Grant Wins. Community Impact.
Our Wins are Just the Beginning
At Bolek Grant Writing, our success isn’t measured in dollars alone – it’s measured in changed lives, empowered communities, and bold missions fulfilled.
We’ve helped nonprofits and community organizations secure millions in competitive federal, state, and foundation grants. But what matters most is what happens next – programs launched, services scaled, and lives transformed.
Whether you’re a grassroots nonprofit making your first big ask, or a regional agency scaling proven work, our expertise becomes your advantage.
REAL FUNDING. REAL IMPACT
Notable Wins – and What They’ve Made Possible
Here’s a look at just a few of our successful grant partnerships, organized by funding source – and the impact they created for children, families, schools, and communities.
Federal Grant Highlights
$30,000,000 – Promise Neighborhood Grant
What It Made Possible:
Launched a cradle-to-career pipeline in a high-need urban area, integrating two-generation supports across multiple agencies to improve academic achievement and outcomes for youth and families.
$2.6M – Healthy Marriage Demonstration Grant
Dept. of Health and Human Services
What It Made Possible:
Funded culturally responsive programming that strengthened couple relationships, reduced marriage and family conflict, and improved outcomes for hundreds of couples and families
$5.5M – School-Based Social Services Program
Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
What It Made Possible:
Embedded behavioral health professionals in over two dozen schools, resulting in increased students and families with easy access to free behavioral health intervention and evidence-based prevention programs.
$3M+ – Certified Community Behavioral Health Center Expansion Grant
What It Made Possible:
Expanded access to comprehensive mental health and addiction treatment, reducing waitlists and increasing crisis intervention capacity.
$750,000 – Drug-Free Communities Support Program
SAMHSA
What It Made Possible:
Equipped a youth-serving coalition to reduce youth substance use through evidence-based environmental prevention programs, community education, and youth-led initiatives.
$390,000 – Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program Grant
Dept. of Labor
What It Made Possible:
Provided personalized job training, placement services, and housing assistance to help homeless veterans secure stable employment and successfully navigate civilian life.
$600,000 – Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program
U.S. Dept. of Justice Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance
What It Made Possible:
Developed evidence-based strategies to reduce crime in a high-need neighborhood through community-led interventions, improving public safety while strengthening police-community relationships.
$600,000 – National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STDs and TB Prevention – Support and Scale Up of HIV Prevention Services in Sexual Health Clinics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
What It Made Possible:
Established a mobile health unit to bring HIV testing and prevention services to underserved communities, increasing access to care for high-risk populations while reducing barriers to treatment.
State Funding Highlights
$1.4M – Safety PIN Grant Program
Indiana State Department of Health
What It Made Possible:
Advanced maternal and infant health by supporting a home visiting program in neighborhoods with high infant mortality, contributing to reductions in preterm births and improved prenatal care access.
$378,600 – Evidence-Based School Social Services Grant
What It Made Possible:
Expanded school mental health capacity and established trauma-informed practices in public schools.
Foundation Funding Highlights
$999,047 – Strengthening Youth Programs in Indiana
Lilly Endowment
What It Made Possible:
Supported faith-based mentoring and enrichment programs for youth, with a focus on equity, safety, belonging, and academic achievement.
$300,000 – Early Childhood Innovation Grant
What It Made Possible:
Expanded a regional training program to elevate early childhood education quality, providing comprehensive coaching, technical assistance, and curriculum integration support to early learning providers throughout the region.
$6.7M – GIFT VIII Grant Initiative
What It Made Possible:
Established a retreat sanctuary for veterans and their families, providing comprehensive support services including social-emotional programs, resource navigation, employment assistance, and a welcoming community space for those who have served.
$140,000 – Empowering Employment Pathways Grant
United Way of Southwestern Indiana
What It Made Possible:
Connected unemployed adults with skills training, wraparound support, and job placements in high-demand local industries.
$90,000 – Social Stability & Growth Pathways Grant
United Way of Southwestern Indiana
What It Made Possible:
Created pathways for Latino community members to build economic and social upward mobility through comprehensive programming including language training, technical skills development, and leadership workshops.
$2 million+ – Various grant programs
What it Made Possible:
Supported a wide range of organizational capacity-building and community initiatives including cancer support services, early childhood education, healthy marriage programs, social/emotional/spiritual support for law enforcement officers, housing and social services, and positive youth development programming across multiple organizations and client partnerships.
WHAT SETS OUR APPROACH APART
The Bolek Difference
When you partner with Bolek Grant Writing, you gain more than a writer – you gain a strategic collaborator who understands what makes grant applications successful.
Our team brings together technical excellence, deep listening, and a passion for mission-driven work. We don’t just chase dollars – we pursue alignment, sustainability, and capacity-building with every opportunity.
WHERE POSSIBILITY MEETS PURPOSE
Imagine Your Organization Here
Imagine a future where your work is fully funded.
Where you’ve built the staff, programs, and partnerships to scale your impact.
Where your story stands out – and gets funded again and again.
That’s what we help make happen.
LET'S BUILD WHAT'S NEXT
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Let’s talk about your mission and what funding could unlock for your community.
Contact us today and let’s start writing your success story.
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