“Tia’s professional tenacity and personal touch is rare, as is her insight into the dynamic grant world.”
Jay Kamys, Growth Management Department-Environmental Division, St. Johns County (FL) Board of County Commissioners
“What separates Dig Deep from the crowd is their ability to strategize around highly complex and technical infrastructure and community planning projects.”
Rachel Hood, Executive Director, West Michigan Environmental Action Council (WMEAC)
Dig Deep Research
1010 S. Joliet St., Suite 207
Aurora, CO 80012
Want assistance digging into the world of strategic grant planning, but prefer the flexibility to explore and excavate at your own pace? Our basic membership is the perfect tool for you. We’ll supply you with a comprehensive list of grant opportunities, 24/7 access to our online collection of information resources, and access to expert technical support to help you answer your grant planning questions.
The Enhanced Plan
Prefer to have an experienced strategist help cultivate your strategic grant plan? With the enhanced membership, you receive one-on-one consultation to evaluate your organization’s projects, funding goals, and potential funding opportunities, providing you with customized recommendations to best position your application for success.
The Premium Plan
Need to grow your efforts to the next level? The premium membership digs even deeper for your organization, creating immediate and long-term positive impact with on-site training for your board and/or grant planning leaders.
Tia Cavender
The founder of Dig Deep™, Tia takes the lead in strategically structuring municipal projects and then matching them with capital funding sources. Known inside Dig Deep’s walls as “the master cultivator,” she is tireless both in her thoughtful structuring of each project and in searching for long-term solutions that meet the needs of everyone at the table. A national expert with more than 15 years of experience in capital grant seeking, Tia is a Certified Grants Professional (GPC) and member of the Grant Professionals Association. In addition, she holds two master’s degrees from the University of Colorado (Industrial/
Organizational Psychology and Clinical Psychology). Fueled by too much caffeine and a relentless drive, Tia is devoted to social justice, environmental sustainability, and quite a few other things that aren’t even remotely serious. She always finds time to cheer on her kids’ athletic and artistic pursuits. (She’s the loud but constructive one.)
Jen Waltz
The generator behind Dig Deep’s daily operations, Jen keeps a firm hand on the company’s proprietary data and research. With more than ten years of experience managing evaluation projects, securing research funding, and conducting usability testing protocols, Jen excels in mixed-methods analysis and evaluation. She also manages the content for Dig Deep’s online resource library and is indispensable when it comes to decoding grant-speak. Off the clock, she finds respite in Colorado’s foothills where she lives with her many, many pets. Of course, there are witty names, too. But we’ll spare you.
Rachel Hood
Rachel is one of Dig Deep’s expert surveyors, with more than 15 years of experience managing teams and building public-private partnerships. She maps out various pathways to energy and water-related funding, and is often tapped for her expertise in renewable energy, energy-water nexus and environmental education. Rachel is passionate about anything that will make the world a better place for her kids and yours. In her off hours, you can catch her on a bike, in a garden or at a party raising more money and volunteers for communities.
Kevin Eatherly
Dig Deep also counts Kevin as a master surveyor, who plots solutions in a different area. With more than 18 years of project management experience, he helps nurture collaboration between public agencies and private stakeholders to develop cost-effective solutions for water conservation, while maintaining a balance between the needs of agricultural and urban audiences. In his downtime, Kevin enjoys meditating and farming—but never at the same time.
