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]