We are in the process of incorperating as a non profit... post Grant ideas below...
I also need people to look in to these
http://www.rolexawards.com

So how's the advertisement campaign going. I was going to ask you how you felt about signing up with the ad clicks program. Maybe it would be prudent to further invest the current small earnings of the website back into itself.

Might help boost traffic some more. S'all about the hits!

here is an idea http://challenge.bfi.org/enter/
100,000 prize... look in to it

says 2007

most of these are yearly awards ... we just need people to look for similar, or figure out what the SHIRE needs to do to acquire one. most require non profit status

http://www.noyes.org/apply.html
http://www.kongsgaard-goldman.org/who

tons of grants out there, what we need is someone who can commit to being our fundraiser, focusing on grants. its very important to know that the philanthropy world is made up of individuals and foundations who know each other and that reputation is important, we cant have people representing the S.H.I.R.E. without due support and clarity, but what we absolutely need is a compilation (RESEARCH) of grants, land, funding etc that the S.H.I.R.E. is eligible for in terms of the sections of the S.H.I.R.E. that we are developing (diversity is key, cant put all the eggs in one basket) -education, organic farming, fermentation, green technology, community development, etc.