I just want to extend our congratulations and thanks to the six finalist environmental organizations that have been selected to compete for a $1,000 grant as part of our Reality Grantmaking session tomorrow morning. For those of you not familiar with Reality Grantmaking, it is an exciting program we have done for the past few years in collaboration with the Development Executives Roundtable and the Association of Fundraising Professionals-Golden Gate Chapter. During Reailty Grantmaking, attendees have the opportunity to observe grantmaking in action as a panel of grantmakers determine which of the competing proposals will be selected to receive the grant. In order for us to fulfill that strong grantseeker desire to listen in on the grant deliberation process, some organizations had to be willing to "take one for the team" and volunteer to have their grant proposals publicly reviewed. Not surprisingly when funding is at stake, there was some competition involved and we have now announced the six organizations that were selected as finalists:
- Coral Reef Alliance
- Hidden Villa
- MedShare
- Pacific Forest Trust
- River Partners
- Accountable Development Coalition
The links above will take you to the submitted proposals. If you plan on attending tomorrow, you can do some advance reading and place bets with yourself or your friends about which of these organizations will take home that $1,000 prize.
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