FRACAD Intensive Coaching | High-Touch Grant Coaching — $499
Next cohort opening soon  ·  Weekend sessions only  ·  Limited seats  ·  Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
FRACAD Intensive Coaching group session
High-Touch Coaching · Limited Seats

Stop Applying.
Start Winning.

The FRACAD Intensive Coaching program is not a course you watch alone. It is a structured experience with live weekend-only sessions where you work directly with Blessing Mene, get your proposals reviewed, receive a custom grant roadmap, and submit applications that are genuinely ready to win.

₦555,555 for Nigerian participants · +VAT and processing fees · Installment plan available · No refunds policy

$40M+
Funding Supported
3,000+
Leaders Trained
5+
Live Sessions
★★★★★
Alumni Rated
FRACAD Intensive Coaching session with participants
This Is Not a Course

You Are Buying
Direct Access.

Most programs give you lessons and leave you to figure out the rest. Intensive Coaching is different. You work directly with Blessing. He reads your documents. He reviews your proposals. He tells you the truth about what funders will think before you submit.

In the Intensive program, every lesson is applied to your actual organization, not a hypothetical. Your fundability gaps are identified before you apply to anything. Your proposal is reviewed before you send it.

That is what turns serious organizations into funded ones.

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Honest Assessment

This Is Not For Everyone.
That Is the Point.

We keep cohorts small deliberately. You get direct access to Blessing. Your proposals get read. Your questions get real answers. That only works at small scale.

This is for you if

  • You have a real organization with a track record, even a short one, and funders can verify your work exists
  • You are ready to apply for a specific grant in the next 90 to 180 days, not someday
  • You have tried applying before and know something is missing, you just cannot identify what
  • You are willing to share your actual documents, pitch decks, and financials for honest review
  • You want someone to work alongside you, not just teach you theory
  • You understand that $499 is an investment in your organization's future, not a cost

This is not for you if

  • You want someone to write your grants without your involvement
  • You have an idea but no organizational structure or track record yet
  • You are unwilling to receive direct, honest feedback on your work
  • You need guaranteed funding, not rigorous preparation
  • You cannot commit to showing up consistently

Alumni have won grants from global funders including

What Happens Inside

What You Get Across
Every Weekend Session

Every session is live and scheduled on weekends only, so you can focus and learn without disrupting your work week. Every piece of feedback is personal. Every session builds on the previous one. By the end you will have a complete fundability overhaul, a custom grant roadmap, and one proposal co-written with the FRACAD team.

01
Fundability Deep Dive
Your personal assessment. We go through your organization's 7 fundability dimensions together and build your gap-closing action plan before anything else.
02
How Your Funders Think
A live deep-dive into the decision logic of the specific funder types most relevant to your sector, with real examples of what moved applications across the line.
03
Your Custom Grant Roadmap
Blessing reviews your sector, stage, and geography and gives you a written roadmap naming your top funders, eligibility, and prioritized timeline.
04
Program Design & Theory of Change
Live workshop on how to structure your program in the language funders expect. Logical frameworks, outcome mapping, and building an evidence trail that holds up under review.
05
Pitch Deck Review Session
Submit your pitch deck before this session. Blessing reviews it live. You receive written feedback plus a recorded walkthrough within 48 hours.
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Done-With-You Proposal & Office Hours
For one grant application of your choice, the FRACAD team co-writes every section with you. Plus open office hours to get unstuck immediately across the program.
Complete Package

Everything You Leave With

You are not buying sessions. You are buying outcomes you can act on immediately.

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Custom Grant Roadmap

A written, personalized document naming your top funders, your eligibility rationale for each, and a prioritized 12-month application timeline. Built for your organization specifically.

Done-With-You Proposal

For one grant application of your choice, the FRACAD team co-authors every section with you. You leave with a polished, submission-ready proposal.

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Personal Fundability Assessment

A full review of your organization's fundability across all 7 dimensions with specific written recommendations and a 90-day action plan to close your gaps.

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Pitch Deck & Proposal Review

Line-by-line written feedback on your pitch deck, plus a 30-minute recorded video review session. Specific language changes, structural fixes, and a priority list.

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Full Quickstart Curriculum Access

Complete access to all 30+ Quickstart video lessons, the grant opportunity vault (20-50 funders), and all proposal templates. The full Quickstart program is included.

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Alumni Network & Post-Program Check-ins

Join a growing community of FRACAD alumni. Two structured check-in sessions at 30 and 90 days after the program ends to hold you accountable through your first submission.

Why Intensive

What Changes When
Someone Is Working With You

Going it alone
  • You study theory but cannot connect it to your specific situation
  • You draft proposals with no idea if they are fundable or not
  • You identify wrong funders and waste months on low-fit applications
  • You wait months for rejection emails that give you no feedback
  • Your fundability gaps stay invisible because no one examines them
  • You apply harder instead of applying better
With Intensive Coaching
  • Every lesson is applied to your actual organization, not a hypothetical
  • Your proposal is reviewed section by section before you submit it
  • You leave with a roadmap naming the exact funders you should approach
  • You get honest, specific feedback that tells you exactly what to fix
  • Your fundability gaps are identified and closed before you apply to anything
  • You submit fewer applications and win more of them
Alumni Results

People Who Applied.
People Who Won.

★★★★★

“I came into the Intensive Coaching program with a pitch deck I had been using for two years. By the end of week two, I understood why it had never worked. Blessing did not just give me feedback. He sat with me and rebuilt the framing from the ground up. Six weeks later we submitted our first application to a European development funder. Three months after that, we received confirmation of a two-year grant. This program changed the trajectory of our organization.”

Chioma A.
Executive Director, Education NGO · Lagos, Nigeria
★★★★★

“The personal fundability assessment alone was worth the full investment. Blessing identified three gaps in the first 20 minutes that I had been blind to for years. The grant roadmap gave us a clear 12-month plan. We are no longer guessing.”

David K.
Tech Founder · Nairobi, Kenya
★★★★★

“Blessing's feedback was direct, sometimes uncomfortable, and exactly what I needed. The pitch deck review session exposed a credibility problem I had been ignoring. We fixed it. Funders actually respond to us now.”

Amara N.
Social Enterprise Founder · Accra, Ghana
★★★★★

“I started with Quickstart and upgraded to Intensive after the live session. The jump was the right decision. The cohort format keeps you accountable in a way self-paced learning never does. The done-with-you proposal was the most valuable thing I have ever paid for.”

Femi A.
Agri-Business Founder · Abuja, Nigeria
Who You Are Working With

You Are Not Buying a Course.
You Are Buying Access.

Blessing Mene - Founder of FRACAD Fundraising Academy
Lead Facilitator & Coach
Blessing Mene
Founder, FRACAD (Fundraising Academy) · Lead Facilitator
CEO, Vetsark.com · Co-founder, Cascador.org · Director of Entrepreneurship, enFocus Inc, South Bend, Indiana USA

Blessing Mene is a seasoned fundraising expert, entrepreneur, and faith-driven leader with over 12 years of experience helping businesses and nonprofits secure grants, equity, and loans across Africa, the US, and Europe. He holds an Executive MBA and a Master's in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

In the Intensive Coaching program, Blessing works with your organization directly. He reads your documents. He reviews your proposals. He tells you the truth about what funders will think. That is what you are paying for. Not a recording. Not a slide deck. Direct access to someone who has done this himself, repeatedly, at the highest levels.

$40M+
Funding Supported
3,000+
Leaders Trained
12+
Years Experience
20+
Global Awards
Awards & Recognition
2026Multi-year Grant Award (TBA)
2025Emerald Africa Financing Facility Fund Debt Winner
2025Livelihood Impact Fund Lab Portfolio Grant Winner
2025Best Seed Startup Award — GIZ AfricArena
2023McCloskey Grand Prize Winner, University of Notre Dame
2022Katapult Africa Seed Fund
2022GIZ IRP Investment Readiness Award
2021Bayer Foundation Award in Africa
2020Goalkeepers: Rebuilder — Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
2019Skoll World Forum Emerging Young Leader, UK
2018Google Impact Challenge Nigeria — Public Choice Prize Winner
2018Moonshot Fellow — Kravis Social Impact Lab, USA
2017Gold Prize Winner — Unleash Innovation Labs, Denmark
2016Ashoka Fellow West Africa
2013Grand Prize — Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition, USA
How to Join

The Application Process

There is no application fee. The process exists to protect the quality of your cohort experience. It takes under 10 minutes.

1

Submit Your Application

Answer five short questions: who you are, what your organization does, your stage, your biggest funding challenge, and why you are applying now. No long essays. No pitch decks required yet.

2

Receive a Response Within 48 Hours

The FRACAD team reviews every application personally. If your application is a good fit, you will receive a link to book your free strategy call.

3

Book Your Free Strategy Call

An optional free 15-minute call with Blessing or a senior FRACAD facilitator. No obligation. Ask any question before committing and let us understand your organization properly.

4

Confirm Enrollment & Secure Your Seat

If the program is right for you, you will receive your enrollment link. Payment can be made in full ($499 / ₦555,555) or split across installments. Your seat is confirmed when payment is processed.

5

Begin Your Personal Fundability Assessment

Before the group sessions begin, you have a private session with Blessing or a senior FRACAD facilitator. This is where the real work starts, before you ever enter a group session.

Investment

One Investment.
Everything You Need to Win.

No recurring fees. No upsells. One price covers coaching, all deliverables, and the full Quickstart curriculum.

Intensive Group Coaching
Full Enrollment
$499
Starting price · installment plan available
₦555,555 for Nigerian participants

  • 5+ live group coaching sessions with Blessing Mene — weekends only, so you learn outside work hours
  • Personal fundability assessment — private session before cohort begins
  • Custom grant roadmap naming your top funders with eligibility rationale and timeline
  • Written pitch deck review with recorded 30-minute video walkthrough
  • Done-with-you proposal writing for one application of your choice
  • Full Quickstart program access including grant vault, templates, and 30+ video lessons
  • Due diligence readiness review against a real funder checklist
  • Alumni network access plus post-program check-ins at 30 and 90 days
  • Certificate of Completion — verifiable, shareable on LinkedIn
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Installment plan available. Split your investment across 3 payments. Contact us after applying to arrange this before your enrollment is confirmed.
Limited seats per cohort — applications reviewed on a rolling basis
Apply Now — Takes 5 Minutes
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No Refund Policy. Once payment is made, your enrollment is confirmed and you may apply your payment toward any of our services. We encourage you to take the free strategy call before committing so you can make an informed decision.

+VAT and processing fees where applicable

Compare Programs

Not Sure Where to Start?

Most Intensive Coaching students started with Quickstart. Your Quickstart payment credits toward Intensive if you upgrade.

Starter
Free
$0 forever
Foundation lessons4
Live coaching
Proposal review
Grant roadmap
Self-Paced
Quickstart
$49 · ₦55,555
Video lessons30+
Live coaching1 group session
Proposal review
Grant vault20-50 funders
⭐ You Are Here
Intensive
$499 · ₦555,555
Live coaching5+ weekend sessions
Personal review✓ Done-with-you
Grant roadmap✓ Custom
Proposal support✓ Co-written
FAQ

Questions Before You Apply

Do I need to have completed Quickstart before applying?+
No. The full Quickstart curriculum is included inside the Intensive Coaching program. If you have already completed Quickstart, your payment credits toward your Intensive enrollment and you pay only the difference.
What if I miss a live session?+
Every session is recorded in full. If you miss a session, the recording is available to you within 24 hours. You can also submit your questions in advance and they will be addressed on the call even in your absence.
Is this for nonprofits or for-profit businesses?+
Both. The Intensive Coaching program has served NGO leaders, social enterprise founders, and for-profit SME owners. The fundability framework and proposal support are tailored to your specific organizational type during your personal assessment session.
What does the installment plan look like?+
The installment plan splits your payment into up to 3 tranches to make the investment more manageable. Contact us after submitting your application and we will set this up before your enrollment is confirmed.
How many people are in each cohort?+
We keep cohorts deliberately small so that Blessing and the FRACAD team can give every participant genuine personal attention. We do not run large cohorts and call it coaching.
Can I apply if I am based outside Nigeria?+
Yes. FRACAD has trained leaders in 7+ countries including the US, UK, Canada, and Europe. The program content, the grant vault, and the roadmap all include opportunities accessible to diaspora-based founders and international organizations working in Africa or the Global South.
What is the refund policy?+
We do not process refunds. Once payment is made, your enrollment is confirmed and you may apply your payment toward any of our services. We encourage you to take the free strategy call before committing so you can make an informed decision with full information.
Are prices in USD or Naira?+
The Intensive Coaching program is $499 USD (₦555,555 for Nigerian participants). All prices are exclusive of VAT and processing fees where applicable. An installment plan is available.
The FRACAD Principle

Strong Organizations With
Proper Preparation
Get Funded.

You have done the hard part of building something real. Let us help you communicate its value to the funders who are looking for exactly what you have built.

+VAT and processing fees where applicable · Installment plan available · No refunds policy