Dixon Grant Studio

Grant applications, written to win, for organizations that can't afford a full-time grant writer.

Submission-ready grant packages for education nonprofits and community organizations in South Los Angeles.

What you get

One complete application package, built against your funder's own published rubric:

Needs statement — the case for your program, backed by your own data
Program narrative — what you do, who you serve, how it works, mapped to the funder's priorities
Logic model — one page connecting your inputs, activities, and outcomes
Budget and budget narrative — every line item justified against your program
Evaluation plan — how you'll measure and report on outcomes
Organizational capacity statement — why your team can deliver
RFP compliance checklist — every eligibility rule, attachment, and deadline, checked off

Every package is scored against the funder's own rubric before it's delivered to you. Nothing ships below a self-scored 90%, with zero unmet requirements.

Who it's for

Executive directors and program directors at education nonprofits and after-school programs with roughly $100,000–$2,000,000 in annual budgets — organizations doing real work with real outcomes, where one person is already wearing five hats and grant writing keeps getting pushed to the end of the week.

How it works

IntakeThe RFP or NOFO you're targeting, plus your organization's basic documents (990, budget, program data). One call, about 30 minutes.
Draft and self-checkEvery section is written against the funder's specific requirements, then scored row-by-row against their rubric before you ever see it. If it doesn't clear the bar, it gets revised before delivery, not after.
Deliver and submitYou receive a finished .docx, a PDF, and a one-page submission checklist. You review, sign off, and submit — on your own timeline, in full control of what goes out under your organization's name.

Price

First trial application $750

Standard, per application $2,500

About the founder

Dixon Grant Studio is built and run by D. Antione Dixon, who works inside a Title I LAUSD elementary school as an instructional aide and campus technology trainer, is a Watts of Power Foundation Teaching Fellow, holds an MBA in Marketing from LMU, and is a festival-selected documentary producer who has built investor pitch materials for his own films. He grew up around and works daily inside under-resourced education — he knows the funding pain of small education organizations firsthand — and he understands the persuasion craft of a winning pitch document from building them for film investors. That combination is what goes into every application this studio writes.