Kingston Common Futures is offering grants directly to the Kingston community, for the Kingston community, decided by the Kingston community.
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Nuestro propósito es desafiar los desequilibrios históricos de poder y los sistemas de opresión, al tiempo que trabajamos por un ecosistema profundamente inclusivo y colaborativo, capacitado para servir al bien común.
What We Offer
Grant Funding
Facilitamos y gestionamos la distribución de financiación inicial a proyectos e iniciativas comunitarias que construyen o administran el bien común en Kingston.
Las subvenciones oscilarán entre $5.000 y $50.000.
Financiación TOTAL disponible en este año piloto: $150.000
APOYO + RED
Organizamos una red de voluntarios y mentores para ofrecer un proceso accesible y de apoyo a los solicitantes de financiación, que nos permita establecer relaciones más sólidas, identificar oportunidades de colaboración y modelar la atención.
Where are we in the Pilot Fund Cycle?
SPREAD THE WORD
- Spreading the word to the Kingston community
- Recruiting Mentors, Readers, and Selection Jury
APPLY & REVIEW
- Letter of Intent submission and review
- Application development, support, submission and review
DECIDE & DISTRIBUTE
- Selection Jury convenes
- Application finalists interviewed
- Grantees selected and awarded funding
MEASURE, LEARN, & GROW
- Projects followed with advisory support from Kingston Common Futures
- Impact measurement and learning to refine our next funding cycle
Cómo funciona
The funding process will use a highly transparent and supportive approach: facilitating engaged and democratic decision-making while nurturing a growing network of resources and relationships. The ambition is a community-led decision to fund a diverse group of projects serving community needs, stewarded through a process that inspires regenerative ways of building and managing shared resources.
Get involved
Kingston Common Futures wouldn’t be a community-driven fund without community members like you. Together, we can create a vibrant ecosystem that funds local projects and strengthens our networks of support. How would you like to be a part of Kingston Common Futures?
