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Marsita L. Ferguson, Inc.

Strong organizations.
Sustainable impact.

We help nonprofits and community-serving organizations secure funding, strengthen programs, and build the capacity needed to deliver their work.

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Our practice

Strategy that connects
to implementation.

Four connected areas of work help organizations clarify what they need, strengthen what they deliver, and build a practical path to sustainable impact.

01

Funding Architect

Grant strategy and development grounded in organizational readiness, program fit, and funder requirements.

  • Small-scale grant writing: $250–$750, based on scope and complexity
  • Large-scale grant writing: $1,250+, based on scope and complexity
  • Funding Architect Landscape Package: $499 — an Excel spreadsheet for funding landscape review and opportunity alignment
02

Program Architecture

Build or strengthen programs with a clear purpose, participant focus, activities, outcomes, and implementation approach.

  • Program review and enhancements: starting at $1,500
  • Comprehensive program development: starting at $2,500
  • Proprietary program models and continuation options: scoped to the model and use
03

Organizational Capacity & Strategy

Understand organizational priorities, readiness, and options for moving forward. Strategy and board review are distinct from paid board training.

  • Standard Organizational Analysis & Grant Readiness: $150, including the strategy consultation and 10-page analysis
  • In-Depth Organizational Analysis & Grant Readiness: $349
  • Strategy partnership: $600/month for the first four months for the first six organizations; $1,200/month if continued
  • Enhanced Strategy Partnership: $2,500/month
  • Organizational Systems & Data Setup: custom quoteMicrosoft Teams/SharePoint or Google Drive setup, internal Google Sites hubs, shared-file organization, and participant data-tracking structures, tailored to your organization.
04

Training & Community Facilitation

Facilitation that helps boards, stakeholders, and community members work through important questions and make their perspectives heard.

  • Board training, virtual or in person: $2,500+
  • Stakeholder meetings, community assessments, and community-voice facilitation: custom quote

Start with a consultation and landscape, or request a defined project or ongoing partnership.

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How we work

Understand.
Design.
Implement.

We begin with your organization’s priorities, capacity, and current challenges. Together, we identify what needs strengthening and define the support that fits.

Engagements may include organizational assessment and grant readiness, program review and strengthening, funding research and writing, systems and compliance support, or workshops.

The goal is work your team can use: clear deliverables, practical next steps, and a foundation you can sustain.

Proprietary Programs & Licensing

Structured models.
Practical possibilities.

Explore program models and frameworks for families, young people, students, and adults. Discuss how a model could support the people your organization serves.

Licensing, customization, training, and implementation support are scoped to the selected program and your organization’s needs. Pricing and permitted uses are defined through an individual agreement.

Family relationships

Family Interaction Model

A structured family-strengthening model that helps parents, caregivers, and youth improve communication, emotional regulation, perspective-taking, accountability, and conflict resolution. Guided activities and real-world practice connect learning to everyday family interactions.

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Reentry & opportunity

Restored Pathways Reentry Program

A reentry and workforce-development model connecting preparation, community reintegration, employment readiness, and coordinated supports. The approach brings personal development, practical skills, and pathways to stability into one connected experience.

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Youth growth & leadership

Youth Development Program

A developmental program supporting identity, character, leadership, healthy relationships, civic awareness, emotional intelligence, and life skills. Learning, guided practice, reflection, and experiential engagement help young people prepare for future opportunities.

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Financial capability

Financial Freedom Accelerator

A financial-capability program helping participants understand financial systems and take practical steps toward stability. Topics include budgeting, credit, banking, debt, financial decision-making, consumer awareness, and personal goals.

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Student success & leadership

PILLARS Student Success Framework

A seven-domain developmental framework supporting student leadership, onboarding, personal growth, persistence, reflection, and preparation for academic, professional, and civic life. Applications include retreats, cohort experiences, mentoring, and student-success initiatives.

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Navigating adulthood

Young Adult Development Program

A developmental program helping emerging adults navigate identity, purpose, decision-making, responsibility, relationships, and life management. Career direction, financial capability, civic participation, and connections to education and employment support the transition into adulthood.

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Program partnership opportunities

License a program.
Build your capacity.

Organizations can partner with Marsita L. Ferguson, Inc. to use the Family Interaction Model, Restored Pathways Reentry Program, Youth Development Program, Young Adult Development Program, or PILLARS Student Success Framework.

Annual Program License

$2,500

Annual program licensure for one of the five programs listed above.

License + Initial Training

$3,500

Annual program licensure with initial training.

Basic Annual Renewal

$499

Continue the program license through the basic annual renewal option.

Evaluation Partnership Renewal

$1,500

Continued license, updated materials and tools, required data reporting, an annual evaluation report, limited technical assistance, and refresher training.

The program, permitted uses, reporting requirements, and support scope are documented in the partnership agreement. Financial Freedom Accelerator is available for inquiry; these license and renewal prices apply to the five programs listed above.

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Client Inquiry & Consultation Request

Let’s start
the conversation.

Use one form for consulting, Funding Architect, speaking, facilitated events, program licensing, or partnerships. Select all the areas you would like to discuss and tell us about your goals.

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