Oregon ArtsWatch: For nonprofits, “operating support” is a deceptively mundane name for one of the most thrilling envelopes that will ever show up in the mail. Most grants are for project support, where you pitch a funder on the one slice of your overall work that best fits their interests; operating support is what fills the gaps in between.
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I have talked about this in other posts but I spent a couple years in high school assisting with grant writing for a children's theatre in Boise. Grant writing is complicated and I still do not understand it. When I tell people that I assisted with grant writing they are shocked, it is this skill that not a lot of people have and not a lot of people understand. And I think this is exactly what this article is pointing out. This article is saying grant writing is too complicated and no one knows what it is. I think this is an intentional barrier put up by those that are distributing the funding. Another thing this article pointed out is that the funding is really flexible in terms of use. I had never thought about how true that is. Because it would be so helpful to get grant funding that supports companies operations. Like why do we not just give the money and let them do what they want with it. What fits them best. I think this is a new and improved perspective.
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