news & announcements
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Clearing up the confusion
Yesterday, after sending our new emailer out, we received an reply from a donor that surprised us. Carla and I felt it merited a response, because we make every effort to ensure that the grant process is completely transparent.
The author of the email wrote that he'd supposed if we'd given the first grant to a friend here in San Francisco; "not a bad way to help out a friend in need!"
So just in case you've wondered the same thing, we want to be very clear that we've tried to build that possibility out of the process. Admittedly, the majority of both our donors and applicants are from the Bay Area. We live here, and starting a project on this small scale is initially a word-of-mouth deal. However, we recruited jurors from around the country (selected from our board and from the donors), and if you check out our recipients, they hail from Tokyo, London, Canada and the States. We knew none of them personally, though we were familiar with some of the work. So if you have a moment, check out our grantees through the link below. And remember that any donor is eligible to be a juror. Please let us know if you're interested.
http://cadreart.org/grantees.html
As we go forward, our challenge is to build momentum and expand our audience. Sustaining a grant on $10 donations is harder than we expected. We always invite your ideas for new and innovative ways to get the word out.
Cheers.
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The author of the email wrote that he'd supposed if we'd given the first grant to a friend here in San Francisco; "not a bad way to help out a friend in need!"
So just in case you've wondered the same thing, we want to be very clear that we've tried to build that possibility out of the process. Admittedly, the majority of both our donors and applicants are from the Bay Area. We live here, and starting a project on this small scale is initially a word-of-mouth deal. However, we recruited jurors from around the country (selected from our board and from the donors), and if you check out our recipients, they hail from Tokyo, London, Canada and the States. We knew none of them personally, though we were familiar with some of the work. So if you have a moment, check out our grantees through the link below. And remember that any donor is eligible to be a juror. Please let us know if you're interested.
http://cadreart.org/grantees.html
As we go forward, our challenge is to build momentum and expand our audience. Sustaining a grant on $10 donations is harder than we expected. We always invite your ideas for new and innovative ways to get the word out.
Cheers.
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