Event:2016/03/04 Fundraising at Mary Anns

Grantwriting Sesh, 4 March 2016

Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_eJl9qxM2gNSUCtxtfRq9uBAqNYGuj4_RwtmMCIxZkI/edit#gid=0 = Leads =
 * Ben & Jerry's– 6 month cycle – must have 501c3 number
 * Awesome Foundation- $1K - Niki
 * Rainbow Grocery –worth a try – maybe good for Buried Seeds
 * San Francisco Foundation – different nonprofits in the building could apply (especially Food Not Bombs)
 * Lots of stuff for lower-income and underclass
 * Kenneth Rainen grant - $5K in the first couple months – Reba (on the board) – we could contact them again
 * Atkinson Foundation – really good people – Mary Ann
 * Foundation Center in SF – need to make an appt.
 * Peace Development Fund – tend to fund people back east
 * Sunlight Foundation - currently not accepting applications
 * East Bay Community Housing Development - Mary Ann
 * Kapor Foundation - Jenny
 * Pollination Project
 * Taylor - Mary Ann (not on the web) - quick fix funding

= Ideas =
 * Grants for cultural events put on for free for the neighborhood
 * Lots of small nonprofits and artist spaces are being driven out – concern about these spaces. We could easily absorb some of that, we're an antidote to this gentrification
 * $25K+ is a large grant, takes more time
 * Grants for accessibility – several grants available for disability funding
 * "Salvation Quintuplet" - 5 people to lend $10K to get us through the next 3-6 months while waiting on response to loan apps
 * We have space available for small nonprofits and art spaces being priced out of the market
 * Funding to rehab a space

= Priorities =
 * Emergency loan forrent
 * Money for the mortgagee
 * Kitchen up to code
 * Ballroom up to code
 * Neighborhood events as the goal

= Letters of Support=
 * Krystof
 * Fran
 * DJ
 * Mary Ann
 * Joan
 * Dr from Childrens Hospital
 * Woman who said she felt safer
 * Librarian at Temescal Library
 * Julie from Restorative Justice Center

= TODO =
 * Follow up w/ Northern California Grantmakers [Jenny]
 * Send email toBarlow [Jenny]
 * Write up a letter of interest
 * Follow up with Kenneh Rainen [Niki]
 * East Bay Housing [Mary Ann]
 * Northern California Grantmakers [Jenny]
 * Atkinson [MaryAnn]