No. In our case there were lots of different reasons, but I understand very well how it is complicated to get big cheques out. I understand that, but I have to say that small organizations and big organizations all over sometimes close. I think it's important to say that it's almost as if the funders in this case prepare you for a lower level of expectation. When we submit a project in October--and we're going to be putting them in again in October--what the funder says to us is that we shouldn't even expect to get the money before August. So you don't prepare a project in the summer, because they say we're not going to get our money anyway, so the money won't get out. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy, in a way, because you know you're not going to get the money, and then you lay people off during the summer because you know there's not going to be an activity.
On October 6th, 2009. See this statement in context.