- August 18, 2023Many nonprofit and local government executives think that federal and foundation grant funding priorities are relatively static, but they're not—we've…
- April 1, 2022StatNews reports that the NIH is "a slow-moving glacier" and that the agency's "sluggish and often opaque efforts to study…
- February 2, 2018I was wrong about earmarks. Like a lot of good-government types, I opposed earmarks (which are sole-recipient funds to specific…
- February 24, 2013* In Writing, First Do No Harm. * "The emergence of "YIMBY" [Yes In My Backyard] organizations in American cities…
- January 12, 2013I wrote about the potential impacts of the then-looming fiscal cliff a few weeks ago. At the last minute—actually, about…
- September 17, 2011The cliche goes, "Chance favors the prepared mind," and we could repurpose it to, "Short deadlines favor the prepared nonprofit."…
- March 28, 2010* The decline of Middle America and the problem of meritocracy has some observations about small towns similar to what…
- March 7, 2010Usually I write posts about how to get grants. Today I thought I would give some surefire ways to not…
- November 28, 2009* US charities expecting lean holiday. This makes writing proposals even more important, as Isaac explained way back during 2008…
- November 8, 2009As grant writers, we usually don't pay much attention to new grant programs as they move through the regulation writing…
