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Greetings, all. A quick question about what your center + your
development department find that grant funders are looking to pony up
money for.

 

In short, say there are two options:

1)       Doing programs (be they outreach, field trips, whatever) that
allow you to serve a large number of students, but each kid only a small
number of times (maybe only once per kid)

2)       Doing programs that serve a small number of kids, but works
frequently with each kid served

 

Does there seem to be a preference by grant-funders for one over the
other? I'm wondering because, from the education perspective, we can
design our programming to fit either option; I was just curious about
whether we should spend more time/effort preparing for one of those
options.

 

Thanks,

Jonah Cohen

Outreach & Public Programs Manager

The Children's Museum

 

"I hold that popularization of science is successful if, at first, it
does no more than spark the sense of wonder."

         -Carl Sagan

 


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