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Scaling a Nonprofit Means Confronting the Challenge of Lumpy Growth
Let's assume that you're a faithful Grant Writing Confidential reader who started a nonprofit and managed to get enough funding…Grants.gov Dies Again: The Race to the Top-District (RTTT-D) Competition Eschews the Feds’s Main Grant Portal
Last year, Isaac noted this about the vaunted Race to the Top-District competition: Perhaps the strangest aspect of this oddball…Computers and education: An example of conventional wisdom being wrong
We've written innumerable proposals for programs to give students computers or access to computers. Some, like "Goals 2000," have already…More RFP Looney Tunes, This Time from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Health Care Innovation Award Program
Having been a grant writer since before the flood, I should not be flummoxed by a hopelessly inept RFP. I…Links: Cash Transfers, Bike Life, Car Costs, FQHCs, Save the Movie!, Homelessness, and More!
* Dear governments: Want to help the poor and transform your economy? Give people cash. This reminds me of the…Is It Worth Your Time to Cozy Up to Program Officers and Bat Your Eyelashes? Maybe, But Only If It’s Nighttime, They’re Drunk, and You’re Beautiful
Many nonprofits think they should try hard to develop "relationships" with funders, particularly with foundations and, to a lesser extent,…A grant writer gets a new companion and explains some lesser known aspects of certain nonprofits
Faithful readers will know that I think every grant writer—or any writer—is better off with a dog at their feet.…We’re writing about grant reality, not grant fantasy
We've gotten a number of e-mails and comments over the years in which people say we're cynical or worse.* But…Small Business Blues: Trying to Get and Keep the Attention of Equipment Vendors is a Challenge
Faithful readers will remember previous posts we've written about "Tools of the Trade—What a Grant Writer Should Have" and "Tools,…June Links: FundRise, America’s Worst Charities, Apprenticeships, Parking, Computers for Low-Income Kids, and More!
* "Own Your Neighborhood: The real-estate crowdfunding scheme that could revolutionize urban policy by destroying stupid NIMBYism." * How the…