I just raised $1.4 million to purchase a new building and renovate. I got $99,000 from government out of that. The rest was from the private sector.
My budget is around $800,000. I have 18 staff and we have been working for 15 years in a 1,500-square-foot site. We see 60 to 70 kids a day. We tend to see more. Now we have more services: showers, food, and stuff like that.
Ultimately it is not about the size of budget. It's about stable core funding for me. It's about I can pay my staff right, that we can have a pension plan, that I can keep my staff staffed.
Project funding is always available. If you're my fairy godmother, I would say $1 million would be great.