About — GRANTED

Our Origin

Built from the Ground Up

In 2011, a tornado leveled Joplin, Missouri — the hometown of our founder, Shannon Anastosopolos. In the years that followed, Shannon joined Deloitte and later PwC, helping administer the city's recovery through some of the most complex federal grant programs in the country. Rebuilding housing. Rebuilding infrastructure. Rebuilding a community from the ground up.

That work left him with a conviction that still drives everything GRANTED does: community impact compounds. One funded project builds the capacity to win and deliver the next, and the one after that. Shannon founded GRANTED to put that compounding power to work for the organizations that need it most.

Grants don't get awarded to the organizations that need them most. They go to the ones with the capacity to compete for and manage them. That leaves under-resourced organizations — the ones closest to the problem — least able to access the money meant to solve it.

GRANTED was built to level the playing field. Every grant we help win is a community strengthened, a clinic staffed, a road repaired, a family in a home. We chase dollars. We measure impact.

Our Track Record

$100M+

Competitive awards secured

$10B+

Federally funded programs managed

100x

Target ROI per engagement

States served

Founder & CEO

Shannon Anastosopolos

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Shannon built GRANTED on a simple conviction: organizations with the right mission shouldn't lose to organizations with better grant infrastructure.

Before founding GRANTED, Shannon spent years at Deloitte and PwC administering some of the largest federal recovery programs in the country; managing over $10 billion in grant portfolios across local governments, tribal nations, and mission-driven organizations nationwide. That experience shaped a practice built on Big-4 rigor, not guesswork.

Today Shannon leads a firm that operates across the full grant lifecycle: from opportunity identification and proposal development to post-award compliance and closeout. His clients include local governments, nonprofits, health systems, small businesses, development organizations, and institutions navigating federal, state, and private funding at every scale.

Public Recognition

2025 Men of Distinction — AY Magazine →

Shannon Anastosopolos, Founder & CEO of GRANTED

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How We Work

Our Approach

Strategic First

Every engagement starts with understanding your mission, your capacity, and what a realistic win looks like. Then we build backward from there.

Honest Fit Assessment

We tell you when a grant isn't right for you. A weak application wastes time and erodes funder relationships. We only pursue what we believe you can win.

End-to-End Execution

From opportunity identification through post-award compliance, we stay with you. Our work doesn't stop at submission — it stops when the project closes out cleanly.

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