Contact 504 Normandy Village · Nanuet, NY
the front desk for funding notices with a date already on them.
Call, write, or send the link. Whichever door you choose, the note is read at the desk in Nanuet and answered by the next weekday with three plain things: whether the opportunity fits your organization, which package it needs, and the fixed price.
01 / 04 Which line to use
the right door depends on how close the deadline is.
A federal notice due in nine days and a foundation you’re merely curious about deserve different doors. Here is which one to knock on, and what to have in hand when you do — it spares a round of email and, near a deadline, a whole day.
| Your situation | Best route | Have this ready |
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| Under 21 daysthe deadline is three weeks away, or closer. | Phone, today(845) 323-9558 |
The funder’s name, the exact deadline and its time zone, and the notice open in front of you. On that call we’ll say whether a well-made application is still possible — and if it isn’t, we’ll say that too. |
| 21 days or morea notice is open and the deadline sits further out. | Email the linkoffice@zebraquill.com |
The link to the notice, the deadline, and two sentences on the program you want funded. The reply names the fit, the package, and the fixed price. |
| No date yetyou’re planning next year’s funding and haven’t found a notice. | Your mission in a line, your annual budget, and the counties you serve. The scan returns twelve vetted opportunities, each with its deadline and a candid fit note. |
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| Draft in handyou wrote it yourself and want it checked before it goes. | The draft as a PDF, the notice it answers, and the page, font, and margin limits if the funder states them — they usually do, somewhere in an appendix. |
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| Post-awardyou were funded, and an interim or final report is due. | The award letter, the objectives the original application promised, and your numbers to date — even rough ones. |
Every route ends at the same desk. A call that reaches us outside 9am–6pm is returned on the next weekday morning.
Email the notice to the desk02 / 04 The back-planner
count backwards from the funder’s deadline.
Choose the kind of funder and the date printed on the notice. Each cell in the strip below is one day. It shows how a Zebraquill package usually unfolds — the first call sets the real calendar, but this tells you whether to ring today or next month.
- T–42Call the desk byFri, Nov 6
The latest comfortable start for a federal package.
- T–21First draft in your inboxFri, Nov 27
Full narrative and budget, ready for your one round of review.
- T–7Compliance read beginsFri, Dec 11
Line by line against the notice, checklist in hand.
- T–2Zebraquill submitsWed, Dec 16
Our standing target: forty-eight hours early, never on the wire.
- T–0Funder deadlineFri, Dec 18
The date printed on the notice. We’d rather never see it up close.
Weekend dates are moved back to the Friday before — the desk keeps weekday hours, and so should your submission.
03 / 04 In writing
a few lines are enough to begin.
Tell us the funder, the deadline, and what your organization does, in a sentence or two. A link to the funding notice is worth more than a long description; your annual budget figure is worth more than adjectives.
04 / 04 The desk itself
504 normandy village, for those who prefer a table to a phone line.
coming in person
504 Normandy VillageNanuet, NY 10954
Visits are by appointment, inside weekday hours — call ahead so the notice and your documents are on the table when you sit down. Most organizations we write for never come in at all: rural groups an hour or three away work with us by phone and shared folder, and their applications are none the worse for it.
Plot the drive to Normandy Villagewhen the phone is answered
The desk is answering right now.
| Monday | 9am–6pm |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 9am–6pm |
| Wednesday | 9am–6pm |
| Thursday | 9am–6pm |
| Friday | 9am–6pm |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Packages are invoiced at their fixed price. ACH, check, and these cards: