February Poem

If the edge of the landscape starts to light around 7 am,
the month of February must be growing wan.
Frost, not snow clings to the pasture grass,
a welcome, earlier, sun glistens in the East.
Its light is weak, the color of pale straw
or the long-faded weeds of the side ditch.
Fleeting moments in a wave of warmth,
they slipping away, [...]

Funding Terms: Matching Funds

In  every grant application there is a budget section. Here you’ll dissect in detail where you’ll spend money, how much and where those financial resources will come from. Most grant programs are not for 100 percent of the cost of the project you are applying for. In fact commonly funding in a grant ranges from 80 [...]

Grant Terms: Letter of Committment

Letters of Commitment are the next step up in the type of documentation necessary for many grants and other funding sources. A Letter of Commitment is essentially verification that you and another party have an agreement to work together in a particular business relationship relevant to the grant applicaiton. These type of letters can be [...]