Needed — A Grant Manager

[tex]

Does anyone here have any experience with grant management? Or do you know of anyone who might be qualified and who might be willing and able to help the foundation with grant management? I so, please email or PM me. You can contact me by clicking on the "Email" or "PM" button at the bottom of this post.

Thanks,
Tex

[Sheila]

I wish I knew of someone, Tex. Good luck.

Sheila W

[mcardle3]

Does anyone here have any experience with grant management? Or do you know of anyone who might be qualified and who might be willing and able to help the foundation with grant management? I so, please email or PM me. You can contact me by clicking on the "Email" or "PM" button at the bottom of this post.

Thanks,
Tex

I know a lot of people that work with grants. How much time would be involved do you think?

[tex]

Hi Karen,

Thanks. We appreciate any assistance or advice you might be able to provide.

I'll PM you with some detals.

Tex

[Zizzle]

Tex,
It would be helpful if you specified what type of grant manager you are looking for. There are grant managers on the programming side, and there are grant managers on the fiscal side, accounting types. I'm a program manager that manages grants, but I don't do all the accounting.

[tex]

Zizzle,

As a startup, we need someone familiar with whatever it takes, because they will be "it" for a while — no staff until funds are available. We've been offered an opportunity to apply for a grant, so we need a grant manager to handle it (work out the details, and handle all other duties associated with being a grant manager — as opposed to a grant project manager). IOW, in this case the grant manager will also have to serve as project manager until we can afford to hire the help we need.

Tex

[brandy]

Hi Tex,

Can you send an email blast out to all of the forum registrants? I think a lot of our active readers are still recovering. Perhaps someone who is in remission and not regularly posting might have some experience.

Brandy

[tex]

Hi Brandy,

That might be worth a try. I'll see if that can be done. I'm sure I'll get a lot of bounced emails back, but much worse things than that can happen when we have MC.

Thanks.

Tex

[carolm]

Tex, did you find a grant manager?

Carol

[tex]

Hi Carol,

No, not yet.

It's a classic Catch-22 situation — we can't afford to hire anyone until we have a grant or 2 in place to provide some substantial funding, and we can't apply for any grants because we don't have a grant manager.

Tex

[Deb]

Tex, not sure if it is applicable here but we had a nonprofit that was approached by a grant writer who was willing to do it based on a percentage of grants realized. We didn't pursue it so I don't know if it is workable (or even legal?) Deb

[tex]

Deb,

Thanks for the information. It sounds as though that individual specializes in grant writing. Of course we will eventually need that capability, but at the moment, we don't really need a grant writer — we need a grant manager. Of course in many cases they are one and the same, but that's not necessarily always the case.

And I'm not sure either whether grant writing on commission is legal, but it may be, for all I know. That's an interesting approach. I'll see if I can find out whether it's legal.

Thanks,
Tex

[JLH]

http://grantgopher.com/Home#/

I think they want $$$ but there seems to be free info, too.


MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[tex]

Hi Joan,

I appreciate the link, but before we can apply for or accept any grants, we need a grant manager.

Thanks,
Tex

[hollyweb]

I'd love to hear an update, if appropriate (or direct me where to go) about the Foundation, the grant possibility, etc. I'm one of those people who is mostly retired, have very little family, and while I don't have the experience to be a grant manager, I'd love to become involved in some way to help the MCF. I have some basic skills, plus the experience of having MC, and am looking to re-build my life, which means finding my passion. This is it. I want to help educate, get the word (and your book, plus maybe take portions from it and get them published or distributed where the right people and practitioners can see them) out about MC and the large percentage of the population with food sensitivties to the traditional and alternative medicine world, restaurants, hotels, airlines, travel companies and cruise lines, schools, food manufacturers, pharmacies and compounding pharmacies, medical laboratories, etc. ... I'm not looking for a salary. I'm volunteering for this cause as an "assistant". My background is in marketing/sales, so you likely already know I'm an "idea" person. Just would love to help.

Perhaps some of the companies who produce the foods/supplements that so many of us use would give an ear to the MCF, and maybe even work with the MCF on endorsements? Those of you who founded the foundation have my total respect and appreciation. I just want to help further what you envision the MCF to become in any way that I can.

My son lost his kidneys at age 17; mental illness has claimed 90% of my family. These causes are very personal and important to me; however, they already have well established organizations and foundations and I just feel that the Microscopic Colitis Foundation is where I'd like to put my energy at some point. So little is known about it; it can be every bit as life changing as so many other conditions that are well-known and have a strong platform and support base.

Question: Do you have any current idea how many people in the USA, or world-wide, that may actually have MC? I know that it is often mis-diagnosed or non-diagnosed. I know the number of people getting MC is growing exponentially ... is there any data on that?

If I'm out of line here, I apologize. Just know my intention is for the highest and best good for the MCF and to try to help anyone who has MC. Because, like all of you, I really care.

~ Holly