Founder & lead consultant
Leads every engagement, runs readiness checks and signs off on each application before submission.
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Our story
A Grant Team That Comes From the Community
The Word of Life / La Borne WA is a grant services company in University Place, Washington, founded by the leadership of The Word of Life Church. We started by funding our own community programs. Now we do the same work for other organizations.
Where we come from
From our own programs to yours.
Running programs for French-speaking African families in Pierce County meant learning, the hard way, how funding really works: which funders fit, what a strong application looks like, how to keep records an auditor respects, and how to report so a funder says yes again.
Other churches and community groups began asking for help. The Word of Life / La Borne WA is the company we set up to do that work properly, as a business, separate from the church.
- June 2022
Community founded
First gathering in Tacoma; food drives and family support begin the same year.
- 2023
First annual regional conference
Now held every year, drawing families from across the South Sound.
- 2024
Permanent base in University Place
Six community programs run from 4707 Elwood Dr W.
- Now
Grant services for other organizations
The same team finds, writes and manages grants for churches, nonprofits, schools and community groups.
The team
Who Does the Work
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Grant writer & researcher
Builds prospect lists, drafts narratives and budgets, manages portals and keeps each client's boilerplate library current.
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Sets up post-award tracking, documents expenses, prepares financial reports and keeps every file audit-ready.
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Written Scope, Fixed Dates, Your Sign-off
- 1
Readiness check
A free first conversation and a short written recommendation.
- 2
Scope and price
A one-page agreement: deliverables, dates, fixed price or retainer.
- 3
Draft, review, submit
You see every draft on fixed review dates. Nothing goes out without approval.
- 4
Manage and report
We run the grant file and reporting calendar until close-out.
Our commitments
Six things we promise every client.
Grant work runs on trust, with funders and with clients. These are written into every agreement.
- Time, not a percentageWe charge a fixed price or retainer for our work. We never take a share of a grant award.
- No guarantees, no invented numbersNobody can promise a grant. We will not overstate your results or write anything you cannot stand behind.
- ConfidentialityYour finances, plans and funder relationships stay with us. We name clients publicly only with permission.
- Everything is yoursNarratives, budgets, templates and prospect lists belong to your organization when the engagement ends.
- Deadlines in writingEvery engagement has a calendar with your review dates and our delivery dates. If we might miss one, you hear early.
- Plain language, both languagesWe explain what funders want in words your board understands, in English or French.
Company documents
What clients and funders can ask for.
Company details
- Name
- The Word of Life / La Borne WA
- Type
- For-profit grant services company, registered in Washington
- Works with
- The Word of Life Church (Assemblies of God), University Place, a separate organization
- Address
- 4707 Elwood Dr W, University Place, WA 98466
- Area
- Pierce County and across Washington; remote work anywhere in the U.S.
- Languages
- English, French
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Questions About How We Work?
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