Foundations funding networks
Valdis Krebs
Here is the answer I left in my blog after your comment below. You
did not leave your name in the blog comment, so I could not address
you by your name. Maybe June can add a few more?
Valdis
> Tutor/Mentor,
> I do not know all of the Foundations that financially support:
> * social network analysis
> * network weaving
> in economic & community development.
>
> But here is a list of the Foundations that June, Jack and I have
> worked with that "get" and suport networks:
>
> * Gund
> * Kellogg
> * Cleveland
> * MacArthur
> * Barr
> * Annie E Casey
> * Johnson Family
> * Omidyar
>
> The list is not long, but has some of the best Foundations, eh?
> I'm sure I am missing a few...
>
>
>> Thanks for sharing the link to the article by Valdis. I left a
>> comment, pointing to a map of the links library at ttp://
>> tinyurl.com/23aa9w
>>
>> These groups represent part of my network, but not the people in my
>> network, which numbers more than 15,000. What foundation(s) are
>> funding work in SNA and would provide the money for a group like mine
>> to contract with SNA consultants so we could map our network and use
>> it in all the ways SNA suggests is possible?
>>
>> It's nice to have the help of volunteers, but as you know, volunteers
>> are busy people who can't always deliver service on the time schedule
>> that work requires. Business people take this for granted when they
>> can draw upon paid staff and corporate resources to produce on-time
>> products and services. If we can identify a funding source more non
>> profits might apply SNA to decision support strategies.
>>
>> Dan Bassill
>>
tutormentor
the same discussion with myself and others who are doing this work,
but so far can't get past the letter of inquiry to a real discussion
of what we're trying to do?
I've never been able to frame what I'm doing in a way that MacArthur
or Kellogg would even consider a proposal. I have a suggestion that
I'd like you to consider.
Have you ever drafted an over view of SNA that would be the
introduction to a donor that you're asking for support from? Could
you create an introduction that clearly states the many values of SNA
that you articulate better than many others, and which I or anyone
else could use in our own introductions. Maybe this becomes a group
project
a) intro to SNA and its values; reasons foundation should invest in
groups who are applying SNA in mission driven orgs
b) intro to org, and ways SNA is to be applied to further mission
c) lessons that can be learned and applied to other social benefit
groups
d) discussion of costs
A and C could be written by people who are experts in SNA and who
would be advisors, consultants and/or partners to orgs in group B who
are applying SNA toward mission driven purposes. Part D would also be
written by SNA experts who understand the time and costs of applying
their knowledge in orgs like TMC. I would not even begin to know how
to create a realistic budget for this.
If A and C are ideas that the donor understands because they trust and
understand the writer, then this can help orgs that they may not know
or understand get serious consideration for support.
Maybe this is a way to get those foundations interested in SNA into a
SNA for this purpose.
Dan Bassill
jean russell
:-)
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