Meet the BC funder who’ll pay you for time you spend applying for a grant
Why It Matters
Social purpose organizations spend thousands of hours each year applying for grants. A new practice — of grantmakers compensating for that time — could help to soften the financial impact of unsuccessful grant applications and could help increase the number of grant applications from organizations with limited fundraising capacity.
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For Rebecca Hurwitz, the idea just made sense.
On November 15, the executive director of the Clayoquot Biosphere Trust, a west coast community foundation, gathered with about a dozen of her organization’s past grantees in a meeting room at a resort in Tofino, on the traditional territory of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation.
The group’s task was straightforward: suggesting improvements for the foundation’s “Vital Grants” program, which had r
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