Grant funding for charter schools, handled from application through closeout.
Bridge Grants provides contract grant writing, administration, and compliance for K-12 charter schools. One experienced person who knows Title programs, IDEA, CSP, and Uniform Guidance, without the cost of a full-time hire.
What Bridge Grants does
Support at whatever stage your school needs it, onsite in Las Vegas or remotely.
- Grant writing
- Research funding aligned with your school's plan, then prepare competitive applications, budgets, and supporting documentation. Formula grants, competitive federal and state programs, and foundation requests.
- Grant administration and compliance
- Budgets and amendments, allowability review of expenditures, reimbursement requests, performance reporting, and audit and monitoring preparation under Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200). Monthly activity reports keep leadership and the board informed.
- Policies, systems, and training
- Written grant management policies and procedures, a grant calendar built around your deadlines, expenditure tracking workbooks, and training for the staff who touch grant funds.
Track record
More than twelve years managing charter school grants in Nevada and Indiana.
$9M
Yearly grant portfolio managed for a seven-school charter network.
6
Charter Schools Program (CSP) grants secured in a single year.
40+
Federal, state, and foundation grants written and managed for one Las Vegas charter school.
12+
Years across the full grant lifecycle, from opportunity research to closeout.
Programs I work with
Grants I have written, administered, or closed out for charter schools.
Federal formula
- Title I, II, III, and IV
- IDEA Part B
- ESSER I, II, and III
- E-Rate and Emergency Connectivity
Competitive
- Charter Schools Program (CSP)
- 21st Century Community Learning Centers
- School Improvement
- High Impact Tutoring
- Secured School Safety
- Charter facilities grants (SFIG, CFIG)
Program and foundation
- Career and Technical Education
- School-Based Mental Health
- College and Career Readiness
- Literacy and formative assessment
- Broadband and technology
- Private and foundation requests
How an engagement works
Most schools start with a conversation about what they already have and what they are missing.
Discovery call
We review your current awards, deadlines, staffing, and any compliance concerns. No charge, and you leave with a clear picture of where things stand.
Funding map and calendar
You get a written plan of the grants worth pursuing for your school, with a calendar of application, reporting, and reimbursement deadlines.
Applications and budgets
I draft the narratives, build the budgets, and assemble the documentation, working with your leadership team so the application matches what your school will actually do.
Post-award monitoring and reporting
Ongoing expenditure review, amendments, reimbursement requests, and reports, with a monthly summary for your leadership and board.
Tiara Bergquist
Founder and principal grant consultant
I have spent more than twelve years inside charter school grants, first as Grant Manager at Amplus Academy in Las Vegas, where I wrote and managed more than 40 awards and worked closely with the Nevada State Public Charter School Authority, and most recently as Senior Development Manager for a seven-school charter network in Indianapolis, where I managed a portfolio averaging $9 million a year.
That work covered every stage: finding the right opportunities, writing the applications, building and amending budgets, reviewing expenditures for allowability, preparing for audits, and closing awards out cleanly. Bridge Grants exists so schools without a full-time grants office can have that same coverage.
- National Grant Management Association (NGMA), Member with Specialized Grant Management Training
- Grant Professionals Association (GPA)
- B.S. Communication Studies, UNLV; B.S. Business Management, Southern Utah University
Talk with Tiara
Based in Las Vegas and working with schools in Nevada and Indiana, onsite or remotely. Send a note about your school and what you need, and I will reply within two business days.