Prosperity Ag

What Prosperity Ag does

Prosperity Ag (legal entity: Prosperity Ag & Energy Resources, LLC) is a privately held professional services consulting firm headquartered in Carmel, Indiana, founded in 2007. The firm specializes in grant writing, funding research, and grant administration for agricultural businesses, rural enterprises, nonprofit organizations, and community development entities across the United States. Service scope spans federal programs (notably USDA REAP, REDLG, RBDG, IRP, SARE, and VAPG), state and municipal programs, and private foundation funding. The firm is led by Managing Partner Christi Southerland and Grant Support Lead Wren Almitra, supported by a total staff of two, with no external investment or parent company disclosed.

The company's core product is the Prosperity Funding Compass, a four-tier research service priced from $99 (Compass Snapshot) to $399 (Full Compass Report) at the entry level, with higher tiers (Guided Compass Experience and Full Search) priced on a custom basis. Ancillary services include full grant writing and administration, grant education, and specialized USDA REAP assistance. Compensation combines professional services fees with a contingency model in which most projects require a modest upfront payment with the balance due only upon successful grant award. The firm delivers services remotely nationwide and reports securing $70 million+ in client funding across thousands of grants in 40+ states since inception.

The go-to-market motion is sales-led and direct: prospects engage via website contact forms, phone, and email, self-select among service tiers, and proceed through a structured intake process. Marketing relies on a website with vertical-specific landing pages, FAQ content, client testimonials, and a monthly newsletter. The firm has no proprietary technology platform, no mobile applications, no disclosed API, and no identified AI/ML capabilities. Operating geographies are limited to the United States, with no global footprint claimed.

Name

Prosperity Ag

Legal name

Prosperity Ag & Energy Resources, LLC

Website

https://prosperityag.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Prosperity Ag is a two-person grant writing and funding research consulting firm based in Carmel, Indiana, serving agricultural businesses, rural enterprises, nonprofits, and community organizations across the United States since 2007 through a tiered Funding Compass product and contingency-fee engagements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Grant Writing & Funding Research Consulting

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Philanthropy & Foundations Advisory (Donor-Advised Funds, Endowments) (FSAAABAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Scholarships, Grants & Education Benefits Administration (Financing-adjacent) (FSAKAEAM)

Keywords

• Grant writing services
• Funding research
• USDA grant assistance
• Agricultural consulting
• Nonprofit grant administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Carmel

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Grant Writing and Administration Services: Full-service grant writing and administration for federal, state, municipal, and foundation funding programs. Includes custom engagements and ongoing retainer relationships with clients.
2. Funding Search Services: Prosperity Funding Compass tiered services providing curated grant opportunity research. Includes Compass Snapshot ($99), Full Compass Report ($399), Guided Compass Experience, and Full Search (custom pricing).
3. Grant Education Services: Grant education including presentations, customizable training, strategy sessions, and consulting services for organizations wanting to build internal grant capabilities.
4. Contingency Fee Model: For most projects, a modest upfront payment is required with contingency fee as main compensation if project is funded. No additional payment required if grant is not awarded.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Prosperity Ag is a professional consulting firm that helps agricultural businesses, rural businesses, nonprofits, and community organizations identify and secure grant funding from federal, state, municipal, and foundation sources. Its core service is the tiered Prosperity Funding Compass, a curated funding research product ranging from a $99 grant snapshot to a custom multi-deliverable Full Search, supplemented by full-service grant writing, proposal development, application submission, compliance reporting, and grant education/training engagements.

Product overview

Prosperity Ag (Prosperity Ag & Energy Resources, LLC) is a grant writing and funding research consulting firm operating since 2007. The company offers a unified service model centered on the Prosperity Funding Compass, a tiered research platform comprising four service levels (Compass Snapshot, Full Compass Report, Guided Compass Experience, and Full Search) that provide curated grant opportunity identification and application support. This core offering is supplemented by ancillary professional services including Grant Writing and Administration, Funding Searches, Grant Education, and specialized USDA REAP Grant Assistance. The company primarily serves agricultural businesses, nonprofits, rural businesses, and community organizations throughout the United States.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Prosperity Funding Compass A four-tiered grant and funding research service that matches organizations with relevant federal, state, municipal, and foundation funding opportunities. Deliverables range from a 3-4 page Compass Snapshot PDF listing 5-6 curated grants at $99, to a Full Compass Report at $399 with 12 prioritized listings and a 90-day action calendar, to a Guided Compass Experience with a 60-minute strategy session and LOI review, to a comprehensive Tier 4 Full Search delivered as a dynamic Google Sheets document covering grants, loans, and alternative funding with strategy calls.
• Grant Writing and Administration Full-service grant preparation and submission support including proposal development, document assembly, application submission, and compliance reporting assistance for federal, state, municipal, and foundation funding programs. Engagements are custom-priced, often structured with a modest upfront payment and a contingency fee as main compensation if the project is funded.
• Grant Education Consulting services that equip organizations with knowledge and tools to research, write, and secure grants independently, including presentations, customizable training, strategy sessions, and template development guidance for organizations wanting to build internal grant capabilities.
• USDA REAP Grant Assistance Specialized assistance with the USDA Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), helping rural small businesses and agricultural producers apply for 25% expense reimbursement grants and guaranteed loan funding for on-farm energy efficiency and renewable energy projects such as solar arrays.

Quantifiable outcome

• $70 million+ in funding secured for clients across thousands of successful grants
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Candid: Established foundation research organization (formed from Foundation Center and GuideStar) providing foundation databases, training, and research tools. Sits upstream of Prosperity Ag's funding research as a primary data source for the broader sector.

Regional players

• AgAmerica Lending: Specialty agricultural lender serving U.S. farmers and ranchers. Adjacent to Prosperity Ag's ag-focused grant work, with overlapping customer base in rural ag businesses but operating in lending rather than grants, and serving a similar U.S. agricultural segment.

Direct peers

• GrantStation: Grant research and training platform serving nonprofits, providing curated funding opportunity databases and educational content similar to Prosperity Ag's research and education services.
• The Grantsmanship Center: Training and consulting organization that teaches grant writing and offers proposal development services. Directly comparable service model to Prosperity Ag's grant writing and education offerings, with similar target customers (nonprofits and public agencies).
• Instrumentl: Software platform for grant research and tracking serving nonprofits. Comparable in that it serves the same grant-seeking audience and addresses the funding-discovery pain point that Prosperity Ag's Compass tiers address, but delivers it as SaaS rather than bespoke consulting.
• GrantWatch: Subscription-based grant database for nonprofits and businesses, providing curated funding opportunity research similar in function to Prosperity Ag's Funding Compass research tiers.

Emerging players

• Foundant Technologies: Provider of grant management software for nonprofits, community foundations, and educational institutions. Adjacent to Prosperity Ag's grant administration work, but delivered as a technology platform rather than as a professional service.
• Fluxx: Cloud-based grant management platform for foundations and nonprofits. Comparable in the grant management function but offered as software rather than professional services, representing the technology-enabled alternative to Prosperity Ag's service-led model.
• Bloomerang: Nonprofit CRM and fundraising software provider that also offers donor management and engagement tools. Operates in the broader nonprofit technology ecosystem where Prosperity Ag's clients operate, with partial overlap in supporting nonprofit fundraising.

Others

• PEAK Grantmaking: Professional association for grantmakers (foundations and grantmaking entities). Adjacent ecosystem participant: its members are the funding sources that Prosperity Ag's clients apply to, and changes in grantmaker practice flow through to demand for Prosperity Ag's services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/prosperity_ag
• Facebookfacebook.com/prosperityag

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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