Mendenhall & Associates

What Mendenhall & Associates does

Mendenhall & Associates, LLC is a privately held, three-person professional services firm founded in 2000 and headquartered in Arcadia, Indiana. The firm specializes in administering Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and related state/federal funding programs for municipalities and counties in Indiana. Its core services span four pillars — Community Planning (comprehensive plans, downtown revitalization, stormwater and economic development planning), Grant Administration (environmental review, income surveys, application coordination), Labor Standards (Davis-Bacon compliance, payroll tracking, apprenticeship monitoring), and Land Conversion — plus tailored add-on services including grant writing, financial management, civil rights officer duties, escrow management, procurement, and project closeout. All three team members (Tina Mendenhall Henderson, Colleen Mendenhall Freeman, Somer Stephens) are certified grant administrators through the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs, and the founder additionally serves as a CDBG instructor for the state's accreditation program.

The firm's business model is fee-for-service professional consulting delivered through direct engagement with city, town, and county government clients, primarily in Central Indiana. Project history shows multi-year, multi-municipality work across wastewater improvements, fire stations, brownfield remediation, downtown master plans, and façade renovations. The firm maintains core state agency relationships with the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (CDBG accreditation) and the Indiana Finance Authority (State Revolving Loan Fund labor administration). Marketing and demand generation are entirely relationship-driven, relying on referrals from state agencies, past-performance reputation, and direct outreach to municipal officials — there is no technology platform, software product, or digital channel. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; engagements are structured as project-based professional services contracts.

The firm operates with no external capital, no subsidiaries, no parent company, and no technology infrastructure. It has no app, no API, no AI/ML capabilities, and no disclosed M&A activity. Its competitive position rests on regulatory and procedural expertise in CDBG/SRF programs, certified personnel, and two decades of established relationships with Indiana local governments.

Name

Mendenhall & Associates

Legal name

Mendenhall & Associates, LLC

Website

https://mendenhallgrants.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Mendenhall & Associates is a three-person Indiana LLC providing CDBG grant administration, environmental review, labor standards compliance, and community planning services to municipalities and counties across Indiana, leveraging two decades of state-certified regulatory expertise.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Grant Administration Consulting

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGALAC

Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Enterprises & Impact Organizations

Keywords

• Grant administration services
• CDBG compliance consulting
• Labor standards administration
• Municipal infrastructure planning
• Community development consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Arcadia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Grant Administration Services: Professional services revenue from helping communities write and administer private, state, and federal funds for infrastructure projects. Services include grant application coordination, financial management, environmental review, labor standards compliance, and project closeout.
2. Consulting Services: Advisory and consulting services including technical project management, financial solutions, and 'outside the box' consulting for community infrastructure projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Mendenhall & Associates is a professional services firm that administers private, state, and federal grant funds (notably Community Development Block Grant / CDBG programs) for Indiana municipalities. Core offerings include Community Planning (comprehensive planning, downtown revitalization, stormwater planning, economic development), Grant Administration (environmental review, income surveys), Labor Standards (Davis-Bacon wage compliance, payroll tracking, apprenticeship monitoring), Land Conversion agreements, and tailored services such as grant writing, financial management, civil rights compliance, escrow management, procurement, and grant closeout.

Product overview

Mendenhall & Associates is a single-service consulting firm specializing in grant administration for Indiana communities. The company offers a unified portfolio of professional services centered on Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program administration. The core offerings include Community Planning (comprehensive planning, downtown revitalization, stormwater planning, economic development), Grant Administration (environmental review, income surveys), Labor Standards (compliance, program management), and Land Conversion services. Additional tailored consulting services encompass grant writing, financial management, civil rights compliance, escrow management, procurement, and grant closeout. The firm has three certified grant administrators through the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Community Planning Comprehensive planning services for Indiana communities including comprehensive planning, downtown revitalization, stormwater planning, and economic development planning. Intended for municipalities undertaking long-range community development planning.
• Grant Administration Administration of private, state, and federal funds for infrastructure projects, including environmental review and income surveys for CDBG grant programs. Targeted at Indiana cities, towns, and counties applying for and administering CDBG-funded infrastructure projects.
• Labor Standards Labor standards compliance and program management services including Davis-Bacon wage compliance, payroll tracking, apprenticeship monitoring, and employee interviews on construction projects. Intended for municipalities and agencies administering federally funded construction projects requiring labor standards compliance.
• Land Conversion Management of land conversion agreements for community development projects requiring property acquisition or conversion. Intended for Indiana municipalities executing CDBG-funded projects with land acquisition components.
• Tailored Services Additional consulting services including grant writing, environmental review, financial management, civil rights officer services, escrow management, project development, procurement, public relations, acquisition, and grant closeout experience. Designed for municipalities needing supplemental expertise across the full grant lifecycle.

Named customers18 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Indiana Office of Community and Rural AffairscoreOthersState agency partnership for CDBG grant accreditation certification. Firm staff are certified grant administrators through this program. Firm teaches CDBG Grant Accreditation Courses including Civil Rights, Record Keeping and Closeout Monitoring.
• Indiana Finance Authority (IFA)coreOthersState agency partnership through State Revolving Loan Fund (SRF) programs. Firm provides labor standards administration services for SRF-funded projects including those through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Firm served as Northeast Labor Administrator for SRF from 2009-2015.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• BerryDunn: BerryDunn is a large accounting and consulting firm with a dedicated government consulting practice serving state and local governments, including grant compliance and administration. It is a broader incumbent with overlapping public-sector grant services.
• HDR: HDR is a global engineering and consulting firm with extensive municipal infrastructure and grant administration services for water, transportation, and community development projects — a broad incumbent whose municipal practice competes with Mendenhall for CDBG-funded work.
• MGT Consulting: MGT Consulting is a national government consulting firm serving state, local, and education clients on grants management, compliance, and program administration. It overlaps with Mendenhall's compliance-focused service offering at significantly larger scale.
• Tetra Tech: Tetra Tech is a global consulting and engineering firm with a large public-sector practice that includes CDBG, FEMA, and EPA grant administration for municipalities. It represents the scaled-incumbent competitor to specialist firms like Mendenhall.

Regional players

• Commonwealth Engineers: Commonwealth Engineers is an Indiana-based municipal engineering firm that provides planning, environmental, and grant administration services for water and wastewater infrastructure — overlapping with Mendenhall's Central Indiana project base.
• Shrewsberry & Associates: Shrewsberry is an Indiana-based engineering and consulting firm serving municipalities with infrastructure design, environmental review, and grant administration. It competes with Mendenhall on Indiana municipal CDBG projects.
• Beam, Longest & Neff: Beam, Longest & Neff (BLN) is an Indiana engineering and consulting firm serving municipalities on water, wastewater, transportation, and grant-funded infrastructure projects — directly competing with Mendenhall on CDBG administration.
• Clark Dietz: Clark Dietz is an Indiana-headquartered engineering firm providing municipal infrastructure, environmental, and grant administration services. It is a regional peer often winning the same CDBG-funded municipal engagements in Indiana.

Direct peers

• EHLERS: EHLERS provides financial advisory, bond underwriting, and grant/loan administration services to municipalities and public agencies in the Midwest. It directly competes with Mendenhall on financial management and grant administration for community infrastructure projects.
• GrantWorks: GrantWorks provides CDBG and disaster recovery grant administration services to local governments across multiple states. It is the most directly comparable specialist firm to Mendenhall's grant administration practice.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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