[Chapter-delegates] On funding dedicated to chapters

[Jessica Dickinson Goodman]

Hi Sarah,

Thank you for all that you do! I've worked with a fair number of
foundations and funders in my career, including teaching grant prospecting
for the U.S. State Department's TechWomen <https://techwomen.org/> program.
I found the Internet Society Foundation's Beyond the Net Grant process
relatively painless, nicely transparent, and the staff responsive and
knowledgeable. There's always room for improvement, but when I'm
recruiting people to my chapter, the funding streams available to chapters
who need support in fulfilling our shared mission is an important part of
my pitch.

I hope you have a great day.

Best,

Jessica Dickinson Goodman
Chapter President
San Francisco Bay Area Internet Society

On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 12:13 PM Sarah Armstrong via Chapter-delegates <
chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> 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
> (O) + 1 571-401-8501 (M) + 1 703-980-3116
> 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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