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Grants: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Contributed by:
Cecilia BlanfordWednesday, February 22, 2012 (1 years 81 days ago)
Even if not known by name, most grant professionals have or will experience Finagle’s Law. That is, if anything can go wrong, it will...and at the worst possible time. Plus, it will all be your fault and everyone will know it. Likewise, if there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the first to go wrong.
Welcome to the glorious world of grants....
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Seeking Grants for Disaster Recovery Contributed by:
Cecilia BlanfordWednesday, April 14, 2010 (3 years 30 days ago)
I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Cecilia Blanford and I am the Grant Director for Lutheran Social Services of the South, Inc., a 129-year old nonprofit human services organization based in Austin, Texas. In the past 10 years, I have been instrumental in raising nearly $54 million across 280 private, state and federal grants. Lutheran Social Services and its affiliated ministries serve more than 42,000 people in Texas and Louisiana regardless of religious beliefs, ethnicity, gender or age. Its ministries include children's centers, therapeutic foster care, adoption, senior health care, retirement communities, adult day care, emergency services and disaster response.
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“No funding provided to religious organizations….” Contributed by:
Cecilia BlanfordWednesday, October 15, 2008 (4 years 211 days ago)
When searching for foundation grants to support the work of faith-based charities, we often see the dreaded restriction, “no funding provided to religious organizations.” Like many others, I was initially put off by funder guidelines that seemed to exclude or at least discourage faith-based entities from applying. But since coming to work for Lutheran Social Services of the South (LSS) in 1999, I have learned more about what the funder is really saying.
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