A local partner who happens to know how to grow nonprofits.
I'm James Araya. I grew up in Houston, spent the past year in New Orleans working with its nonprofits on funding applications and budgets, and moved home to build my practice here.
Araya Advisory started from a pattern I kept seeing in nonprofit finance: good organizations leaving funding on the table because nobody had the time to chase it. The money was out there. Somebody had to go get it properly, with the budget held to the same standard as the story.
I work with organizations across Texas and Louisiana, and I answer my own email. The person you talk to is the person who writes the applications and builds the budgets.
A look at who we work with.
A closer look at two of the nonprofits we work with, and what that support actually looks like.
Algiers Economic Development Foundation
A community organization working on economic development in Algiers, supporting local businesses and the programs that keep the neighborhood's economy moving.
What we do for them: we write and submit funding applications on their behalf, ranging from local foundations to national corporate funders. Alongside that, we provide consulting services supporting the formation of their FY2026–27 budget, including its financial structure and presentation.
Pirates Promise
An off-the-track Thoroughbred rescue that takes in racehorses at the end of their careers, rehabilitates them, and finds them adoptive homes.
What we do for them: we are building the foundation for sustained grant funding: a full readiness review, and strengthening the records and adoption policies funders look for before they give.