Writing / Thoughts
Thoughts · June 23, 2026 · 1 MIN

Restricted Funding, Explained With One Imaginary Budget

Most gifts arrive with strings. Here is what those strings do to a year of work.

Most gifts arrive with strings. Here is what those strings do to a year of work.

The imaginary budget

Picture a program with a clean $100,000 budget. Now picture forty percent of it arriving restricted to a single line item.

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