Streamlined Research. Clear Alignment.
Get immediate clarity on the right funding matches for your project and a straightforward path forward.
Strategic grant support for Canadian businesses
Your next growth move may already be fundable.
ClearPath Grant Consulting helps growth minded entrepreneurs identify the right grant opportunities, strengthen their funding story and submit with confidence, without losing weeks inside databases, guidelines and application portals.
Grant strategy built around your business, not a generic application template.
Real clients. Real capital secured.
Selected documented client outcomes from ClearPath Grant Consulting engagements.
$36,525
CFEP grant awarded after two years of previous rejections
$16,000
Total funding across two first-time submissions
Top-tier
Advanced national qualification and finalist outcomes
The real bottleneck
Clear the Clutter, Focus on What Matters.
Gain clarity on what is worth pursuing, what funders need to see, and how to communicate the project without taking your attention away from the business you're trying to grow.
Your executive time is expensive.
A strong application can consume dozens of hours in research, planning, financial detail, revisions and supporting documentation.
Build Lasting Assets for Your Business.
The application process builds lasting momentum and clarifies your vision. Walk away with sharper project scopes, clear KPIs, strong narratives, and reusable materials to power your future growth.
You want an expert in your corner.
With ClearPath Grant Consulting, the person you meet is the person listening, researching, writing and supporting the engagement.
Are you grant ready?
Opportunity moves fast. Readiness matters.
When a game changing grant appears, are you scrambling for documents, numbers and project details? Grant readiness gives you the foundation to move with confidence when the right opportunity opens.
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Your business has been incorporated for at least one year.
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Your business is generating revenue.
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You have access to capital while funding decisions are in progress.
Checked everything? You're ready for the next conversation.
Let's Find My Grant Opportunities ↗
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Readiness
Check the statements that describe your business to see your readiness indicator.
What working together gives you
Less searching. More strategic momentum.
Grant support designed around outcomes: finding alignment, strengthening your business case and building reusable funding assets while you stay focused on running the company.
01 / DISCOVER
Funding Opportunity Research
Identify programs that align with your business, project, stage and strategic direction so your time goes toward opportunities worth considering.
02 / POSITION
Grant Readiness & Strategy
Clarify the project outcomes, budget, business plan, and evidence a funder needs before an application deadline begins driving the conversation.
03 / SUBMIT
Grant Writing & Application Support
Translate the business opportunity into clear, persuasive and compliant grant narratives supported by the documentation reviewers expect.
Available funding opportunities
Funding can come from more than one direction.
Depending on your business and project, relevant opportunities may come from public programs, corporate initiatives, awards or specialized funding streams.
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Government Grant Programs
Federal, provincial and regional opportunities aligned to eligible projects and business outcomes.
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Women Entrepreneur Programs
Competitive corporate, institutional and recognition programs created for women-led Canadian businesses.
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Growth & Innovation Funding
Programs tied to expansion, commercialization, technology, employment, productivity or strategic projects.
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Community & Organizational Funding
Programs supporting eligible organizations, facilities, community impact and mission-driven initiatives.
The hidden ROI
Value Built In, Outcome Assured.
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Reusable library: business plan, mission & vision statements, market & SWOT analysis.
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Clearer project scopes, grant timelines, and measurable KPIs.
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Crystal clear financial models and elevated strategic vision.
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Grant readiness evaluation provides an objective, external audit turning potential red flags into areas of strength.
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As a busy entrepreneur, Val is an essential member of my inner circle.
She is extremely organized, forward thinking and I know she is always in my corner.
Melanie H.
Client recommendation
Boutique support
The person you meet is the person doing the work.
Meet Val
Quiet strength. Serious follow-through.
Val McCarty combines grant writing, education, management, facilitation and communication experience to help clients move from uncertainty to a clear, funder-ready story.
ClearPath Grant Consulting is deliberately boutique. The same person who learns your business, asks the deeper questions and researches the opportunities is also the person supporting the application.
✓ Certified grant writer
✓ Grant-focused track record
✓ Collaborative weekly touchpoints
✓ Strategy + writing + clarity
Straight answers
Questions smart business owners ask.
No. Funding decisions rest with third-party reviewers and competitive selection panels. The goal is to build the strongest compliant application possible while creating reusable narrative, financial and project assets that can support future funding and growth opportunities.
The engagement is designed to protect executive time, reduce avoidable technical mistakes and develop a library of grant-ready material—financial models, project plans, positioning and messaging—that can support future applications, financing and strategic growth.
Grant funding should be treated as a strategic growth tool rather than emergency cash. Depending on the funder, the period from submission through review and disbursement can take several months, so businesses should be prepared to keep operating while a decision is pending.
ClearPath Grant Consulting considers multiple funding avenues, including government and major corporate programs. When appropriate opportunities are genuinely unavailable, the engagement can be reassessed rather than forcing an application that does not fit.
AI can assist with drafting, but a strong application still depends on opportunity selection, funder alignment, business-specific evidence, financial logic, compliance, project design and judgment about what reviewers need to understand. Those elements require context—not just text generation.
Start with 15 minutes
Your big picture drives the approach: Let's start with your vision.
Tell Val what you want to fund, where the business is headed and what you're trying to make possible. The Opportunity Overview is a short conversation to see whether there is a sensible next step.