The expectation in the standards that grant funding will "avoid paying significant portions of funding upfront" means smaller charities with limited funds will suffer.
Despite this, the upfront cost of small-scale solar systems to power a few lights or charge a mobile phone can present a significant barrier to widespread adoption, said Aly-Khan Jamal, a partner at Dalberg Global Development Advisors.
Despite the small upfront price Private National paid, F.D.I.C. officials said they considered it a good deal.
Mr. Johnson said that several companies had already expressed interest in providing upfront financing for small wind farms in exchange for naming rights.
McAfee says that the upfront payments are small when compared with the total potential value of the PC deals and that conversion rates have been strong to date.
One reader, Aaron, suggested that Craigslist is no longer a trusted source for ride-sharing and plugged GishiGo, which requires a small upfront Paypal payment from both parties, so that you at least know you're getting a real identity.
When a sickly Citigroup sought to jettison its hedge fund unit, he negotiated a deal in June 2010 for SkyBridge to pay for the business with a small upfront payment and a revenue-sharing agreement with the bank that expires next month.
The association's letter makes it clear to members that a relatively small upfront investment now may pay off in the long run by allowing them to continue to rely on e-mail as an important marketing tool.
A relatively small upfront cost can keep someone in work, or keep them at home operating happily and successfully in the community supporting friends and family, for many years.
In 1998, the industry began to move to a different plan: distributors provided tapes to the stores for a small upfront fee of $3 to $8 and then took 40 to 60percentt of every rental.
