Review Our First Three Applications and Coach Our Grants Lead

Three deliverables over roughly 20 hours, remote, September 15 to November 21, 2026:

Written review of three grant application drafts (one foundation, one New York State workforce grant, one corporate or family foundation), delivered as tracked changes or comments within one week of receiving each draft. We will send the drafts on a schedule agreed with you at kickoff.
A one-page "What Reviewers Look For" memo written for youth workforce and education funders in New York: how the need statement, logic model, outcomes section, and budget narrative should read, and the three most common mistakes first-time applicants make. This becomes a permanent part of our grants playbook.
A one-hour review of our boilerplate library (mission statement, program descriptions, budget narrative, impact statistics) with a short written list of what is missing, weak, or unconvincing.

Organization Mission

JGM Innovation wants to help the students. We do this through innovative ideas which help children excel in education and have new opportunities. Although the project started in 2018, the idea started at St. John’s University. Since 2008, The Alpha Gamma Chapter of Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has supported the Jorge Guevara Mellado School. This school, in Santa Eulalia, Peru, has a preschool and an elementary school. Over the last decade, with the support of friends, family, and other Fraternity Brothers, the Chapter fundraised for the construction of the elementary school, scholastic materials, games, lunches, and much more. For over two years, the JGM Project has been supporting the Jorge Guevara Mellado School in Santa Eulalia, Peru. With help from our friends, families, and the brothers of Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity, Inc., we have fundraised for the construction of the elementary school, scholastic materials, games, lunches, yearly scholarships, an indoor playground, and most recently, a computer lab. Perú has been hard hit by the coronavirus. Currently, it has the fifth-highest number of COVID-19 cases globally. The government has already announced all schools will be working remotely until the end of the year. Peru imposed one of the earliest and strictest lockdowns in Latin America to stop the spread of coronavirus but has still seen cases rise rapidly. In response to this situation, the JGM Project will launch new initiatives to support students and families of JGM students.