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AnnaPhor t1_iupc6q5 wrote

Do you know how your position is funded? Organizations work in different ways -- some have diverse grant funding, some have funding from 1-2 sources including foundations, some have donor funding. Some positions may be funded from a specific donation stream. Others may come from overhead.

I recommend that you ask about the funding stream for your specific position (I recommend this to ANYBODY applying for jobs in the non-profit sector).

Do you have internal annual reports available to you? Those sometimes also have annual funding details.

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bwood07 t1_iupgkdr wrote

Agreed, it will depend entirely on how the position is budgeted. Think thanks usually budget positions for the long run based on guaranteed funding - so really depends on the budgets and how much discretionary spending comes from year by year funding.

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sabarlah t1_iupu1at wrote

The above two comments are really the only ones that matter without more information. Also it’s great advice to always understand where your position’s funding comes from.

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