has anyone considered applying for grant money for the RRGCC from the Ben & Jerry's Foundation? http://www.benjerry.com/foundation/guidelines.html
yes, the ice cream company.
I was trying to do a little research on what the company does with profits and they give over 1.1 million dollars a year to grassroots organizations. I'm not exactly sure if the RRGCC would qualify for something like this but perhaps someone with a little more technical skill's than I could write a grant proposal and submit it to the company. Even if they only give us a few hundred dollars it would be better than nothing.
now I'm not a grant writer but...
it states:
Grant applicants need to demonstrate that their projects will:
* lead to societal, institutional and/or environmental change;
* address the root causes of social or environmental problems; and
* lead to new ways of thinking and acting.
i'm not sure i follow you. i'm thinking their definition of "environmental change" is a bit more than forging a better trail to reach the rock and/or bolting a new route.
not quite sure how to make something climbing-related address the root cause of social/environment plms.
i've written grant proposals before, but this one seems a little reachy for me. maybe someone else can give it a go. it's a great idea - but i don't know that B&J is the best one to write for. if you see anything else in your searching - send it on.
Grant applicants need to demonstrate that their projects will:
* lead to societal, institutional and/or environmental change;
* address the root causes of social or environmental problems; and
* lead to new ways of thinking and acting.
i'm not sure i follow you. i'm thinking their definition of "environmental change" is a bit more than forging a better trail to reach the rock and/or bolting a new route.
not quite sure how to make something climbing-related address the root cause of social/environment plms.
i've written grant proposals before, but this one seems a little reachy for me. maybe someone else can give it a go. it's a great idea - but i don't know that B&J is the best one to write for. if you see anything else in your searching - send it on.
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Actually Josephine we are still working on it. Paul has been wanting to get that together for a long time but it's sometimes difficult to start new projects when we have so much going on.Josephine wrote:just out of curiosity, is there any kind of program for the local kids to try climbing? kinda off topic, but just wondering.Saxman wrote:Now, if you wanted money to take inner city kids climbing, they might pony up for that.
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One question that might be important: Is the fund related to Ben and Jerry themselves, or is it related to the food conglomerate that owns the brand today, which I think is Unilever.
If the fund is related to the guys themselves, then I would think that climbers would have a chance (overall protecting the environment by promoting human powered recreation rather than extractive industries, for example). Ben and Jerry appear to be actually motivated by making the world a better place.
But if the fund is related to Unilever, a publicly traded corporation, then the fund is essentially a PR operation - how do the grants from the fund promote the brand and thus increase corporate profits? (It sounds cold, but that is the one and only reason that publicly traded corporations exist to do.)
If the fund is related to the guys themselves, then I would think that climbers would have a chance (overall protecting the environment by promoting human powered recreation rather than extractive industries, for example). Ben and Jerry appear to be actually motivated by making the world a better place.
But if the fund is related to Unilever, a publicly traded corporation, then the fund is essentially a PR operation - how do the grants from the fund promote the brand and thus increase corporate profits? (It sounds cold, but that is the one and only reason that publicly traded corporations exist to do.)
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um, tomdarch..man you blew it.....
ben and jerry seem to be motivated by making the world a better place? are you freaking kidding? why then, did they sell their interest in the company to the big conglomerate? they wanted the cash....duh.
theirs was another great idea filled with inspiration that went the way of the money machine.
btw, I would even argue that to make the world a better place, they would not make a product such as theirs that contributes to gross obesity and outrageous healthcare costs in the US...but that is not the PC liberal mindset of "saving the world" and is much too common sense to gain traction.
ben and jerry seem to be motivated by making the world a better place? are you freaking kidding? why then, did they sell their interest in the company to the big conglomerate? they wanted the cash....duh.
theirs was another great idea filled with inspiration that went the way of the money machine.
btw, I would even argue that to make the world a better place, they would not make a product such as theirs that contributes to gross obesity and outrageous healthcare costs in the US...but that is not the PC liberal mindset of "saving the world" and is much too common sense to gain traction.
Positive vibes brah...positive vibes.