1
When a funder asks for ‘better pictures’ of your programme to put on their website, because the ‘kids don’t look poor enough’ in the ones you sent.
2
When your boss takes credit for your work. Again.
3
When another nonprofit that does the same work as yours lands that funding opportunity that you’ve unsuccessfully applied to for three years in a row.
4
When a board member keeps hinting that you should bring their nephew who has a PhD in art history on as a consultant for your next RCT, because ‘he did research for his PhD’.
5
Your funder’s reaction when you tell them that you won’t be able to scale your programme from 3 districts to 76 districts in 4 months.
6
When your CSR funder calls you out for underspending their grant by INR 6,537 and tells you that they will need a letter from your auditor to explain why this has happened.
7
Every time you see someone writing paragraphs of appreciation for themselves on LinkedIn.
8
When you’ve been part of a panel discussion for 45 minutes and still haven’t had a chance to speak because there are six other panelists and the moderator is still going through a ‘quick round of introductions’.
