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Organizational Fundraising
Grant strategy, prospect research, proposal development, and post-award support — for organizations chasing meaningful, sustainable funding.
“Find what you love, do what you love, and never forget why you love it.”
TCS Innovations LLC is a comprehensive research and strategy consulting firm focused on transforming communities, cultures, and climates through a solutions-driven approach. Over 35 years of field experience across education and corporate sectors.
TCS Innovations LLC is a comprehensive research and strategy consulting firm with one purpose: transforming communities, cultures, and climates through a solutions-driven approach.
Our team brings over 35 years of combined field experience across education and corporate sectors — quantitative and qualitative researchers, DEI strategists, program designers, and evaluators who do the work AND can explain what the work means.
Founded by Travis Smith, TCS partners with universities, foundations, agencies, and organizations ready to act on what their data tells them.
A new tomorrow — informed by rigorous research, shaped by community, executed with conviction.
Each package starts with conversation. Scope, timeline, and pricing are tailored to the question you’re trying to answer.
Grant strategy, prospect research, proposal development, and post-award support — for organizations chasing meaningful, sustainable funding.
Survey and poll design, regression, descriptive and inferential statistics. The numbers that move boards and funders.
Focus groups, ethnography, content and discourse analysis, Photovoice. The stories behind the numbers.
Federal grant evaluation, member checking, formative and summative assessment. Know if your program is actually working.
DEI strategy, assessment, and training. Substantive consulting on cultural climate, equity audits, and inclusion frameworks.
Polling, surveys, and political research for campaigns, advocacy groups, and policy organizations.
The right method for the right question. We don’t force a tool when the work calls for a different one.
Smith is a fantastic communicator and speaks in a way that is informative, helpful, and positive.
Travis Smith is an amazing speaker! He captured their attention during the entire presentation.
He is simply amazing. His teaching method makes you consider your real life.
The session was so engaging it actually brought me to tears.
The best engagements start with a clear question. Send us yours and we’ll come back with thoughts on scope, methods, and timeline — usually within one business day.