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"We need to stop treating nonprofits the way society treats poor people"

Vu Le's latest post on the Guidestar blog got us thinking, and we wanted to share it.
"During a drink with one of my favorite program officers, I brought up some feedback about how onerous their grant reporting process was. Even though the foundation is really flexible on how the funds can be used, they still ask for exactly how much of each line item the foundation pays for. And their line items don’t line up with ours, so we have to spend significant time translating our budget into theirs. And once the report is submitted, it affects what we report to other foundations, leading to a funding Sudoku that wastes endless hours of my and my team’s time. 
Her response, half-joking and half-serious, was 'When you entered the sector, what were you expecting, cake and ice cream?' At that moment, all I wanted to do was weep quietly into my raspberry mojito..."
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Opportunities and Deadlines
August 1 - The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee discretionary grant deadline
August 15 - Open Meadows Foundation grant application deadline
September 8 - Baptist Healing Trust Q4 preliminary grant application deadline 
September 9  - HCA Foundation grant application deadline
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Elizabeth Madsen
elizabeth@cfmt.org
GivingMatters.com 
Senior Manager 

Kathryn Bennett

kathryn@cfmt.org
GivingMatters.com Associate

Joe Pagetta
jpagetta@cfmt.org
Director of Community Initiatives

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