RFPh: Request for Philanthropy

Facilitated by Matthew Fitzgerald

Description

Foundations are kinda like clients. What if we saw them as agencies instead? The concept of an RFPh is a thought experiment to lift our heads up from grant applications and funding cycles to a bigger possibility for change.

Notes

RFPh(ilanthropy)

• RFPh vision statemen
• what are the components of an RFPh?
• things we find frustrating that should be made invigorating
• Principles
• reference philanthropy initiatives that are alligned/(somewhat) allied e.g. GEO
• no more spec work! we're not doing _____ anymore
• increaes general operating support
• patient, long-term funding

• How many fundations by invite only?
• Foundations that tell me being "..." know more about conditions on the ground than we do.

• Matt, Upwell, did youth philanthropy funding
• Rachel, entire funding agile "crazy funds"

• Foundations contantant in nature - look at the history and who is on previous boards
• Right wing funding infrastructure seams much more patient - long term -
• should be more experimential, risky, selling adventurous nonprofit efforts
• "trickle down" how much is actually getting down to the street to the "doers"

     **RFP process that Gunner teaches