Proposals and applications
Concept notes, letters of inquiry, nominations, prize entries and full proposals for institutional and philanthropic funders.
Open to new projects
Proposalsthat fundlast-mile work
Funding strategy and proposals for climate, clean energy and community organizations working where it is hardest to reach. Based in Africa, working with teams anywhere.
70+
applications written across grants, prizes, fellowships and accelerators
$500K+
secured from Morgan Stanley, Rockefeller and the Emerging Climate Champions Award
32,000+
people reached by the clean energy programs that funding supports
Applications written to
Morgan Stanley✱Rockefeller Foundation✱Emerging Climate Champions Award✱Elevate Prize✱DIV Fund✱Earthshot Prize✱MIT Climate & Energy Prize✱
Selected work
(07)
- 01Building LightEd's fundraising engine70+ applications and a grants system built from zero for a clean energy nonprofit.$500K+ secured
- 02Morgan Stanley Inclusive & Sustainable VenturesA form-based accelerator application won on thesis fit, a scalable model and traction.$250,000
- 03Prize nomination, Elevate Prize 2027A full nomination for a clean energy nonprofit leader, anonymized so it can be read in full.Read the sample
- 04Rockefeller Big Bets FellowshipWrote the application that placed LightEd's founder in the 2026 fellowship.Selected
- 05Re-Build Inc.Co-founded a circular hardware venture, built a three-function team and led proposals to the MIT Climate & Energy Prize and DIV Fund.Incubated by Morgan Stanley
- 06Oleopolos School outreachCo-led delivery of renewable energy infrastructure to a Maasai pastoralist community.Co-lead
- 07Norrsken Africa Week 2024Helped coordinate a gathering of impact founders, investors and enablers.1,300+ guests
Approach
Every application starts with the funder's thesis, not ours.
Funders say what they want to back, in their own strategy papers, past awards and scoring criteria. The work is reading that closely, then showing where your evidence already answers it: the numbers, the model and the path to scale.
Fundraising systems
Proposal calendars, submission pipelines, donor records and a reusable library of core materials, built so a small team can keep applying without starting from zero.
Funder research
Landscape research and prospect lists matched to your work, with notes on fit, timing and what each funder tends to back.
Data and impact reporting
Turning field data into funder-ready evidence and reports, using R, Python, SQL, Tableau and Power BI.
How we'd work together
- 01
Intro call
Thirty minutes on the opportunity, the deadline and what you already have.
- 02
Scope and quote
A short written scope with deliverables, timeline and a fixed quote.
- 03
Draft and refine
Research, outline, drafts and review rounds with your team until it is ready to submit.
About
Nigerian, based in Kigali, with a background in clean energy, circular economy and community development across West and East Africa.
Spent nearly two years as Head of Strategy and Growth at LightEd Impact, running every proposal and building the fundraising system from scratch, while co-founding Re-Build, a circular hardware venture spun out of that work. Now consulting for organizations including Dreams Alive, a humanitarian nonprofit in northeastern Nigeria.
Studying Software Engineering at African Leadership University, which is where the data side of the work comes from. Speaks English and Hausa.
Experience
- Proposal Writing & Fundraising ConsultantDreams Alive · RemoteJun 2026 – now
- Co-Founder & Chief Strategy OfficerRe-Build Inc. · Onitsha, NigeriaOct 2025 – Apr 2026
- Head of Strategy & GrowthLightEd Impact · Kigali, RwandaSep 2024 – Apr 2026
- Guests RepresentativeNorrsken House · Kigali, RwandaJul 2023 – Aug 2025
Programs & fellowships
- African Climate Creatives Fellowship, Cohort 2Selected from 2,541 applicants
- Morgan Stanley Inclusive & Sustainable Ventures Accelerator 2025With LightEd
- Circular Valley Accelerator, Batch 9 (Wuppertal)2025
Education
- BSc Software Engineering (Hons), African Leadership UniversityCGPA 4.28 / 5.00
- Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate
Got a deadlinecoming up?
Send the funder, the deadline and a line about your work.
peterphilipjohnson@gmail.com