About the Founder

Yusuff Azeez Olanrewaju is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hope Grant and Development Consults Limited, a grants and fundraising consulting firm supporting nonprofits, healthcare organisations, and social impact ventures in Nigeria and the United States to secure funding, strengthen resource mobilisation strategies, and build sustainable programme infrastructure.

A pharmacist by training and a public health professional by practice, Yusuff holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy from the University of Ibadan, where he graduated as the best student in Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Toxicology, receiving the Board of Fellows Award from the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria. He was also recognised by Pharmanews Limited as one of the Top Five Pharmacy Students in Nigeria promoting public health activities and research. He is currently completing a Master of Public Health in Disaster and Humanitarian Management at Iconic Open University, Abuja.

Under his leadership, Hope Grant and Development Consults has supported the development of over $2.8 million in funding proposals across federal agencies, private foundations, and philanthropic institutions, spanning sectors including affordable housing, child welfare, digital health, veteran services, elderly care, and community development. He serves as Lead Grant Writer and Funding Strategist for the Humanities Foundation in Charleston, South Carolina, where he has developed programme budgets totalling $615,000 across four community programmes, and as a Grant Reviewer for the National CASA/GAL Association for Children in Seattle, Washington, where he evaluates competitive grant applications against federal scoring rubrics — bringing evaluator-side insight to every proposal his firm develops.

Yusuff is an internationally recognised public health researcher and conference presenter. He was selected as an International AIDS Society Full Scholarship recipient to present three research posters at AIDS 2026, the world's largest HIV conference, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — covering adolescent HIV prevention policy in Northern Nigeria, policy-practice gaps in adolescent HIV prevention across Sub-Saharan Africa, and pharmacy-led PrEP delivery in Nigerian IDP camps. He is also an LMIC Participants' Fund Grant Recipient presenting at the 9th World One Health Congress in Lisbon, Portugal in September 2026, where his accepted abstract examines national One Health governance structures and legal framework gaps across Sub-Saharan African countries. He has additionally been awarded the MIM Travel Scholarship to the 8th Pan African Malaria Conference in Kigali, the CDC Travel Scholarship to the 3rd International Conference on Public Health in Africa in Lusaka, and presented a research poster at the 17th Vaccine Congress in Glasgow, Scotland in 2023.

His research output includes five peer-reviewed publications in global health, infectious disease, vaccine delivery, and universal health coverage, published in journals including Discover Public Health, African Health Sciences, and Infectious Diseases: Research and Treatment. He also co-authored a book chapter on the impact of water security on female youth in Africa.

His research output includes five peer-reviewed publications in global health, infectious disease, vaccine delivery, and universal health coverage, published in journals including Discover Public Health, African Health Sciences, and Infectious Diseases: Research and Treatment. He also co-authored a book chapter on the impact of water security on female youth in Africa.

Beyond consulting, Yusuff brings direct programme implementation experience from his work coordinating a Gates Foundation and World Bank-funded Randomised Controlled Trial across five Nigerian states at Hanovia Limited, grants and programme work for ACES Africa's PlanWise digital health platform in Oyo State, and resource mobilisation that secured $100,000 from the Global Philanthropy Alliance for the She Needs a Pad Project at OVIWCE. He is a registered member of the UN DESA Civil Society Network (Profile Code: 671372) and a member of the International AIDS Society.

His long-term vision is to build a centre of excellence for monitoring and evaluation training across West Africa, equipping the next generation of development professionals with the technical skills the sector urgently needs.

Get Grant Support
OUR SERVICES

From Opportunity to Award, We Handle the Grant Process.

Securing funding takes more than a well-written application. It takes the right opportunities, a compelling case for support, and a clear strategy from submission through reporting.We provide end-to-end grant support designed to help organizations pursue funding with greater clarity, confidence, and consistency.

Grant Research & Funding Strategy

Find the right funding before you start writing.

Not every grant is worth pursuing. We research and evaluate funding opportunities based on your mission, programs, eligibility, geography, priorities, and long-term goals.Instead of chasing every available opportunity, you'll have a focused pipeline of grants that make sense for your organization.

Opportunity research
Funder and eligibility analysis
Funding prospect lists
Grant calendars and deadlines
Funding strategy development
Application readiness assessment

Grant Writing & Proposal Development

Turn your mission into a case funders can believe in..

A strong proposal connects what your organization does with what funders care about. We transform your programs, goals, data, and impact into clear, persuasive applications built around each funder's requirements.From the first narrative to the final submission package, every detail is developed with clarity and purpose.

Proposal and narrative development
Letters of inquiry and concept notes
Goals, objectives, and outcomes
Budget narrative support
Application review and editing
Needs statements and program descriptions

Grant Management & Reporting

Stay funded after the award..

Winning a grant creates new responsibilities. Deadlines, reporting requirements, deliverables, renewals, and funder communication all need careful management.We help you stay organized and accountable throughout the grant lifecycle, while positioning your organization for stronger funder relationships and future opportunities.

Grant calendar management
Reporting and documentation
Progress and impact reports
Compliance tracking
Renewal applications
Funder communication support
Ongoing grant pipeline management
OUR APPROACH

The Right Grant.The Right Story.The Right Strategy.

Successful grant funding starts long before the application and continues after the award. Our approach brings research, strategy, writing, and grant management together into one clear process, so every opportunity you pursue has purpose behind it.

DISCOVER

We Start With Your Mission.

Before we search for funding, we take the time to understand your organization, programs, goals, community, and funding priorities. This gives us the foundation to identify opportunities that truly align with the work you do.

Understand the mission. Define the need. Set the direction.
RESEARCH

We Find the Right Opportunities.

More grants don't always mean more funding. We research and qualify opportunities based on eligibility, alignment, funding priorities, deadlines, and your likelihood of being a strong candidate.

Less chasing. More strategic opportunities.
DEVELOP

We Build a Compelling Case.

We turn your programs, impact, data, and vision into a clear proposal tailored to each funder. Every application is developed to communicate not only what you need, but why your work deserves investment.

Clear narratives. Strong applications. Funder-focused storytelling.
SUPPORT

We Stay With You Beyond Submission.

Our work doesn't have to end when you hit submit. We can help manage your grant pipeline, reporting requirements, renewals, deadlines, and future opportunities, giving you a more consistent approach to funding.

From first opportunity to long-term funding strategy.

Ready to discuss your funding needs?

Schedule a Sales Discovery Call today!

Get Grant Support