K-12 Education

Problem:  A local school district was in need of funding to implement a K-6 literacy program.

Solution:  We were able to build consensus among stakeholders and leverage that support for a successful $1.5 million federal grant to support the program.  

Problem: A small liberal arts college experienced a dramatic rise in enrollment and needed new residential living space to keep pace.

Solution: We outlined both public and private sector funding opportunities that paved the way for the building of a new dormitory.  

 Problem: One of the largest non-profit healthcare systems in the Midwest had needs that ranged from new mobile trauma units and the latest diagnostic image technology to program support for their nursing education program.  

Solution: McDonald & Harden developed a strategy that implemented public sector support to meet the client's needs for over a decade.  

Problem:  A local government needed funding to develop a brown-field property into an industrial park equipped with both roadway and rail access to attract a $100 million state of the art steel manufacturing plant that would employ 6,000 workers. 

Solution: We worked with federal agencies and lawmakers to find the support needed to make this industrial site a game-changer for the local economy. 

Problem:  A dependency rehabilitation center needed residential space for long-term care patients. 

Solution: They turned to McDonald & Harden for assistance in obtaining $500,000 in public sector funding for the project. 

Problem:  A history museum, which recently received an extensive photography collection, needed archive space to house it. 

Solution:  We produced a federal grant that won the museum $300,000 to archive and digitally catalog the entire collection.  

Problem: A wastewater treatment system at a summer camp for children with disabilities failed, jeopardizing the local water supply and the camp remaining open. 

Solution: We worked with state and federal officials to get $800,000 authorized to fix the treatment system before any damage occurred to the local environment.

Problem:  A homeless shelter was in need of residential space to support individuals transitioning to local community college and trade school programs. 

Solution:  McDonald & Harden facilitated a series of meetings with HUD and local housing officials to identify grants to support the purchase of apartments for shelter residents. 

Problem: After a local manufacturing facility closed, leaving more than 1,200  workers were unemployed. A community entrepreneurship incubator wanted to provide support for workers wishing to start their own businesses. 

Solution: Working with officials from the Department of Labor, Department of Commerce, and the SBA, we helped the incubator secure federal funding to support the program.

Problem:  A nature education center that serves multiple school districts sought funding to expand programming. 

Solution:  We obtained funding through the Department of Education to support the new programming. 

Problem:  A  community auditorium sought funding to restore the facility to its early 20th-century glory.

Solution:  McDonald & Harden provided the support needed by producing a historic preservation grant.