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Introducing Staff Operating Support (S.O.S.) Grants Concept

Introducing Staff Operating Support (S.O.S.) Grants Concept

Update: 2025-11-03
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In this brief Bonus Episode, Rusty Stahl introduces the concept of Staff Operating Support (S.O.S.) Grants. It's a new type of grant for the new type of existential crisis we face.


An S.O.S. Grant is restricted for investments in a grantee's people and the systems that support their team. Within that restriction area, an S.O.S. Grant is flexible, responsive, and trust-based. Why? Read our concept paper to find out!

Rusty and our team at Fund the People developed the S.O.S. Grants Concept as a new part of our Funding that Works Framework. It is meant to help funders and fundraisers support nonprofit workers in response to the current crisis, but also in reaction to the chronic deficit of investment in America's nonprofit workforce.

Have feedback? Leave comments in your podcast app, or email rusty@fundthepeople.org.

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Introducing Staff Operating Support (S.O.S.) Grants Concept

Introducing Staff Operating Support (S.O.S.) Grants Concept

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