Event:2016/03/04 Fundraising at Mary Anns

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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]
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