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*General Grants (Chris will look more into this) |
*General Grants (Chris will look more into this) |
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*Ben & Jerry's Foundation- request for small grants $1000 or less (http://www.benjerry.com/foundation/guidelines.html) |
*Ben & Jerry's Foundation- request for small grants $1000 or less (http://www.benjerry.com/foundation/guidelines.html) |
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*Community foundations in Chicago |
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*Churches |
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*City/Local government-special projects funding |
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*Support for local businesses |
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*Rotary International |
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* [http://educatechildren.org/ Educate the Children Foundation] ---> I don't know that they actually have money, but they'd probably be interested in OLPC, and easy to talk to since they're based in Barrington. |
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=== Approach === |
=== Approach === |
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*We're requesting funding fairly last minute, so having an organization who would be able to write off a few thousand dollars to us as a part of some existing program that they're doing would be ideal. To do this we should consider the following: |
*We're requesting funding fairly last minute, so having an organization who would be able to write off a few thousand dollars to us as a part of some existing program that they're doing would be ideal. To do this we should consider the following: |
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**Focusing on groups that work on children's education, general community outreach, appropriate technologies & sustainable development, one's that fund and support non-profits or new initiatives or something along those lines so that the organizations values fit more closely with ILXO's. |
**Focusing on groups that work on children's education, general community outreach, appropriate technologies & sustainable development, one's that fund and support non-profits or new initiatives or something along those lines so that the organizations values fit more closely with ILXO's. |
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**Sticking to organizations in the Chicago area and offering our office space for them to use as their own hacking space |
**Sticking to organizations in the Chicago area and offering our office space for them to use as their own hacking space |
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**Offering organizations to "sponsor" some our workshops and/or classes and get some of our funding that way |
**Offering organizations to "sponsor" some our workshops and/or classes and get some of our funding that way |
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**What's the perceived value of funding us, what are we offering? |
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=== Resources === |
=== Resources === |
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*Grassroots grants: an activist's guide to grantseeking, Andy Robinson, http://www.chipublib.org/search/details/cn/1935371 |
*Grassroots grants: an activist's guide to grantseeking, Andy Robinson, http://www.chipublib.org/search/details/cn/1935371 |
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*Donors Forum [http://www.donorsforum.org/resource/grant_start.html] |
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*Foundation Center [http://foundationcenter.org/] |
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*Funds Net Services [http://www.fundsnetservices.com/] |
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*Face to Face (guide on getting donations from singular people) [http://www.nald.ca/fulltext/heritage/ComPartnE/Fac2Fac1.htm#Contents] |
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* More tips [http://www.socialedge.org/features/issue-areas/online_marketing] |
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Latest revision as of 21:54, 2 July 2008
Possible Funding Sources
- 826 Valencia: Children's education program in Chicago, http://www.826valencia.org/
- Community Outreach programs in Chicago area
- Education grants and programs at local universities and colleges
- Google.org (http://www.google.org/inform.html - I think we fit pretty well into their inform & empower goal, but the application process may be a little long)
- General Grants (Chris will look more into this)
- Ben & Jerry's Foundation- request for small grants $1000 or less (http://www.benjerry.com/foundation/guidelines.html)
- Community foundations in Chicago
- Churches
- City/Local government-special projects funding
- Support for local businesses
- Rotary International
- Educate the Children Foundation ---> I don't know that they actually have money, but they'd probably be interested in OLPC, and easy to talk to since they're based in Barrington.
Approach
- We're requesting funding fairly last minute, so having an organization who would be able to write off a few thousand dollars to us as a part of some existing program that they're doing would be ideal. To do this we should consider the following:
- Focusing on groups that work on children's education, general community outreach, appropriate technologies & sustainable development, one's that fund and support non-profits or new initiatives or something along those lines so that the organizations values fit more closely with ILXO's.
- Sticking to organizations in the Chicago area and offering our office space for them to use as their own hacking space
- Offering organizations to "sponsor" some our workshops and/or classes and get some of our funding that way
- What's the perceived value of funding us, what are we offering?