Interim leadership and grants administration for nonprofits
that need stability now.

We work inside your organization to build systems, manage execution, and create continuity. That often includes stepping into development leadership gaps and directly managing critical functions so the work does not stall during transitions or capacity shortages.

Most nonprofits are expected to fundraise while simultaneously building the infrastructure to support it. Grants are often added on top of already full workloads, with research, tracking, compliance, and reporting spread across spreadsheets, inboxes, and institutional memory. Development leaders are hired with unrealistic expectations and without the systems needed to succeed. We step in to build and manage the structure first so the work can actually function.

Vision 46 provides full cycle grants administration, from prospect research and grant strategy through submission, compliance, and final reporting. We manage timelines, documentation, funder communication, and reporting requirements so grants are submitted on time, tracked accurately, and closed out properly.

We also build development systems and workflows that align with your organization’s key priorities and can be followed by less experienced professionals. This allows organizations to hire at compensation levels they can sustain, with clear expectations and defined responsibilities. We streamline the work that keeps development directors and CDOs in the weeds, including stewardship letters, data entry, grants tracking, and reporting.

The result is stronger compliance, clearer outcomes, and development teams that can focus on relationships and revenue. When we step away, the systems remain, expectations are realistic, and the organization is positioned for long term success.

  • Vision 46 is led by its founder, Candice Hillenbrand, MA, a senior development and grants professional with deep experience guiding nonprofits through growth and transition. We provide development strategy, grants administration, and interim leadership support to organizations that need clarity, stability, and traction. Vision 46 operates with a trusted network of experienced partners. Core strategy, relationships, and execution are managed directly, with specialized subcontractors engaged when additional capacity or expertise is required.

  • Vision 46 supports nonprofits that need experienced leadership, not guesswork. We provide senior level development, grants, and interim support to help organizations stabilize, scale, and move forward with confidence.

  • We work with nonprofits navigating growth, leadership transitions, or capacity gaps. This includes organizations managing complex grants, teams without experienced leadership, or boards that need steady interim support while planning next steps.

  • Real insight on grants, leadership transitions, and development work behind the scenes. What works, what fails, and what no one warns you about until it is too late.

Vision 46 Services

  • Grants Administration and Lifecycle Management

    We manage grants from identification through reporting. This is not proposal only support. It is start to finish stewardship of the full grants cycle so outcomes are met and future funding is protected.

    What do we differently:
    - Build and manage your grants calendar and tracking system
    - Coordinate submissions, reporting, and documentation
    - Align program, finance, and development so grants stay compliant
    - Monitor deliverables so reports reflect real outcomes, not scrambling

    This approach creates a smooth, repeatable grants process with one leader responsible for the cycle instead of constant confusion, deadline emergencies and failure to meet funder expectations due to fractured systems and accountability.

  • Interim Leadership and Development Systems

    We step in during staffing gaps or periods of growth to stabilize development work and build infrastructure. We do not just hold the seat. We leave your organization stronger than we found it.

    What we do differently:
    - Build plug and play systems for development roles
    - Create SOPs, timelines, and workflows that staff can actually follow
    - Structure fundraising work so it is repeatable and trackable
    - Reduce burnout by separating system building from daily fundraising

    This allows organizations to hire capable mid level professionals instead of searching for an unrealistic unicorn who can build systems, manage grants, and fundraise from scratch.

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Meet Our Founder

Vision 46 was built by Candice Hillenbrand, MA, CFRE, a seasoned fundraising and nonprofit executive with 15 years of experience leading programs, development and program teams, campaigns, grants, and organizational transitions.

Candice is not new to the work. She has stepped into organizations during moments of change, turnover, and growth and stabilized fundraising operations while building systems that last. Her career spans public education, youth development, hunger relief, advocacy, and national nonprofits, with responsibility for multi million dollar budgets, major events, grants portfolios, and donor strategy. She has served as a Chief Resource Officer, Director of Development, and senior advisor, often recruited specifically to restore momentum, rebuild trust, and create structure where it did not exist.

She holds a Master of Arts in Administrative Leadership from the University of Oklahoma and a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma.

Her approach to fundraising is grounded in relationships, planning, and consistency. She believes strong development work is not about quick wins or heroic individual effort, but about putting the right people, systems, and expectations in place so organizations can grow without burning out their staff or their donors.

Through Vision 46, Candice works directly with nonprofit leaders and development teams to assess what is working, what is missing, and what needs to be built or rebuilt. She leads engagements personally and brings in trusted subcontractors when additional capacity or specialized expertise is needed. Clients get senior level leadership, honest assessment, and practical execution without unnecessary layers.

Candice is known for being steady, direct, and deeply human in her work. She asks hard questions, fixes broken systems, and helps teams move forward with clarity and confidence.