grants n stuff...ya'll know about this?

[taminelson]

Software company Community TechKnowledge announces the 5-7-5 Haiku Grant Program, which celebrates the creativity, passion, and commitment that nonprofit organizations bring to their work and to our community.

All registered 501 c 3 organizations in the Austin area are invited to submit the haiku that best expresses the "heart" of their service to the community. $11,000 will be awarded over 4 nonprofit categories, including health and human services, arts, environmental concerns, and animal welfare.

An Awards Ceremony will take place on September 27, 6:30PM – 9:00 PM at The Bob Bullock Texas History Museum with Senator Kirk Watson emceeing.

The online application will open July 30 and close September 6 at Midnight. Visit www.communitytech.net/haiku/404 for more information and to apply.

and the link
http://austin.craigslist.org/eve/381131420.html

[kbadr]

I heard an ad for that the other day and I meant to post about this.

Are we a non-profit, technically?


I used to work for CTK. That was the setting for the infamous Lone Star Firing of '05

They liked me, though. I got laid off because they were running out of money. So, I should probably be the one to officially submit this if we are eligible.

I think the only way we can be eligible is through our association with ACOT. The qualifications are pretty strict:

http://www.communitytech.net/haiku/400/Requirements

[Asaf]

It seems we are not eligible based on the fact that we have not been around long enough and that we do not have a board of directors. On top of that it seems that being Non-Profit under an umbrella organization may not count.

[apiaryist]

it would make more sense
if five-seven-five gave out
seventeen thousand