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In Forming a Nonprofit Board, Think “Goldilocks”
When forming a new nonprofit, one of the first issues confronting the sponsor as they apply for a state charter…New York City is Having Trouble Giving Away Free Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) Slots—And an Early Head Start (EHS) Note
We've written many City of New York Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) proposals—as well as various Head Start, Early Head Start and…Many Proposals Are Swimming Against the Tide: An Example From HRSA’s New Access Point (NAP) FOA
Take a look at the laundry list of stuff that HRSA wants New Access Point (NAP) applicants to somehow improve…GWC Goes to the Movies Part Deux: Young Frankenstein, In the Heat of the Night and the Ferguson, MO Riots (or is it Rebellion?)
In Mel Brooks's hilarious 1974 send-up of classic Universal Pictures 1930s horror films, Young Frankenstein, the incredibly goofy Kenneth Mars…GWC Goes to the Movies: Casablanca and a WSJ Opinion Piece on the Wobegon Illinois Neighborhood Recovery Initiative (NRI)
Faithful readers know I love movies, and this is the first in a new series: "Grant Writing Confidential Goes to…Lots of Crap Required in an Early Head Start (EHS) Proposal, but Here’s What’s Missing: Shit. Literally.
The latest Early Head Start FOA is blessedly shorter, in both FOA and the required narrative, than it used to…Grant Writer as Ghost Writer: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Conundrum
At our most basic level, we grant writers are nothing more than ghost writers. Ghost writing is sometimes referred to…Links: The Fugitive Life, Broadband, Parking Hell, Birth Rates, Transit, Sexting, and More!
* If you read nothing else today read "Financial Hazards of the Fugitive Life, which concerns Alice Goffman's brilliant book…The Pestiferous Stink of Politics in Grant Writing: ORR’s “Residential Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children” (UAC) Program
As we've said before, politicians at every level usually like it when nonprofits in their districts get grants. They like…One Foundation Grant Can Lead to Another: A Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Funding Story
A few years ago we conducted foundation grant source research and wrote ten foundation proposals for a national membership nonprofit…