"There are thousands of grant programs and every program has different requirements and deadlines"
About this Quote
As an entertainer-entrepreneur, Lesko built a persona around translating government complexity into accessible, actionable steps. The subtext is, You’re not failing because you’re unworthy; you’re failing because the system is complicated. That’s a comforting reframing, and it taps into a very American resentment: there’s help, but it’s hidden behind forms, acronyms, and arbitrary rules. The quote doesn’t attack the state directly; it sells the state as a scavenger hunt where the prize goes to whoever has the map.
Context matters here: grants and assistance programs are famously fragmented across agencies, nonprofits, and local governments, each with its own eligibility logic. Lesko’s sentence turns that fragmentation into a narrative hook. It also quietly warns against passivity. “Deadlines” implies scarcity and urgency; miss the date and the money evaporates. So the line works not because it reveals a secret, but because it names a familiar anxiety and converts it into momentum: if the game is complicated, the smart move is to learn the rules - or hire someone who already has.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Lesko, Matthew. (2026, January 15). There are thousands of grant programs and every program has different requirements and deadlines. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/there-are-thousands-of-grant-programs-and-every-156778/
Chicago Style
Lesko, Matthew. "There are thousands of grant programs and every program has different requirements and deadlines." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/there-are-thousands-of-grant-programs-and-every-156778/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"There are thousands of grant programs and every program has different requirements and deadlines." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/there-are-thousands-of-grant-programs-and-every-156778/. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
