[Not sure where folks are in the world… this is directed at grant application writers who work for nonprofits in the United States]
Looking to chat with anyone who has experience with writing applications for this program. If my org got this grant, it would be institution changing. Our buildings don’t even have a camera system and it’s in a busy downtown area.
Looking for suggestions on where to go after we drop our kiddo off at a camp in Aosta, Italy. My spouse booked an apartment in/near Aosta just to have something, but we've spent a lot of time in Italy, and I'd love to experience a different part of France (have only been to Paris). Wondering what you might suggest for mid-July that might not be completely overrun with tourists. I know... I'm one of them. I'm reading some of the threads here, and it sounds like Annecy, Chamonix, and Grenoble are going to be mobbed? If we have about a week, what do you suggest that is within approximately a 4-hour driving distance of Aosta? [Open to suggestions for Switzerland too, but obviously this is the France thread...].
We enjoy smaller towns that still have a good selection of restaurants, a pharmacy, a grocery, etc., day hikes, and beautiful scenery. I would like to do some shopping at French pharmacies for skincare and makeup, etc.
Thanks for any ideas to start researching!
I work remotely for a tiny non profit across the country (US based). Part of my agreement with my boss was that I’d take on additional responsibilities as I got further into the job/got more acquainted with the org. One of the things she threw at me was grant writing (not our primary source of funding, but would be extremely helpful for certain things), which I had no prior experience with. We’ve now applied to the same grant twice (it generally has an open application period once per year).
For 2024, the application score was not high enough for funding. For 2025, after months and months of waiting for the application period to open (state agency waiting for federal funding to provide grants), the application period opened for 2 weeks last December with changes to the application from the previous year.
We just finally heard back about our grant application after submitting it last December. We were redeemed “ineligible“ due to missing a tiny piece of information that was buried in the RFP.
I feel horrible about missing this tiny piece of info, but also note that it was buried and not required last year, and there was a super short window to update/write the application.
Being that I have no prior experience with grant writing, any advice on whether it could be worthwhile submitting an appeal to the determination of ineligibility stating that the requirement was not clear/obvious? My boss has pretty much left it to me how to handle this. The appeal would go to a (very bureaucratic) large state agency. One concern is that writing an appeal could hurt our chances of getting grant funding in the coming years if we apply again. No idea if that’s a legitimate concern, but it does come to mind.
Any and all advice welcome.