Let me register a strong prediction that normal granting agencies to not say they “approved a grant” and “because we are a non-profit organization under US law, we are only allowed to make grants to non-profit organizations; we hereby declare our intent to transfer the grant amount promptly once [name] has been registered” if these are, in fact, false statements and there’s another due diligence phase.
If I’m wrong and this is how normal letters of intent work, then—to be 100% clear—normal letters of intent are lies that mislead the public and can be used by neo-Nazis to convince people they mainstream. That is, after all, why SND asked for the letter.
Is it true, or is it not true, that the reason FLI did not already issue the grant was “because we [...] are only allowed to make grants to non-profit organizations”? The letter is very clear about this: the letter says if SND was registered as non-profit, they would already have the money. I see no other reading.
Is this different from how letters of intent usually work?
Let me register a strong prediction that normal granting agencies to not say they “approved a grant” and “because we are a non-profit organization under US law, we are only allowed to make grants to non-profit organizations; we hereby declare our intent to transfer the grant amount promptly once [name] has been registered” if these are, in fact, false statements and there’s another due diligence phase.
If I’m wrong and this is how normal letters of intent work, then—to be 100% clear—normal letters of intent are lies that mislead the public and can be used by neo-Nazis to convince people they mainstream. That is, after all, why SND asked for the letter.
Is it true, or is it not true, that the reason FLI did not already issue the grant was “because we [...] are only allowed to make grants to non-profit organizations”? The letter is very clear about this: the letter says if SND was registered as non-profit, they would already have the money. I see no other reading.