[00:00:31] Speaker A: Hello, my name is Noora Al Masri. Welcome to Echoes of Impact. With Noora, we believe that everyone is capable of making an impact and changing the world around them. So we challenge limitations and uncover stories that inspire greater impact for you and the world. Welcome to Echoes of Impact.
So today we're going to talk about fear. How can we overcome the fear in our business and our personal life and everywhere? So we're gonna have two different guests. One of our guests is an executive and leadership coach.
She's going to talk about a very, very interesting way to train you, how to be a better leader, how to overcome your fear, how to get out of the comfort zone. And she has a tool for you. We're going to talk also to my friend.
Well, I'm not gonna tell you. She's going, she is a grant specialist and she is talking about something very interesting and very important for you to know, especially if you rely in any way on federal funding, whether you are a nonprofit, a business, a student, someone who uses any federal funding in any way, you want to know about that freeze and what can you do? And you want to know more details, what more truth about it as we recording this episode.
This is really new and a lot of people are not aware of it yet. Probably by the time you watch this episode, you will know more about it. But we're going to talk to a grant specialist and she is going to explain more about it. She is going to tell you about that and what you need to do.
I want to take this opportunity to tell you, see if you've been watching Echoes of Impact from the beginning. I used to talk a lot about nonprofits, nonprofit funding.
So I'm going to talk about this now. I know it's time of tax season, it's time to talk about taxes, but we're going to utilize this segment. And this is this segment is sponsored by Nora's Books.
This segment called Safe Taxes with Noura as it's a new segment that if you've been watching, you know, we have been doing this for a few weeks. So Safe Taxes with Noora today is going to talk about how do you support your nonprofits, how do you support your nonprofit in this time and why? What I've been talking about for years on, you have to really support your organization with individual donations, with people like you and me, not rely on grants, not rely on any funding. Because even if, whether you go to federal grants, state grants, any government grants, there is a lot of people involved in making this decision. If you go to foundation Grants, Yeah, those are available because those actually supported by other people like you and me. But still, like if you go to the organization to ask for that grant, there's a lot of people involved. While if you know how to talk to donors, if you know how to ask these people to support you on the right way, because I know, I hear you saying, yeah, Noora, no one wants to support me. I've been asking people for donations and no one wants to support me. Well, let me tell you, you're asking people on the wrong way. You're not doing the ask the way it should be done. And this is why, because this is, this makes me very frustrated and like it's really annoying because I know how to get the money for nonprofit. I have done it for a long time and I have helped a lot of nonprofits do it. And it's really simple if you know the system.
So that's why I did a lot of free education like on my YouTube and I also prepare the course for nonprofits. It's called Seven Figure Fundraising Roadmap. The Seven Figure Fundraising Roadmap. You can get that
[email protected] store and you get there, you just can go there, nourishbooks.com store and you can find a seven figure fundraising roadmap. You can get that course and that's going to teach you how to repair your organization to get that funding. So make sure you get that funding from individuals. Learn how to do it. Education is something you always have to educate yourself. If you are a nonprofit or anything. If you are in life with us, you always need to improve your knowledge. You always need to get out, you know, get out of your comfort zone and learn something new so you can stay relevant, so you can be prepared for such time. When the COVID happened and a lot of people needed funding for their businesses, those who were able to pivot, those who were able to go online and find something else, another way to deliver what they have to get it into the hand of people, whether it's the service or projects or education, they won. But those who just like sit there and complain they didn't want to learn anything, they lost.
Those who were were prepared with bookkeeping, with having a good financial statements, profit and loss up to date with taxes. They were able to get those PPP loans, but those who were not ready, those who were not doing everything in a professional manner, they lost. They couldn't get advantage. And if they got it, maybe it was wrong, maybe they got penalized later. A lot of People like got in trouble after a while.
So this is what you need to really focus on. This is what you really need to make sure you're always acting as professional manner, always doing what you're supposed to do. Compliance work. Bookkeeping is compliance work. Talk to a professional who knows what they're doing.
Taxes, don't do your taxes alone because you will never do it right. Even for your non profits you have to do taxes. A lot of people don't know that because I see you guys get passionate about something and start a non profit without any knowledge and this is the wrong way to do it because nonprofit at the end of the day is a business and you should treat it as one.
Let alone that a lot of people don't even treat their business as a business. And unfortunately this is very heartbreaking and a lot of people get in trouble for that. You don't know that bookkeeping is compliance and you are required to have it in order to take your deductions. You have to have good record and bookkeeping in order to make sure you are having the best tax position. You should use professionals who knows what they're doing, who are educated, who takes your, your benefits, your. They put you first, who are they passionate about their work and they want to make sure you do the best.
So stop staying in your comfort zone. Stop what you're doing right now and get out of your comfort zone. And don't worry, I have a guest who's gonna help you doing do that. She has the tools, she has something that you can download for free. She will talk a lot also about it in this episode. So stay with me. Make sure you stay here. Whether you are a leader, whether you are part of an organization, not leading anyone, you're still leading yourself.
You will get a lot from my, from my guest today. So stay with me and I encourage you to listen to the recording again. So because like if you're watching on TV or if you are listening on the radio, you are still can listen to the recording again and again. So listen to it again because the first time you don't get everything. And we're sharing here at Echoes of Impact a lot of information that's going to benefit you. Something practical that you can utilize. So listen over and over to my guests to what they have to say. Listen to the segment that sponsored by Nourish Books this save taxes with Nura. This is the time for it. Listen to all the educations that we have for all different things, self improvement, business, business talk, everything like just we have here at NOW Media tv a lot of information that you will benefit from, whether you are business owner, nonprofit leader in communication and AI. We have so many, so many programs here. So make sure you go to NOW Media TV and see what programs that we have and watch again. Echoes of Impacts episodes. You're going to get a lot from it and don't rely on what you already know.
Learn more, expand your brain, expand your knowledge. You're going to get a lot of opportunities if you do that. 2025 will be better for you if you get that habit extension. Learn more, educate yourself and start applying something, even if it's just one thing. Just start doing and stop just listening and collecting information without taking action. So take action today. I can't wait to see you to have my guest and you show you that what you can do. This is Echoes of Impact with Noura. We'll be right welcome back. This is your host, Noora Mosri. And this is Echoes of Impact with Noora. We're back with a very special guest. She is an executive and leadership leader. Oh, come on. Leadership coach. She's an executive and leadership coach and she's an amazing woman and I'm not gonna talk a lot about her because as you know, I like to have my guests introduce themselves. Welcome, my friend Tanya. Tanya, welcome to Echoes of Impact. How are you today?
[00:12:21] Speaker B: Thank you, Nora. I am doing fabulous. How about yourself?
[00:12:25] Speaker A: I'm doing great, thank you. It's been amazing first month of the year, so hopefully like our 2025 will continue with only great things happening to everyone.
So, you know, like, I love to have my guests introduce themselves because I believe that no one can introduce you better than you do. So can you tell the guest a little bit about yourself and what are you doing right now?
[00:12:52] Speaker B: Yeah, absolutely. So I was quite literally and professionally raised in the military. I was born and raised in Seoul, Korea and lived on an army base there. So for the first 14 years of my life, that's all I knew. And then I went on to serve myself and that is where I learned so much and so much of my influences come from today. So now I'm sitting here incorporating everything I learned from the military and corporate world, helping people they to perform under pressure to make the most out of their team and themselves.
[00:13:27] Speaker A: Awesome, awesome. So you have a military background and I know you have worked in different industries. So what did you work with? Like, I know Air Force. And can you tell us a little bit about the other industries you worked with?
[00:13:41] Speaker B: Absolutely. So in the Air Force I did two main things. I was a jump master and taught people how to jump out of airplanes. And I was an intelligence officer as well. And then when I separated out of the military, I went into the wine industry. So I worked there for 10 years. And simultaneously, I also started teaching at UC Berkeley, getting my executive coaching certification, and kind of slowly moved my way into executive coaching and leadership development. And now that's what I'm doing full time.
[00:14:09] Speaker A: Awesome. So why did you decide to do the executive leadership and leadership coach?
[00:14:15] Speaker B: You know, I have been intrigued by leadership and culture for as long as I can remember, mostly because I had no idea what I was doing. And I knew I wanted to be in leadership roles, shape the culture. And so I started to learn about it. And the more I learned, the more I got intrigued by it, the more I wanted to share it with other people. And so it was almost out of necessity. And then I just became obsessed with it.
[00:14:44] Speaker A: Wow, that's nice. And I can see, like, from your background, like, you worked in a military, and this is, like, a very different way of leadership. Like, if we're not exposed to the military, we don't really know how it looks like, you know, we hear about it, what we really, really don't know if we did not experience it. And then the Air Force jumping on airplane, like, this is scary for a lot of people. I myself haven't tried that yet. Like, one of the things that I would like to try one day to jump from the plane, but I can imagine, like, you're training people to do that, and then, like, you had this collective experience to teach people on leadership. Like, so what's.
What do you think from your collective experience? What do you think? A very unique thing about your training, because we hear now, like, there's a lot of coaches, there's a lot of leadership coaching. So what makes you really unique?
[00:15:42] Speaker B: So when I joined the Air Force parachute team, I was quite literally jumping out of an airplane to avoid leadership positions.
The Air Force Academy, that's where I did my undergrad. It is a leadership laboratory. It's known as one of the top institutions, leadership laboratories in the country, where it their number one goal is to produce leaders of character. And I was so scared of being in leadership because it felt so vulnerable. It felt raw. It felt like there was a spotlight on me. And it was scary to open yourself up to that much criticism. So I did things like flip burgers at tailgates and jump out of airplanes to avoid a traditional leadership role. And so what I didn't realize was that the skydiving team is actually what prepared me the most for leadership positions. It taught me how to quite literally override my fight or flight response, because it is not a natural feeling to jump out of an airplane. And it was not easy for me. It was a lot of being outside of my comfort zone. But it taught me how to operate really uncomfortable, how to operate under pressure, and then how to hold space for people who are operating outside of their comfort zone, so that way they can maximize their potential as well. And so I took all of those lessons that I learned from this intense experience, and I applied them into my own leadership when I went into the military and into corporate. And then now I teach that to people, even if whether they skydive or not, they. Most people can kind of understand what it feels like. And they may not be literally skydiving, but most people, their nervous system feels like it is. And so teaching people, how do they override that? How do they get more comfortable being uncomfortable so they can grow faster and stronger?
[00:17:30] Speaker A: That's really interesting. Like, to overcome fear, you did the most. The. The scariest thing. Like, I guess, like, I don't know if there's anything other more scary than jumping off the airplane.
So do you recommend in your coaching that people go ahead and try that exercise, like, literally jump off airplane?
No.
[00:17:54] Speaker B: No. So I do give people a little taste that's a little different than or in a safer, more controlled environment. So I do host workshops, indoor skydiving, so people can get a taste of what it feels like to actually fly because it's such a unique experience, and you can use that. It's one of those experiences you don't have very often. And so when you attach these leadership concepts to this really physiological experience, it makes it stick. It makes it transformative. I just put a group through last week, and one of the participants said, I don't remember what it's like to learn to walk, but I imagine this is what it feels like. It's fun. It's exciting. It just puts you in this really unique place that as adults, we don't feel very often.
[00:18:38] Speaker A: So.
[00:18:38] Speaker B: So it's less about the actual literal skydive in and of itself. But can you put yourself in these uncomfortable situations and learn what works for you, what doesn't work for you? So that way, when you go after a bigger goal or go after that thing that you're scared of or that you really want, can you put your fear in check? Can you put your anxiety in the passenger seat? Use Them as a compass to help guide you to what's really important, but not let it get in the way, not let it drive.
[00:19:08] Speaker A: Awesome. So from your experience with the people you worked with, what do you find, like, the most challenging things for people in leadership?
[00:19:16] Speaker B: Oh, that's interesting. I think most people in leadership recognize that they're either stuck or stagnant or maybe their team is. Maybe they get a little frustrated that their team is not leaning into their potential fully and they know that they could be doing more. And we're in this environment where there's a lot of pressure. And I think most people are operating under this really high pressure environment. And that's where the military came in. For me, those tools that I learned and had to adapt and apply in corporate is how do you still have this precision under pressure? How do you thrive under pressure? So if we can teach people how to do that and create more space for themselves and still take risks and recognize the patterns that they have that are kind of keeping them in this comfortable position. Right. Even if they don't like the position, they're still comfortable in it. Maybe it's like the best example I have is busyness. So often professionals feel they don't like being under pressure, but they also keep firefighting. They keep keeping busy because even though they say they want more space, they want to be more strategic. Man, does it feel so good to check off the boxes. It feels really good to be needed and to be putting out these fires. So sometimes we can hide behind things like that that keep us from trying something new and doing something different.
[00:20:39] Speaker A: Yeah, absolutely. I feel like I worked a lot with nonprofit, like in my full time job, and I see that with nonprofits leaders a lot. They do, because when someone is passionate about the codes and they start the organization, and then when it's time to grow and delegate and have responsibility delegated to people, there's a lot of resistance going. Like they call it sometimes, like the founder syndrome.
I don't know if this is a real name, but this is how, like, I heard some people talking about it, like, okay, this is a founder syndrome. So I, I really, I really see it. And as a founder for our businesses too, like, I feel like it's very hard sometimes to delegate and make sure, like, you are just the leader and not giving other people the responsibility, having all these excuses around it, like, why not? Why shouldn't we do it? Why shouldn't we do it?
So, yeah, I hear that. So do you usually like, have people like, how do you help People like overcome like this problem in specific.
[00:21:46] Speaker B: Yeah. So the first thing is to recognize what are the comfort containers you find yourself in. So I mentioned busyness. Another common example that I'll share is expertise. Because you spend so much time getting really smart on a subject, becoming the go to person, and it feels really good to have that respect, as it should. But then we get sometimes stuck in. I'm not going to try anything new because I don't want to look like a beginner again. And it feels so good to be an expert that you stay there. And so that's another way that comfort can show up. So if you can recognize what is keeping you comfortable, then you can start to break it. Right. So you can start to break this comfort cycle with I call it the courage cycle. And we see that this play out on the parachute team in the Air Force as well, where you first are just summoning the courage to do something different. So your first jumps in the military, you're doing five free fall jumps to earn your military jump wings. And it's less about whether or not they're good because they're probably not going to be good. It's the first time you've done it. Now, if you're really unsafe, then you may not be able to continue. But for the most part, it's just about can you summon the courage to do something really scary and just get the reps in? And so if you could, once you do that, then you can start to recognize what's working for you and what's not working for you and move into mastering courage. And so putting the right practices into place on a daily, weekly, monthly basis, that gives you the ability to operate outside of your comfort zone more often than not. Are you surrounding yourself with the right people? Are you figuring out how to enjoy the end journey? Can you embrace uncertainty, make more mistakes and be comfortable with it? So there is this whole area where you are mastering courage and then the last piece is inspiring courage. Can you create the piece?
[00:23:42] Speaker A: We're gonna talk about this after the break.
[00:23:44] Speaker B: Oh, okay. Yeah, no problem.
[00:23:46] Speaker A: Awesome. So, guys, stay with us because we're gonna continue working talking about the same topic and we can't wait to hear from Tanya. But for now, let's take a break. Will be right back.
This is Noor Al Masri. And this is Echo. And back.
Welcome back. This is your host, Noora Mosri. And this is Echoes of Impact with Noora.
So we're back to our guest Tanya. Tanya was talking about courage and fear and how to Break that. So we'll come back. Tanya, we're going to continue what we end where we ended in the last segment. So.
[00:24:45] Speaker B: Yeah, great. So, so, yeah, this idea of separating out. When I think of summoning courage, I think of that as growth. Can you just focus on growth and getting quantity and putting in the courage reps to build your courage muscle and not save it for that big thing? Because then you can take what you learned and put it towards the thing you really care about. Maybe you're getting this promotion, carving your own path, but now you can master courage because you know what to do with fear, what to do with anxiety because you got your reps in. And so the piece we left off on was now inspiring courage. So if you want to talk about maximizing your impact, this is the way to do it. Because if you can create the conditions for the people around you or your team to start to summon their own courage and master their own courage, so help it. Creating an environment for them to do their own little skydives, if you will. Now you're really maximizing everybody's potential and then therefore your impact. And so if you can start to separate out courage and start to treat it as a daily thing instead of doing it just as a once in a lifetime thing, you will make so much more progress and see things so differently.
[00:25:55] Speaker A: This is really interesting because we often like hire people and feel like, oh no, they may be shy, they may be like, don't have enough confidence. So maybe we hired the wrong people and we don't try to actually like break the fear like inside them and inside us, like, and to really train them to really work on things to, to make them, you know, really improve, improve in their skills. And we forget like working with them on that, that also working on us because we all need to get more like courage always. Like I feel like this is, this is continuous experience, like it never stop like self development, especially with fear. Like fear. Like I don't know if there is anyone on the, on this earth that does not have fear.
[00:26:50] Speaker B: Yes, it might start to look different as you get more comfortable and your comfort zone starts to grow. But at the end of the day, there's always some sort of underlying fear that's keeping you from doing something.
[00:27:03] Speaker A: Absolutely. So speaking about comfort zone, so how would someone know, okay, I am very comfortable now and it's time for me to break out and move somewhere. Like, might be scary, but it's time now. Like I'm wasting time staying in this comfort zone.
[00:27:21] Speaker B: Yeah. So a lot of Times, I think people think, like I said, they hide behind busyness, they hide behind these other things. But if you start to recognize you're feeling stagnant, you are not growing anymore, things aren't as fun. You just get into this rut. That's the best way I can put it is like you're in this rut. You likely have forgotten how to shake things up because so often we don't do the novel thing anymore or we don't do something different. We just fall back on old patterns. So if you can start to see that or notice where that's coming up for you, then you can say, okay, you know what? I'm going to try something a little bit different and just see what happens.
[00:27:58] Speaker A: Yeah, that. That's. That's really interesting. And how do you work when we work with people? So you work with team or do you work with the leaders only?
[00:28:07] Speaker B: So I do both. Team is a really nice way to get, like bringing a team into, let's say a wind tunnel workshop, where you actually are getting the experience of flying is a great way to break down some barriers because it's the first. Like, unless you happen to have an experienced skydiver on your team, which is very rare, everyone's going to look silly in the wind tunnel. They're all learning something new. It's like what I said before. It's like you're learning how to walk, but there's no pressure. It's just fun. So it has this really cool dynamic that helps break down barriers and build vulnerability and trust amongst the team. I do also work with just leaders as well and helping them because at the end of the day, that starts to trickle down.
So I do work with them one on one as well. But having a team come into the tunnel is. It's just so cool to see.
The group I brought in last week I thought was really interesting because they said there is so much connection and struggle, but there's also so much connection and joy, and we forget that joy is also a vulnerable state. And so connections were being built on both sides of the fence when they went through this workshop together.
[00:29:15] Speaker C: Nice.
[00:29:16] Speaker A: So they have to be in person where exactly?
[00:29:20] Speaker B: So this one was at Colorado Springs. I love hosting there because it's right across the street from the Air Force Academy, which is where I learned these skills to begin with. And if you're lucky, you may actually see the team come in and train while they're there. So the facility is really nicely set up. It is the official place for the Air Force to train. And we also sometimes get some army airborne coming in to train as well, which adds a really cool flavor to the workshops.
[00:29:45] Speaker A: Wow, this is amazing. I. I love that. So awesome. So, like, and how. So if someone now listening to us and wants to start working with you or maybe like, they're not ready yet, like, so what would you say the first step to do? And then how can they move up and to like, they have you in full, like, helping them and their scene.
[00:30:09] Speaker B: Yeah. So before you even think about jumping out of an airplane, I get it. That's a very extreme response for me to do something that's different.
But if you can just think for a moment, okay, if I were standing in an airplane, what would that feel like? Are you getting knots in your stomach? Do you have a lump in your throat? Do you have dry mouth? Are your palms sweaty? Try to think about what those physiological reactions are and see if you notice where else that's showing up in your life.
So maybe it's speaking up in a meeting, sitting in a performance assessment. I used to feel like that whether I was on the receiving end or the giving end. So see where those are coming up for you. And if you notice that, can you lean into it? Right. Start to become aware of it and then just do it anyway. Doesn't matter if it's related to your big goal or not. Practice getting those courage reps in when the stakes are low. So that way, when the stakes are high, then we can start talking about. Okay, now how do we utilize that into your practice? So I would just say recognize your skydiving moments and then take the jump.
[00:31:12] Speaker A: Nice. Awesome. And I know you have something for people to download. Can you talk about it a little bit?
[00:31:18] Speaker B: I do. It's a guide to help keep your fear in check. So it gives 11 ways that you can try to see how that helps you calm your ne ne nerves in the moment and move through fear. Because so often we just need a little help getting through that stimulus stickiness of the first few minutes. And then all of a sudden, it's not so bad. So these are some of the tools that I picked up in the military and in corporate and executive coaching that you can start to put into practice and see what works and leave what doesn't.
[00:31:48] Speaker A: How can people get it?
[00:31:50] Speaker B: Yeah. So there is a link that you can you click on to download and it'll be delivered right to your inbox.
[00:31:56] Speaker A: Okay, so can you say the website? Because there are some people, like, listening.
[00:32:01] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
Okay.
[00:32:03] Speaker A: So if you don't Mind.
[00:32:04] Speaker B: Yeah. The best way to do it is probably to go straight to my website which is tanya annchavez.com t a n y a a n n e C-H-A-V e z.com and there'll be a pop up that shows up that says hey high achiever, do you need some strategies? And that will show up and you can enter your email address and it'll be delivered straight to you.
[00:32:25] Speaker A: Awesome. Thank you so much Tanya. And guys, do you want to go ahead and download that and see the tips like test yourself like Sanya said, like see how, how you feel. And if you need to connect with Daniel, all the information on the website, like feel free to connect with her if you want to be a better leader. If you want just to check, check what she, how can she help you and help your team? Well, thank you so much. Tanya. What's your advice for the people in 2025? To be a better leader of those who maybe not ready yet to be there to, to work with you. Like what would be like the advice for them to have a better year this year?
[00:33:10] Speaker B: I think the biggest thing is to just do it uncomfortable.
Doesn't matter what it is, just do it uncomfortable. And as you start to do that you'll start to see things differently. You know I mentioned skydiving. I was trying to escape from leadership after my three years on the team. I started thinking bigger and differently because I just did something uncomfortable.
[00:33:31] Speaker A: Yeah. Oh my God.
[00:33:32] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:33:33] Speaker A: This is a, this is the best advice anyone can hear. You know, I'm, I, you. That's really something for me. So when, when I first started my business I knew that I have to be on video so people can get to know me. Especially like I was, I started at home so I was like so like uncomfortable being on the camera. So I didn't want to do YouTube until I saw some very good YouTubers. They actually, they showed their beginning videos and they were terrible and now they're amazing. I was like, okay, then I just have to do it. And the only way like you said, like you just have to do the reps and then you'll be so comfortable. Now I can just turn the camera talk even without preparation. Actually it's easier for me if I don't have anything written. So yeah like, and that's for everything. So like there's no better advice than really do it uncomfortable. Thank you so much Tanya. Thank you for your time and thank you for being here with EchoZone and back. We hope to see you again soon. All right, guys, this is Echoes of Impact with Nura and this is your host, Nura M. We'll be right back. And we're going to be talking about something going on into news for nonprofit about grants. A lot of talks are going into the grants and we're going to talk to someone who expert to to tell you the truth because there's a lot of fear. We're still talking about fear. I we're here to make sure there is no fear ever. We'll be right back.
[00:35:34] Speaker C: Foreign.
[00:35:43] Speaker A: Welcome back. This is your host, Noora Mossri. And this is Echoes of Impact with Noora. We came to the end but before we leave, as I mentioned before the break, we're going to be talking about something relating to something has been going on on the news and a lot of people are afraid. And what how can that affect you and your non profit, the grant funding and maybe more than non profit. We're gonna talk to my friend Brittany C. Brittany C. Has been here in the show before multiple times and she's back today to talk to you about what's really going on. And at the time that we are recording this, there's a lot of news and we're recording on January 28th. So. Hello. Welcome back, Brittany. How are you doing today?
[00:36:35] Speaker C: Hi, Nora. I'm good. Thanks for having me. I'm happy to be here, of course.
[00:36:40] Speaker A: Thank you for being here. I know you've been busy. I know you're doing a lot of things right now, but thank you for agreeing to come and talk to our audience to give them the information. Because when you are, when you have the knowledge, there's not so much fear. Like, you know, even if like something bad happened, like at least you can be prepared. So can you tell us like what's up with the federal freeze? A lot of people talking about it, but no one's know what's really going on. So can you tell us about it a little bit?
[00:37:13] Speaker C: I I will tell you as far as I research because this came literally like yesterday for a lot of us and we're like, okay, what's happening here? And then because a lot of us, I don't want to say we reject the unfamiliar, but if we don't know, we're more interested in just kind of sweeping it under the rug because we're like, it's a freeze. It's not going to affect anyone. But this freeze is going to affect everyone, unfortunately.
[00:37:48] Speaker A: So what is it? How is it going to affect everyone? Or is it, is it it's so it's not only for the nonprofit people.
[00:37:57] Speaker C: It is for the nonprofit people. And right now it's affecting the federal side. So as far as private foundations going, I don't want to say like the philanthropists, because the philanthropists are the ones that are more in control. But it's the federal grants and loans that are mostly going to be affected.
[00:38:20] Speaker A: Okay, so can you elaborate a little bit, like, what's happening? So people can really, like, even, like if someone doesn't hear about it yet, and this is the first time they're hearing about it. So what would you tell them about?
[00:38:33] Speaker C: Here's, here's what I am able to say.
It's going to be about $3 trillion now currently, maybe more than that, that for grant funding on the federal side as well as federal loans. So this is all of the programs that you can think of. This has everything to do with fema.
It has everything to do with the tanf, snap. So if you're currently getting food, food stamps, you're affected by this. It's affecting those nonprofit organizations I want to say about, but I believe it's half, half of jobs that are, that people work at are funded by nonprofits. So that's being affected. Small businesses are being affected by this as well. Because if you got a federal grant and this grant is running your business in the way of, let's just say, expansion, you're expanding your building, that could shut down. And then if you already kind of spent the money, how are you, what else are you going to do? If you're supposed to get that monthly stipend and then they tell you, oh, it shut off for 30 or for 90 days, or if you are someone that your whole nonprofit organization is funded by grants, that's how you pay your people. That's how you make sure that everybody is well taken care of. That's being affected. Education is being affected as well. So it's a lot of areas. It's not just one area. And I don't have the accreditation, and I do apologize to the original person of this article, but the funding for the NIH or the National Institute of Health, that's being frozen. So like your cancer research and development with cures, if you have something that is usually an incurable disease, such as aids, that's what they research for cures, not treatments, but cures to stop it. So this again, this freeze is affecting all of it. And it could very well shut down scientific research. Even if they are, let's just say they have a breakthrough in medicine, finally There's a cure for something or another strain of cancer going to be shut down and unfortunately no one's going to know about it until after the 90 days.
[00:41:13] Speaker A: Wow. So let me ask you this because you mentioned students, federal funding for student. Does that mean there the loans for the students that's going to be stopping?
[00:41:26] Speaker C: Yeah, that does mean that. So your.
I live in the state of Texas, so I can only say this about Texas. So we have the, what is it? Tasfa. Tasfa, that is the Texas financial aid funding. We also have fafsa, which is the regular funding. Those are Pell grants that will be affected. So if you are a student in low income areas, you would mostly have to pay out of pocket now for your education or. And it's very possible that scholarships, because that's part of the funding as well, will be affected also. So it's not just the Pell grants for education, it's the, it's funding the education.
So when teachers need supplies or when they're introducing a new program at universities or even they do scientific research in universities, all of that would be cut or at least on a freeze until after the 90 days.
[00:42:32] Speaker A: So speaking of that, if someone already got the funding, but you know, I know like they cannot renew right now until the freeze is out and see what's happening but what's already there they can use still.
[00:42:46] Speaker C: I, I would say I believe they can, but it's possible that they may freeze that as well just to make sure.
This is what they're saying. Oh, this is. Okay, this is what it's used for. So apparently the 90 day freeze is to reevaluate the, a lot of the federal funding because as you know, there are scams out there in the world, but they want to make sure during this freeze that everything from every foundation is lining up.
[00:43:22] Speaker A: Wow. So let me ask you, since this is your area, the grant funding from all aspects. What. How did you. I'm sure a lot of your clients are afraid now. They have fear. So how do you comfort them? Like what do you, what's your advice to them and to other people who are relying on federal funding? What's your advice?
[00:43:43] Speaker C: My advice is just telling them the truth about what's going on. Not promising something I can't deliver on, but just letting them know, hey, this freeze has kind of snuck up on us. And a lot of us are not sure of what the next step to take. But my favorite thing to do is just educate. Don't make it sound scary and don't Put all the statistics. Did you know that 50% of this is happening in your area? But just talk to them as human. Like, hey, did you know that with this freeze, your child's education is very well impacted? Or if it's not children, is young adults there who, who is not able to afford a lot of the things that we would be able to it. Everyone is getting affected in its women is children, it's the elderly. So think about the Meals on Wheels. That's. That's funding from the federal side. Think about the.
A lot of the like dei, the gender equality, the.
Even for the. They call it woke spending. So for that even that LGBTQ is. Will be affected by this. So it's not just us over here, it's everyone. And another. And something else I wanted to mention is. And this is me recently finding this out.
The impoundment. I want to say that's the impoundment or the act of 1974. This act was so presidents could not cut federal funding. But.
But this is what Trump is doing now, at least putting a hold on it for 90 days. This law is not. You're not even supposed to be doing that. So I feel like this is going to get interesting with the politics that's going on about it, with what's happening to us as individuals. And my next advice is just to tell other people, do your research, find out as much as you can about this and just spread the word.
[00:46:00] Speaker A: Absolutely. Thank you so much for all this information. Brittany and me and you have done a lot of live videos like over a year ago, like, so people can find a lot of talk. We spoke about nonprofits and how we should diversify the funding, how they should like not rely on grant fundings, not any grant. Because this is where this has become important. This is the 70, 30 rules that we talk about. And I'm going to take this as a chance to talk about my program or now it's a course available for all nonprofits on how to really get the funding from individuals, people from people like me and you. Because we're not gonna dry the funding. Maybe like now, like one day I'm broke, one day I am supporting someone. Like someone else will take over. It's not like a federal grant, like can stop at one point, at one point with a new president, or maybe the government doesn't have enough funding. But when we rely on millions of people like us, it's time to stop together. It's time to actually support each other, support the education. Because this is a difficult time for everyone, as you mentioned. And like, I know you also have a lot of content, a lot of way to help people on this stuff. So can you direct people on how they, how you can help them?
[00:47:28] Speaker C: At this time, I firstly, I might have to revise some of my content because the majority of my content is, oh, you can get the grant. This is what you have to do. But now it's just like, it's just like you said, we can't rely on grants. And this is coming from a nonprofit specialist, a avid grant writer, I'm a top grant writer. And I'm telling you, we can't really rely on it, like Nora was saying. And the reason why is because of things like this, we didn't know that the federal funding would stop for 90 days. We didn't know that. We didn't know that something was going to happen with grants. But where I think we are safe and somewhat safe is with the foundation funding, because a lot of them depend. Like you were just mentioning, a lot of foundations depend on individual donors. So they're not relying really too much on federal funding. But the reason why a lot of people will go after federal funding is because the payouts are much larger than the foundation grants.
[00:48:43] Speaker A: Awesome. Thank you so much, Brittany. Like, we run out of time. Sorry.
I mean, we could talk here forever, but thank you so much for the information. Guys. This was Noora Mosri from Echoes of Impact. And it was great talking to you. We'll see you next Tuesday at 5pm Central. Until next time, keep making an impact.
[00:49:06] Speaker C: This has been a NOW Media Network's feature presentation. All rights reserved.
