“There are youth opportunities open and we never get them finished in time.”
7-Day Youth Funding Sprint
Open now — cohort dates set with you
We select a small set of youth funding opportunities. Organizations build real proposals against them across seven working days.
- A finished proposal against a real opportunity, with every gap marked rather than invented.
- Reusable evidence, narrative, and budget assets your organization keeps.
- Written human review from a Capital Architect before you submit.
“We finish one thing and then start from zero on the next one.”
14-Day Funding System Sprint
Open now — cohort dates set with you
Two weeks on the layer underneath a single application: a real pipeline, a content bank you reuse, and the follow-up architecture most organizations never build.
- A working pipeline of opportunities with decision dates and owners.
- A reusable content bank — evidence, narrative blocks, budget structures.
- Relationship and follow-up sequences, and a next-round plan.
“A bank keeps saying community development and we do not know what they mean by it.”
CRA / Bank Position Sprint
Open now — cohort dates set with you
The tool prepares the repeatable parts: geography, community-development evidence, program economics, use of funds, and public research on the institution — plus the open questions.
- A geography and community-development evidence package with sources.
- Program economics and a plain statement of use of funds.
- Public research on the institution and a written list of open questions.
Where judgment is required: A Studio strategy session is required. The tool does not and cannot determine whether an activity qualifies for CRA consideration — that is a regulatory judgment made by the institution and its examiners.
“This is a state application and the compliance weight is real.”
State Grant Sprint
Open now — cohort dates set with you
Hybrid by design. The tool prepares requirements, evidence, and narrative structure. DSG works the compliance and context with you.
- A requirements map read only from the opportunity itself.
- An evidence table with source, date, and geography on every figure.
- A reviewed narrative aligned to the state's stated criteria.
Where judgment is required: Human review is required before submission. This is not a self-serve route.
“We would be a good fit for a donor who has never heard of us.”
DAF Opportunity Sprint
Open now — cohort dates set with you
Preparation for Open Community DAF™ consideration: the Opportunity Profile, the evidence behind it, and the plain description a donor advisor can act on.
- A one-page Opportunity Profile.
- The evidence fields that make it verifiable.
- A written read on what is ready and what needs strengthening first.
Where judgment is required: Consideration for the Open Community DAF™ collection is free and curated. Taking a Sprint does not purchase inclusion.
“We want individual donors, and we do not know where to start.”
GivingTuesday Build Sprint
Scheduled · Six weeks into GivingTuesday, December 1, 2026 · virtual-first
An introduction to fundraising — while you fundraise. Six weeks, virtual-first, with one optional Columbus build day. We build the real campaign with you: the ask, the people, the story, the outreach, the day itself, and the thirty days after.
- A campaign goal and dashboard — dollars, donor count, new donors, volunteers and ambassadors, as you select them.
- A fundraising message and one specific ask.
- A donor universe and list-building worksheet.
- An ambassador list and an ambassador toolkit.
- Campaign page copy.
- An email sequence.
- A text and WhatsApp sequence.
- A social sequence.
- A personal ask script.
- A run-of-day checklist for December 1.
- Thank-you language for the first 24 to 48 hours.
- A 30-day stewardship plan.
- A donor tracking sheet with the minimum CRM fields.
- A short after-action review: what did we learn?
Where judgment is required: GivingTuesday is an introduction engine — a way to begin building individual donors, volunteers, advocates, and visibility. We do not promise an amount raised. What you raise depends on execution, audience, offer, timing, and factors outside anyone's control.
“We do good work, but we do not know how to introduce ourselves to a CSR or community investment officer.”
Corporate / CSR Introduction Sprint
Open now — cohort dates set with you
We build the introduction package itself. Not a class on corporate giving — the one-pager, the reason it is this company, the outreach, and what happens after the first reply.
- A one-page introduction a busy officer can read in two minutes.
- A written answer to why this company or institution specifically.
- Community and economic value stated with evidence and sources.
- A first outreach email.
- Meeting request language.
- What to bring into the meeting.
- A follow-up sequence.
- A plain list of what not to ask for too early.
Where judgment is required: DSG prepares the introduction. We do not operate a corporate database and we do not guarantee access, a meeting, or a partnership.
