I have over 30 years of proposal development and review, including both public and private funding entities. No proposal-writer can guarantee results, but I can guarantee that I will work tirelessly with you to put the most fundable proposal in front of promising sources of funding. This would include:
(1) investigating local private sources (community, family, and corporate foundations), Few public (government) entities will use grant funds for general operating program costs as you describe.
(2) Using information from promising organizations to develop a list of proposal outlets, their grant cycles, due dates, submission and acceptance criteria, proposal scoring methods, etc. for immediate and future submissions.
(3) Developing a template proposal that can be tweaked for future submissions
As a trained project evaluator, I can offer those services as well as projects are funded, which will add value to your proposals.
I would love to discuss this in more detail at your convenience.
Thanks, and good luck.
Mike