It is, but the challenge will be in two areas: 1) finding an alternate source
of funding for 20% of the project cost (which can come from other
government/foundation grants or from existing partners) and 2) winning some
political support from state and local officials; they will be asked for input
from NTIA with respect to which applications to award in each state.
Based on a brief look at your Website, TechMission works in four cities. A
grant that expands your model to other cities might be successful. What did you
have in mind?
From: and...@techmission.org
To: digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 12:18:19 -0400
Subject: [DDN] BTOP and Nonprofits
What do people know about the Broadband Technology Opportunities Grants? Is
it realistic for a nonprofit to get one of these grants? In looking through
the grant application, it looks like it's pitched towards really large
telecommunications companies that could cover several states:
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants/meetings.html
Andrew Sears
Executive Director
TechMission
www.techmission.org
and...@techmission.org (617) 359-0394 (cell)
(617) 282-9798 x101 (office) (617) 825-0313 (fax)
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