- Email support with a two-business-day response target
Seven-Figure Funding Partnership
Established nonprofits building a diversified portfolio and preparing to scale toward or beyond seven figures.
- Everything in the Private Funder Growth Partnership
- Multi-program funding and capital-stack strategy
- Up to four letters of inquiry or short applications per month
- Up to two full private-foundation proposals per month
- State grant and contracting opportunity monitoring and qualification
- One active state response supported at a time; complex bids separately scoped
- Program officer outreach preparation and follow-up strategy
- Executive talking points and funder meeting preparation
- Quarterly pipeline and funding-position review
- Biweekly 45-minute strategy meetings
- Priority email support with a one-business-day response target
State Opportunity Response
A qualified nonprofit pursuing a specific state bid, contract, RFP, or competitive grant.
- Go/no-go and compliance review
- Solicitation and scoring-rubric analysis
- Response outline and submission work plan
- Narrative development and editing
- Budget narrative coordination
- Attachment and compliance checklist
- Partner or subcontractor coordination plan, if applicable
- Final quality-control and submission-readiness review
Pricing may increase for compressed deadlines, large page counts, multiple partners, extensive forms, or complex procurement requirements. Ira Revels Consulting, LLC does not provide legal advice, accounting certification, or procurement representation.
Service Comparison
| Feature | Funding Readiness Intensive | Private Funder Growth | Seven-Figure Partnership | State Opportunity Response |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readiness assessment | Included | — | — | — |
| Funding roadmap | Included | Included | Included | — |
| Private-funder research | Priority shortlist | Included | Included | — |
| Maintained grant calendar | Included | Included | Included | — |
| Letters of inquiry | — | Up to 2/month | Up to 4/month | — |
| Full foundation proposals | — | Up to 1/month | Up to 2/month | — |
| State opportunity monitoring | — | — | Included | — |
| State response support | — | — | One active response | Included |
| Funder meeting preparation | — | — | Included | — |
| Pipeline reporting | — | Monthly | Quarterly | — |
| Strategy meetings | 90-min session | Monthly 60-min | Biweekly 45-min | — |
| Minimum term | One-time | 3 months | 6 months | Per opportunity |
How the Partnership Works
Fit call
Confirm organizational capacity, goals, and funding focus.
Readiness review
Examine programs, outcomes, budgets, prior applications, and required records.
Funding strategy
Select priority funders and build a sequenced opportunity calendar.
Collaborative development
Ira leads research, writing, and project management; the client supplies facts, documents, reviews, and approvals.
Submission and learning
Applications are finalized, tracked, and used to strengthen the next funding decision.
Fit call
Confirm organizational capacity, goals, and funding focus.
Readiness review
Examine programs, outcomes, budgets, prior applications, and required records.
Funding strategy
Select priority funders and build a sequenced opportunity calendar.
Collaborative development
Ira leads research, writing, and project management; the client supplies facts, documents, reviews, and approvals.
Submission and learning
Applications are finalized, tracked, and used to strengthen the next funding decision.
Strong proposals require an active partnership.
- Assign one authorized point of contact.
- Provide accurate records and requested documents on schedule.
- Make leadership and program staff available for interviews.
- Review drafts and answer questions by agreed deadlines.
- Approve all facts, budgets, and final submissions.
- Maintain registrations and submit through portals when required by the engagement.
Ethics and Scope Boundaries
- Flat fees only; never a percentage of an award.
- Grant awards and contract selections cannot be guaranteed.
- All dollar amounts in a pipeline are requested or prospective, not awarded.
- Final pricing follows a fit and scope review.
- Direct costs, travel, specialized research, and third-party services are excluded unless written into the agreement.
- Federal grant proposals are not a primary service; refer or separately evaluate them when appropriate.
About Ira
Ira Revels
Senior Strategist, Ira Revels Consulting, LLC
Ira Revels is a grant strategist, management consultant, and former Cornell University digital librarian with more than 25 years of grant-lifecycle experience. Her work spans opportunity research, proposal development, multi-partner project management, reporting, and funding strategy.
She wrote and managed a $1.225 million HBCU Digital Library Project grant at Cornell University Library and coordinated 25 university partners across multiple time zones. Through Ira Revels Consulting, LLC, she helps mission-driven organizations turn program knowledge, evidence, and leadership decisions into credible funding strategies and competitive applications.
Frequently Asked Questions
Book a Funding Fit Call
Tell us about your organization. Ira will review your information and respond about fit and next steps.
Our Values
The principles that guide everything we do
Mission-Driven
Democratizing access to grant funding for underresourced communities
Community-Focused
Building tools that empower nonprofits, small businesses, and individuals
Innovation
Leveraging AI to simplify the complex grant application process
Impact
Creating lasting change through strategic funding access
Technical Advisors
Strategic partners helping us build the future of grant access
Realist Lab
Innovation and technology advisory
Connecticut Black Business Alliance
Economic empowerment and business development
