r/grants

Hi everyone, I’m going to make this quick. I worked my ass off in school and was able to get into UBC which is something I never thought I’d be able to do. Unfortunately my mom and I don’t have enough money to send me there for more than a year. If anyone has any extra money or knows any donors who would want to help please let me know.

Thank you

Hello everyone, I'm the new treasurer for the friends of the library group at my local library. The entire board turned over to new people in the last few months, so we're figuring alot of stuff out again on our own. I want to apply for grants from local businesses/banks to fund programs and projects, but I'm not sure about the protocol of applying at multiple places at once. To be more specific, we want to get funding for a sensory play area at the library. The banks that I'm looking at applying for a grant from have a process where you apply and then their charity board meets to discuss approving the grants every two or three months. Am I allowed to apply for a grant for the same project from two different organizations? I don't want to end up in a situation where I wait three months just to have the grant be denied, and then have to wait another few months to try again. But I also don't want to get into any trouble by double dipping/misusing appropriated funds if both organizations approve the grant.

Hey yall,

I just started my new role as a junior data analyst 🥹. I am learning the business needs. I work for a no profit org that provides legal aid. Cases and task are billed to the respected grant program. What we are running into is, while closing the books normally case workers and lawyer over bill to one program vs another because no can visually see what is currently in “encumbrance for that month.

I figured building a real time grant funding system using power bi, postgreDQL and RESTapi from the platform that we input the data in. I am open other ideas that could be easier.

Thanks in advance

Hey r/grants peeps! I am an working as Catchafire Virtual volunteer. that has been contacted by 3 orgs recently. Admittedly, I have worked as a case manger, admin assistant, resource navigator, call center agent, etc.--So i have lots of related experience, however nothing SPECIFICALLY grant prospecting--Moreso ensuring grant compliance if anything.

What should i expect in the first meeting if anyone has experience doing with with non-profits through Catchafire?

Besides, Grants.gov, looking at county, state, and economic development grants, what else should I try to do?

I am prepared to offer her the professional experience I have, and I do believe that I can get something done, I want to make sure that I am racking up the hours I want.

Ultimately, I want to apply to an MSW program in about 4 years.

for anyone who can't afford candid ($1,600+/yr), the stack seems to be basically follow a zillion instagram accounts, subscribe to a bunch of newsletters, google, 990 lookups, and peer rumor. ugh

for the smaller nonprofits/solo development directors here: how do you actually decide a funder is worth the week of writing before you start? do you have a filter you trust, or is it mostly gut plus the 990?

Hey guys,

I’ve built one product now more than 3 years and I need help with understanding what would be the best way for us to launch it. It all started with a government grant I saw that offered up to 150K€ for research and development activities with 70% of the whole project getting financed. The topics were related to health, AI, circular economy and so on. The public AI time was just getting started and therefore I took a chance and applied to get a psychological research financed, to build scientifically validated psychological advisory tool.

Didn’t go that easy, the governmental organization of course wanted my team to have either scientists or to take a university as a partner for the research. Therefore, I went to talk with a local university, we brainstormed the ideas and found a possible hypothesis that fit the requirements of the grant. I got the best psychology researchers in our country to join us, because the premise sounded good for them as well.

Over a year later (and after one dismissal), we got the research financed. We conducted over 50 interviews with possible end users and included more than 350 people in the research + built an MVP to validate our hypothesis around psychology and finance. The results were great and we continued to build the app.

Now, there are few things left for us to launch the app. As it’s been so long since the start, we’ve invested so much into it, have even received awards and more grants to build it, I’m not confident how to launch. People have waited to start using it, but I’m afraid that after all the hype, the product may disappoint them. I can’t continue building it forever and I must launch as soon as all the minimal functions are ready, but minimal functions may not be as good as people have been waiting for. And of course the design, I won't invest more money into design. I just want to get it launched already.

So here’s my question. How to be different in a world where there are thousands of vibe coded apps being launched daily? How to make users less critical in the beginning days? And how to make our scientific background stand out without sounding… arrogant? Right now my enthusiasm starts to be replaced with fear, because it seems almost impossible to be differentiated with another vibe coded wellness tool.

The closer the launch time comes, the more afraid I am to fail miserably and f* the initial launch up, which could be the most important step in our whole journey.

All the advice is important for me at this stage.

Looking for financial aid opportunities for someone with a green card studying at Penn State, what opportunities do I have to get more financial aid?
Preferably grants and Scholarships. Anything and everything would be deeply accepted.
College of the liberal arts. Rising Sophomore. Thank You!