Our Story

About GRANTED

Big-4 discipline. Grassroots execution. Built to close the gap between vision and funded outcomes.

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 experience revealed something that hasn't changed: organizations with the right projects and the right mission consistently lose ground to those with better grant infrastructure. GRANTED was built to fix that.

Based in Northwest Arkansas, we bring Big-4 discipline to communities that shouldn't need a consulting firm to access public funding. We scout opportunities, write competitive proposals, and manage compliance end-to-end so our clients can focus on the work, not the paperwork.

Our Track Record
$100M+
Competitive awards secured
$10B+
Federally funded programs managed
100x
Target ROI per engagement
50+
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.

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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A flat-fee funding assessment that delivers a clear strategy in three steps. No retainer required.

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