Well, in my situation, I wrote the grant, but the executive director read it
and was the one signing the letter. So in reality, I wasn't funding my own
position, she was requesting funding for the position. I think most
foundations would be reluctant to fund a request that came from an
individual, even under the name of the organization, and was a request to
pay that same individuals salary.

Melinda

Melinda M. Kaufman
----- Original Message -----
From: "Laura West" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: Funding one's own position


> No, Audra, you're not offbase, but one has to be exceedingly cautious
> regarding funding one's own position to do a particular thing or perform a
> particular function to avoid a conflict. One must ask oneself the
important
> questions that will help one avoid that situation...those I do not give
away
> to the list...sorry.
>
> Laura West
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Audra Oliver [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 4:26 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Funding one's own position
>
>
> To me funding your own position is, if not a direct conflict of interest,
> certainly an appearance of a conflict of interest.  Am I off base here?
>
>
> >>> [log in to unmask] 03/12/04 07:37AM >>>
> An endowed grant is probably one of the ultimate grants that could fund a
> person's start in this career field.
>
> Laura West
> Project Manager
>
> M&S Engineering, Ltd.
> Spring Branch, TX.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carol Ely [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 8:24 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Funding one's own position
>
>
> It seems to me that unless the position is connected to a specific
project,
> funding from public and foundation grants would be hard to come by.
>
> BUT... a private donor or local foundation might be convinced to fund a
> position for a short (or renewable) term IF it can be shown that such a
> position will strengthen the museum in a given area that needs attention -
> such as a one-year grant to catalog a collection; a development or
marketing
> position for an institution that doesn't have it; or someone to do
outreach
> to schools and teacher training. If you made such a pitch, you'd want to
> identify a supporter or supporters who have show a strong desire to work
> with the museum to see it succeed (look at your board, your long-term
> funders), you would write a clear proposal with numbers showing how this
> would benefit the museum in the long run and help it to become more
> self-sustaining; with an evaluation process; and a plan for how the
position
> might be funded in the future if all this succeeds (such as, now that the
> collection is cataloged we're eligible for new grant funding; or, now that
> we have a strong development/marketing plan in place the cash will be just
> rolling in; or, now that we've got the attention of teachers our field
trip
> revenue will be up 500%....etc.).
>
> Carol Ely
> Museum consultant
> Louisville
>
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