I run a small nonprofit that supports kids being able to do extracurriculars (particularly music) through their school program+our own programs, supporting their education, and making sure they can focus (dealing with food insecurity).
We have been able to do things, but I'm having a really hard time with finding grants we qualify for because of our location. We service mostly low-income rural areas and the grants I find from Private foundations seem to want us to have one of their business campuses within so many miles (which definitely rules us out); and there's plenty of government grants we qualify for, but they all seem to be 1:1 funding....which is a problem.
I just have this crushing feeling of failure and I'm not sure what to do and could use a little guidance. I've not been at this for a long time (only a couple of years) and we've been able to float, but we've got projects that are sitting in the wings because I'm having a problem finding funding.