Fundable.
Visible. Partner-ready.
Good ministry without a case for support stays small. We help faith-based community-care programs become defensible to funders, legible to the press, and trustworthy to the partners they need next.
From conviction to case.
Most faith-based programs lose grants not because the work isn't real, but because the case isn't structured. We close that gap.
Grant-readiness assessment
A structured review of your model, data spine, governance, and theory of change against what major foundations and federal pass-through programs actually score on. You leave with a prioritized gap-closure roadmap.
Proposal architecture
We don't ghost-write grants. We architect the case — logic model, outcome frame, budget narrative, evaluation plan — so your development team or grant writer can move fast with confidence.
Funder-ready dashboards
Outcome reporting designed for the audiences that decide renewals: program officers, board chairs, and skeptical site visitors. Built off the same Care That Holds™ measurement spine.
A voice for the work.
Speaking & workshops
Trent speaks to denominational gatherings, nonprofit leadership cohorts, seminaries, and funder convenings on evidence-based ministry, proximity, and the future of faith-based care.
Editorial & long-form
Cornerstone Practice publishes long-form essays on the practice of care, the populations the church has stopped reaching, and what evidence-based ministry looks like in real congregations.
Media inquiries
Available for interviews on pastoral care, faith and public health, re-entry ministry, disability inclusion, mental health in the church, and faith-based program design.