[Chapter-delegates] On funding dedicated to chapters

[Hank Nussbacher]

On 01/10/2021 01:29, Flávio Rech Wagner via Chapter-delegates wrote:
>
> Hi Andrew
>
> In order that we have a more solid basis for our discussion on the 
> grants chapters are receiving, and taking finalfigures from 2020, 
> could you please tell us in a very concrete way:
>
>  1. How much money went to “small grants” of the BtN program in total
>     in 2020? How many projects have been approved? How many chapters
>     benefited from “small grants”?
>  2. How much money went to “large grants” of the BtN program in total
>     in 2020? How many projects have been approved? How many chapters
>     benefited from “large grants”?
>  3. Which was the total budget of the BtN program in 2020?
>  4. How much money went to chapters through other programs of the ISOC
>     Foundation in 2020?
>  5. Which was the total budget awarded by the various programs of the
>     ISOC Foundation in 2020, including BtN?
>
> I must say that ISOC Brazil is very happy to receive small and large 
> grants from the ISOC Foundation. They have been instrumental for many 
> of our activities and have helped us leverage additional funding from 
> other sources. I must also say that we have a very good relationship 
> to the ISOC Foundation staff, which is always available and very 
> helpful. And I agree that things are becoming much easier, for 
> submitting both applications and final reports.
>
> So, from my perspective, this discussion is not about the quality of 
> the work done. It is about strategic decisions on the distribution of 
> the overall budget and about the relative weight of the chapters.
>
> Best,
>
> Flávio
>
Dear Flávio,

I think you can glean that information from:
https://www.isocfoundation.org/about/our-projects/
https://www.isocfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/ISOC_Foundation_BtN_small_active_grants_July2021.htm

Or in summary as stated on one of the pages above:

"We currently support grantees in 58 countries across 6 continents, and 
awarded $4,476,879 million in funding in 2020."

Regards,
Hank Nussbacher
ISOC-IL