Replacing Federal Funding

About this episode

The episode discusses alternatives to unreliable federal funding and addresses questions about volunteer compensation and grant writing styles.

It’s the one existential question that everyone has been asking for the last 12 months, and *finally* somebody asks Stacey and Andy! Now that federal funding has become unreliable, what are our other options?! Thanks for joining us as we try to tackle that one, as well as questions about paying volunteers as independent contractors, and whether grants should be written in third or first person (which was surprisingly contentious!) We really appreciate you, our listeners, especially when you send us your questions to questions@NonprofitEverything.com! Topics: Should grants be written in third-person or first-person? – skip to this question Federal funding is ending. Now what? – skip to this question Can we pay volunteers as independent contractors? – skip to this question Mentioned this week: Independent Contractor or Employee (IRS.gov) Review us on Apple Podcasts! Review us on Spotify! Review us on Podchaser! Hang out with us on Discord! Ask us a question Sponsor the podcast

People in this episode

Hosts: Stacey, Andy

Topics covered

• federal funding
• paying volunteers
• grant writing
• independent contractors
• nonprofit management

Keywords

• federal funding
• volunteers
• independent contractors
• grant writing
• nonprofit

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IRS.gov, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podchaser, Discord

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