For us, an enormous amount of time, both paid and unpaid, is taken up writing grants. Yes, for something such as our financial information program, it would seem to me that running that as a project first to see if it would work would be a great idea, and then, because we identified such a need, running it as an ongoing core-funded program that works on the full participation of women in economic life.
I completely agree with that. It certainly would just take the pressure off having to spend so much time doing that and not serving the women you're there to serve.
I share your pain of going through grant application after grant application. It takes time. It's not a terrible exercise; it certainly focuses the organization and focuses the mind. But core funding would be, I believe, the right way to go for Status of Women once a project has proved its worth and demonstrated accountability in other ways, which they are already doing.