First Nation Bands & Economic Development Corporations
Indigenous Infrastructure & Grant Proposal Desk
We write, assemble and compliance-check funding applications and commercial tenders for Bands and EDCs — from REDIP and CMHC housing to PSIB set-aside contracts. You bring the project; we deliver a submission-ready package.
Watch: how the grant desk works
- 16-point
- funder compliance check on every package
- 72 hrs
- typical turnaround on a first full draft
- 1 network
- funded Band projects matched to vetted subtrades
Funding is available. Capacity to apply for it is not.
Intakes close fast
Windows open with weeks of notice while administration is already carrying a full workload.
Packages get rejected on technicalities
A missing BCR, an unsigned attachment or a budget that does not reconcile ends the application.
Writers cost more than the grant returns
Per-application consultants charge five figures and take the institutional knowledge with them.
What the desk covers
Four systems that run behind every submission we send out.
Grant Radar
We track REDIP, CMHC, ISC and provincial infrastructure intakes so no deadline slips past your council.
Community Vault
Audited financials, BCRs, strategic plans and PSIB certification stored once and reused on every submission.
Compliance Checked
Every package runs a 16-point funder checklist before it leaves the desk — no incomplete applications.
Written for Funders
Grounded, technical narratives modelled on approved applications — never generic AI filler.
Live — no account, nothing to click
Try the grant engine right here
Adjust your community's numbers and the funding package rewrites itself as you go.
Metrics you provide
This is the full input set. Everything else is pulled from your Community Vault. The package on the right updates as you type.
Generated package
Requested from funder
$1,500,000
Band / EDC share
$700,000
Est. approval likelihood
75%
Cost per job created
$100,000
1.0 Applicant Profile
Northern Pine First Nation is a registered First Nation of 1,240 members submitting under REDIP — Regional Economic Development. Governance authority is confirmed by Band Council Resolution held in the Community Vault, with audited financial statements for the two preceding fiscal years attached at Appendix A.
2.0 Project Description
The Community Trades & Logistics Hub is a 18-month capital project with a total eligible cost of $2,200,000. Northern Pine First Nation contributes 15% ($700,000) in own-source revenue, with $1,500,000 requested from the program. The build directly creates 22 positions, prioritized for member employment and apprenticeship placement.
3.0 Budget Summary
| Total eligible project cost | $2,200,000 |
| Own-source contribution (15%) | $700,000 |
| Requested from REDIP | $1,500,000 |
| Program cap | $1,500,000 |
4.0 Compliance Check
- ✓ Band Council Resolution attached
- ✓ Audited financial statements (2 years)
- ✓ Cost estimate & class of estimate stated
- ✓ Employment and training plan included
- ✓ Signing authority verified
- ⚠ 11 further checks run on the full submission
Demo output using sample language. Live submissions are written from your own vault documents and the funder's guidelines — no invented figures.
Revenue & savings tracker
What a complete submission is worth to your community
New funding captured, plus the grant-writer and admin costs you stop paying.
Your current numbers
Annual income saved
$1,242,000
Combines new grant revenue captured plus the consultant and overhead costs you no longer pay.
New grant revenue captured
- Funding won today
- $900,000
- Funding won at 45% success rate
- $2,025,000
- Incremental funding captured
- $1,125,000
Costs removed
- 480 hrs × $150/hr (6 × 80 hrs)
- $72,000
- Admin & rework overhead (5%)
- $45,000
- Total cost removed
- $117,000
Estimates assume a 25-point lift in success rate from complete, compliance-checked submissions (capped at 85%). Your actual results depend on program fit and project readiness.
Inside the portal
Everything from the funding application to the finished project
The desk is not just writing. It is the full lifecycle: find the money, win it, build the legal structure, procure the trades and report on it.
AI grant & proposal engine
Drafts the full funder-structured package from your vault data in about 72 hours — narrative, work plan, budget tables and outcome metrics.
Word-style document editor + Copilot
Every draft opens in a live editor with a formatting toolbar, highlight-to-rewrite AI, and a Copilot sidebar that reads your document. Export to PDF or Word in one click.
Legal drafter — BCRs & JV agreements
Generate Band Council Resolutions and joint-venture agreements for funded projects, ready for council signature and downloadable as PDF.
Post-award compliance tracker
Track funded projects, reporting deadlines and drawdowns, with quarterly progress reports generated automatically from your project data.
AI Class "D" cost estimator
Itemized MasterFormat budgets with northern and remote-community multipliers — defensible numbers before the application goes in.
Grant Radar & Community Vault
Intake deadlines tracked across REDIP, CMHC, ISC and PSIB, with financials, BCRs and certifications stored once and reused everywhere.
New — Indigenous procurement marketplace
Where funded Indigenous projects meet vetted commercial subtrades
Once the grant lands, the work has to be procured. Bands and EDCs post tender packages on one side; commercial subcontractors get matched to them on the other — with Indigenous benefit, local hire and compliance scored alongside price.
For Bands & EDCs — Tender Management Desk
- Post packages from funded projects to a vetted network of commercial subtrades
- Weight Indigenous ownership and local hire against price in the scoring model
- Sealed bids, RFI threads and an auditable award trail for council
- Procurement evidence that satisfies funder benefit-reporting requirements
For subcontractors — Trade Bid Board
- Matched to funded Indigenous projects by trade, region and bonding capacity
- Fit score explains why each tender is worth your estimating time
- One-click hand-off into the bid generator with your rates and exclusions loaded
- JV and set-aside partnership matching for PSIB-eligible work
Tender posting
Community Health Centre — Mechanical Package
- Owner
- Northern Lakes EDC
- Budget
- $1.2M – $1.4M
- Closing
- In 11 days
- Set-aside
- PSIB eligible
Set how heavily community ownership and local hire count against price. Rankings re-score instantly.
Mechanical / HVAC
$1,240,000
Compliance 100% · History 92%
Mechanical / HVAC
$1,318,000
Compliance 94% · History 85%
Mechanical / HVAC
$1,155,000
Compliance 88% · History 78%
Demo data. In the portal these are live bids with sealed pricing, RFI threads and an audit trail your council can defend.
Programs we write for
Federal, provincial and Indigenous-specific envelopes — plus the commercial tenders that follow the capital.
Regional Economic Development / Indigenous streams
Capacity, planning and capital streams for Band-owned business and economic development projects.
Housing & On-Reserve Programs
New builds, retrofits, seed funding and co-investment applications with full construction budget tables.
Indigenous Services Canada
Community infrastructure, water and wastewater, schools and health facility capital submissions.
Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business
Set-aside registration support and federal tender responses written to the mandatory criteria grid.
NRCan, SREPs and provincial energy funds
Solar, microgrid, diesel-offset and community energy champion applications with technical narratives.
Provincial and federal infrastructure envelopes
Lagoon upgrades, distribution mains, access roads and bridge rehabilitation funding requests.
How an application moves through the desk
Intake call
30 minutes with your Band Manager, EDC lead or Director of Operations. We map the project, the funder and the deadline.
Vault build
We load audited financials, BCRs, strategic plans, land designations and insurance into your Community Vault once. Every future application reuses them.
Drafting
The engine drafts the applicant profile, project description, work plan, budget tables and outcome metrics against the funder's own guidelines.
Compliance run
A 16-point checklist verifies every mandatory attachment, signature, eligibility statement and budget total before anything is released.
Council review
You receive a clean submission package for council or board sign-off, with a plain-language summary of what is being committed.
Submission & tracking
We package for the portal, log the submission and track the intake outcome so the next application starts ahead.
What lands in your inbox
A complete submission package, formatted to the funder's structure and ready for council or board approval.
- Applicant profile and community context section
- Project description with technical scope
- Multi-year budget tables and cash-flow schedule
- Jobs, training and community benefit metrics
- Risk register and mitigation narrative
- Letters of support tracker and templates
- Attachment index mapped to the funder checklist
- Council-ready plain-language summary
Built for
Band administration
Band Managers and Directors of Operations juggling five intakes with one grant-writing seat.
Economic Development Corporations
EDCs pursuing capital, partnership and set-aside contracts alongside their operating business.
Housing & public works
Housing managers and public works leads chasing CMHC and ISC capital envelopes on tight windows.
Band-owned contractors
Construction and service arms bidding federal and provincial tenders under PSIB set-asides.
Per-application consultant vs. the desk
| Hiring per application | With CrewHQ | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost model | $8k–$25k per application, per writer | One desk covering every intake in the year |
| Turnaround | 3–6 weeks, often past the deadline | First full draft in about 72 hours |
| Documents | Re-collected from scratch every time | Stored once in the Community Vault |
| Compliance | Caught by the funder after rejection | 16-point check before submission |
| Knowledge | Leaves when the consultant leaves | Stays with the community |
Questions councils ask
Bring us your next intake
Send the funding guidelines. We handle the narrative, the budget tables and the compliance package — and you keep every document afterwards.