Difference between revisions of "Basics for Seeking Grants and Other Funding"
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Every organization needs money. But in order to get money, before we can even start to address how to ask for money and where to get it, we have to talk about your organization, because people do not just hand out money. Ted Turner is not going to walk up to your door with a briefcase full of a million dollars. Your organization has to have certain things in line, legal and otherwise. | Every organization needs money. But in order to get money, before we can even start to address how to ask for money and where to get it, we have to talk about your organization, because people do not just hand out money. Ted Turner is not going to walk up to your door with a briefcase full of a million dollars. Your organization has to have certain things in line, legal and otherwise. | ||
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If you as an organization do not have a clear, simple mission statement, then you need to start right there to develop one. | If you as an organization do not have a clear, simple mission statement, then you need to start right there to develop one. | ||
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==In USA, recognition as a legitimate charity== | ==In USA, recognition as a legitimate charity== | ||
Revision as of 10:55, 27 August 2008
Every organization needs money. But in order to get money, before we can even start to address how to ask for money and where to get it, we have to talk about your organization, because people do not just hand out money. Ted Turner is not going to walk up to your door with a briefcase full of a million dollars. Your organization has to have certain things in line, legal and otherwise.
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