Aug 2022 Grants Process Workgroup: Reading Reflections by Michelle Du https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em en-us 2022-08-16 21:08:20 UTC 2022-09-19 23:03:57 UTC hello@padlet.com How does racial justice show up in our current grantmaking process? https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2269314838 2022-08-23 21:58:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2269314838 Is our indirect cost policy prescriptive and limiting to current and potential grantees? https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2269318511 2022-08-23 22:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2269318511 Does our grant process favor resourced organizations that subscribe to traditional program models? https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2269319660 2022-08-23 22:06:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2269319660 How do we create a grants process that shifts the funder/grantee power balance? https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2269320481 2022-08-23 22:08:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2269320481 What work has Irvine done in the past to inform the grantmaking process that centers on BIPOC-led and serving organizations? https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2269320944 2022-08-23 22:09:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2269320944 Indirect cost policy https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2269324016 2022-08-23 22:15:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2269324016 How do we become more explicit about Racial Justice? How does this connect to our North Star? https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2269324359 2022-08-23 22:16:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2269324359 Technical Assistance for reporting is built into the grants. https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2269324653 2022-08-23 22:16:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2269324653 Adopting a racial justice lens that helps identify areas of improvement that work to repair past harms and create equity-driven processes, centering BIPOC -led and serving organizations. https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2269327679 2022-08-23 22:22:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2269327679 Intentional and deep partnership with grantees https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2269461239 2022-08-24 01:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2269461239 Being explicit about racial justice, especially with grantee partners. https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2269464766 2022-08-24 01:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2269464766 https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270315708 Adopt a common grant application; avoid strict character-count requirements.]]> 2022-08-24 16:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270315708 https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270324128 "In choosing their own practices, foundations should accept an appropriate portion of the burden for the work required to make a grant."]]> 2022-08-24 16:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270324128 Can we create a process that doesn't have barriers for smaller BIPOC led organizations? https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270324341 2022-08-24 16:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270324341 Hard to pick just one, there are several small, doable things on the list that we could implement right away. One harder nut to crack, but important - avoid requiring convening or collaboration as a condition of funding - I bring this up because it's very Irvine https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270329918 2022-08-24 16:29:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270329918 https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270365069 Racial justice focuses explicitly on building civic, cultural, and political power by those most impacted ]]> 2022-08-24 17:00:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270365069 https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270370035 How accessible/inclusive is our current grants process? What foundations can we learn from?]]> 2022-08-24 17:05:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270370035 https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270371786  Limit questions to those required for grant decisions ]]> 2022-08-24 17:07:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270371786 Do we need to take the time as a foundation to asses our commitment to Racial equity in tandem with Racial Justice? https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270383810 2022-08-24 17:17:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270383810 Where do we get explicit in our grantmaking to be clear that our goal is racial equity? And where do we require the same of our grantees? https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270385086 2022-08-24 17:18:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270385086 "A racial equity lens separates symptoms from causes, but a racial justice lens brings into view the confrontation of power, the redistribution of resources, and the systemic transformation necessary for real change." https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270386558 2022-08-24 17:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270386558 https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270420417 At Irvine we often aim to fund BIPOC led or serving organizations, but I see their challenges are different when they are BIPOC-led (and not only BIPOC-serving) and trying to access philanthropic funding. ]]> 2022-08-24 17:48:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270420417 https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270424506 Racial justice is about power and that is often missing from the conversation, so I am hoping we bring it to the forefront. Also, using racial justice could be an agreement we make for how we frame our work, not only racial equity. ]]> 2022-08-24 17:52:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270424506 https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270427636 Constantly thinking about how we build off what other foundations are doing (given the examples provided), but go even further in removing administrative and other burdens we place on grantees. We can bring innovation to our work and the field, just like the foundations who are using phone calls as proposals. ]]> 2022-08-24 17:55:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270427636 https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270429035 Weighing the cost and benefit of learning communities - thinking of how we can engage grantees to inform this, rather than prescribing a learning community or collaborative. ]]> 2022-08-24 17:56:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270429035 The extent to which our scoping and due diligence processes for identifying and inviting new grantees can actively be informed by a racial equity and racial justice lens. https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270498903 2022-08-24 18:59:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270498903 "Limit questions to those required for grant decisions. Avoid the interesting but extraneous." https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270535328 2022-08-24 19:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270535328 Where is Irvine on the spectrum of racial equity vs. racial justice? And, is our goal to move towards racial justice? https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270536203 2022-08-24 19:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270536203 As we acknowledge that "structural racism affects every issue", we should explore how grantmaking processes burden grantees, especially those from smaller or underfunded organizations that are often BIPOC led. Those organizations that are lean on staff capacity, where often one or two individual are responsible for various parts of the grant writing process, could greatly benefit from a more efficient process, adjustments that would be impactful beyond BIPOC led orgs. https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270546268 2022-08-24 19:54:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270546268 "Time is a key resource. A racial justice lens seeks to expand that resource rather than extract it." I see this as being a key principle for our process. How can we eliminate redundancies in our system, ease burden, and give back grantees their time? https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270551624 2022-08-24 20:00:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/z5ke0wk7awi6x8em/wish/2270551624