Question

select a foundation, grant opportunity, corporate sponsor, state or national agencies community group (Lions club, Rotary etc) that can fund your proposed program. Discuss common barriers or challenges to seeking dunds for programs. discuss ideas for overcoming these challenges and barriers.

Answer 1

1. Proposed Program: 'Feeding The Needy during COVID-19 pandemic.'

Foundation selected to fund the proposed program: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Grant opportunity selected to fund the proposed program: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation fund for global action to end pandemics for everyone, everywhere.

Corporate sponsor selected to fund the proposed program: Microsoft Corporation.

National agencies selected to fund the proposed program: NIFA (National Institute of Food and Agriculture)

Community group to fund the proposed program: Lions club.

2. There are many common barriers or challenges to seeking funds for programs. The most important one of these barriers/challenges is the requirement that fund seeking organization should have resources matching the funding agency/organization's investment. Literacy and numeracy issues come next as a challenge to fund seekers. Geographic boundaries, ethnicity, etc are also challenges/barriers to fund seekers.

3. These challenges can be overcome by explaining requirement in detail to the funders as well as integrating the required aspects to get funded.