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Our Team. Your Advantage

The people running federal grant programs are the ones creating real impact in their communities. Our mission is to help those organizations manage their funding the right way so they can focus on the work that matters most.

Federal grants can create real change, but the rules and requirements can be complex.

That’s where we come in.

Team DWC brings direct federal experience, not just advising on grants, but managing, evaluating, and overseeing them. Our team has evaluated more than 350 federal grants, trained over 15,000 professionals, and worked across 140+ federal agencies and 200+ organizations.

We’ve led compliance reviews, built monitoring systems, managed large grant portfolios, and supported the closeout of thousands of awards.

We know this work because we’ve done it. And we use that experience to help organizations simplify what’s complex and build systems that hold up in the real world.

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Dave Wickstrom

Owner & Principal

Dave Wickstrom is a national leader in grants management and compliance with more than 15 years of experience supporting federal, state, and nonprofit partners. He has delivered over 850 federal grant management trainings to more than 15,000 participants, led the payment team for California’s $5 billion Emergency Rental Assistance Program during the COVID-19 pandemic, and previously served at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services evaluating more than $90 million in federal programs and authoring national compliance guidance. Originally from Kentucky, Dave is also recognized as a disability advocate, having partnered with the Kentucky Department of Education and the U.S. Paralympics to expand adaptive athletics statewide, founded Beep Baseball Kentucky, and opened the world’s first baseball park for the blind.

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