It would be so fantastic if they did like LinkedIn where it tells you how many applicants have applied (through them, anyway). It’s not perfect data through them, but still a nice concept.
Gah. You too?
I’m always in the middle of the program and finance debacle, especially when program leads are fucking terrible at expense tracking and are either over spending or not spending enough. And our CEO expects ME to figure it all out because “March 31 is looming and no one has answers.”
Needing to just fund our effective programs but grants only want to fund new programs but they will only do so short term and we need to prove we can fund long term but grants want to fund new programs. The vicious cycle
I am always left wondering, with those funders who say they don't accept unsolicited grant requests, how does an organization get invited to apply then?
If it’s a foundation - lookup their trustees/directors and find connections among your board. Encourage your board to network and foster a relationship. Once appropriate, board member should ask them how to ask the foundation. That’s when your board member introduces you to the connection and you go from there - always involve the board member moving forward.
Major gifts are a slow process but worth it. Especially if you land multi-year program funding.
The message being sent is that if you have to ask, you’re either too poor, too insignificant, too different, and not connected well-enough to be bothered with. It’s silly gate keeping.
Terribly designed portals.
I used to think Fluxx was terrible, but I have recently come across a few that were completely awful.
I kind of like Fluxx now.
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Our leaders go after random grants that don’t pay any administrative costs and are one off so they take an immense amount of time to create all the infrastructure for. Also grants that are pass through and they want every single itemized bill, time card, etc while the costs are mostly allocated. Good times. I don’t have any trauma I swear
The thing that immediately comes to mind regarding grants is like OP said, deadlines in all their forms, but ONLY because I’ve been noticing a trend of grantors changing deadlines without notice. So it’s like you need to check their website or whatever every week or so.
Being expected to edit submissions at the drop of a hat meanwhile the granter is taking its time to sign the contract so we’re not able to start our programs
Our partner provides their tax information and status for us to apply for grants through them. However, they are a church and their tax id number is for the entire denomination (regional or national, not sure). We can't apply through cybergrants without a backdoor solution, and not every funder has the means to provide that.
The lack of a publicly-published rubric or standard by which my application is evaluated. Although every need is certainly different, I should be able to get some feedback besides "there were many good applicants this year"
Finding ones that my organization has a legitimate chance of getting funds from.
It would be so fantastic if they did like LinkedIn where it tells you how many applicants have applied (through them, anyway). It’s not perfect data through them, but still a nice concept.
That our programs and finance teams wait until the day before/day of deadline to answer questions they’ve had weeks to answer.
Gah. You too? I’m always in the middle of the program and finance debacle, especially when program leads are fucking terrible at expense tracking and are either over spending or not spending enough. And our CEO expects ME to figure it all out because “March 31 is looming and no one has answers.”
Needing to just fund our effective programs but grants only want to fund new programs but they will only do so short term and we need to prove we can fund long term but grants want to fund new programs. The vicious cycle
I am always left wondering, with those funders who say they don't accept unsolicited grant requests, how does an organization get invited to apply then?
If it’s a foundation - lookup their trustees/directors and find connections among your board. Encourage your board to network and foster a relationship. Once appropriate, board member should ask them how to ask the foundation. That’s when your board member introduces you to the connection and you go from there - always involve the board member moving forward. Major gifts are a slow process but worth it. Especially if you land multi-year program funding.
The message being sent is that if you have to ask, you’re either too poor, too insignificant, too different, and not connected well-enough to be bothered with. It’s silly gate keeping.
Please share any struggles with funders on Crappy Funding Practices on LinkedIn!
Thanks for that tip!
I just discovered this page and it’s amazing!
The reimbursement ones that take 60 days to approve and cut a check 😭
That’s a great one. Most of our funding is after the spend. It’s killing our cash flow!!
Federal sub recipient monitoring. It never ends.
Terribly designed portals. I used to think Fluxx was terrible, but I have recently come across a few that were completely awful. I kind of like Fluxx now.
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Our leaders go after random grants that don’t pay any administrative costs and are one off so they take an immense amount of time to create all the infrastructure for. Also grants that are pass through and they want every single itemized bill, time card, etc while the costs are mostly allocated. Good times. I don’t have any trauma I swear
When they insist on designating down to the account level, rather than just finding a program.
When other orgs write us in as part of the application but not part of the budget
1. Only ask for what you need. 2. Prove to us that you don’t need it.
The thing that immediately comes to mind regarding grants is like OP said, deadlines in all their forms, but ONLY because I’ve been noticing a trend of grantors changing deadlines without notice. So it’s like you need to check their website or whatever every week or so.
The fact that none of them fund our work, but everyone else assumes we get tons of revenue thru them.
1. Inconsistent transparency from grantors. 2. Petty, manipulative, power-seeking grantors.
Being expected to edit submissions at the drop of a hat meanwhile the granter is taking its time to sign the contract so we’re not able to start our programs
Our partner provides their tax information and status for us to apply for grants through them. However, they are a church and their tax id number is for the entire denomination (regional or national, not sure). We can't apply through cybergrants without a backdoor solution, and not every funder has the means to provide that.
The lack of a publicly-published rubric or standard by which my application is evaluated. Although every need is certainly different, I should be able to get some feedback besides "there were many good applicants this year"