[Chapter-delegates] On funding dedicated to chapters

[Sarah Armstrong]

Hello to all and wishing you all well.

I've met many of you but not all and wanted to introduce myself.
My name is Sarah Armstrong and I am the Executive Director of the Internet Society Foundation. 
I've been following the dialogue in this Chapter-delegates list and have been working with Andrew to get you as much information as we have to respond to the issues you've raised.

First let me say we appreciate your interest in the work of the Foundation. We are still new and still learning but are proud of the work we've done as we come towards the close of our second operational year.

Second, I'd like to share that we truly value our relationship with the Chapters. You are a very important part of the community.  We are regularly in touch with many of you through webinars, emails and Zoom calls.  And we recently distributed a survey to get to even better understand - and thus respond to - your needs. We will continuously improve this important program responding to what we learn.

And third, I'd like to respond to the question about the amount of funds provided for Beyond the Net in 2020 (per note below). The figures on the website erroneously included a small number of awards that were made in 2021 for applications received in 2020. We have tightened our processes around updating initiatives based on calendar years, and numbers reported in our AP2021 and Look Back 2020 were correct.

I am happy to take any additional questions if there are others and continue to encourage all of you to apply for more Beyond the Net grants. 
All the best,
Sarah

Sarah Armstrong, Executive Director, Internet Society Foundation 
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https://www.isocfoundation.org/

On 10/2/21, 1:25 PM, "Chapter-delegates on behalf of Hank Nussbacher via Chapter-delegates" <chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org on behalf of chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

    On 01/10/2021 20:45, Andrew Sullivan via Chapter-delegates wrote:
    >
    >> 5. Which was the total budget awarded by the various programs of the
    >>   ISOC Foundation in 2020, including BtN?
    >
    > Total Awarded in 2020 across all programs was $3,801,456.
    > Hope this helps.
    >
    > A
    >
    Dear Andrew,
    Can you explain the discrepancy between your number above and:
    https://www.isocfoundation.org/about/our-projects/
    "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
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