Grants

Take #108: Spirograph Proposals

Tapping nonprofit brilliance and creativity, instead of assumptions about everyone being a round peg.

Aug 29 •

Melanie Hamburger

Folly #103: 24 Attachments

Absurd grant expectations for small—or any—sums.

Jul 18 •

Melanie Hamburger

Folly #102: Four Signs of a Philanthropist

A word that brings sepia images of old white guys wearing hats.

Jul 11 •

Melanie Hamburger

Folly #101: Freedom for Whom?

Learning what July 4th is. And isn't.

Jul 4 •

Melanie Hamburger

Folly #100: What Makes Me Mad

It's also what makes me write.

Jun 27 •

Melanie Hamburger

An Interview with Valeria Brabata

Community power – and funding – from a small-but-mighty rural foundation.

May 16 •

Melanie Hamburger

Folly #96: Mothers

I'm lucky. I have two.

May 9 •

Melanie Hamburger

Folly #95: Movements

The math says we can do this.

May 2 •

Melanie Hamburger

Folly #92: Lyrics

Listening for supernatural delight, money and survival.

Apr 11 •

Melanie Hamburger

Folly #89: Acknowledging

Funding that inspires unique words of gratitude.

Mar 21 •

Melanie Hamburger

An Interview with Shelley Rugg

Making community art a successful nonprofit business.

Mar 14 •

Melanie Hamburger

Folly #86: Hold the Baby

Make it easier to get from here to there together.

Feb 21 •

Melanie Hamburger

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