Dear CfA Brigades and Volunteers, As we begin the year, I’m writing to share some reflections, appreciations, and forthcoming changes to the Network program at Code for America. I’d like to start by acknowledging that the significance of the Brigade Network cannot be overstated. There is no doubt …

[image] anon79192816: Hi, here’s their detailed statement on political activity: Political Activity - Open Collective Foundation . That’s a good catch, it’s a pretty small but notable gap from the policies brigades were already under with CfA. However, they seem to draw the line at legislati…

Thank you @arenteria , @chris , @anon79192816 , @nFlourish , and @noel_hidalgo for this helpful information and all of your valuable insights to those of us who depend on CfA’s fiscal sponsorship. Through my involvement with GYR and being a Brigade Leader, I can see all sides of the coin. No one re…

I’m very sad to see this outcome. It’s unfortunate, but this is likely the death knell for Code for New Orleans. We are very small. I’ve been leading the group solo for several years now and had no success bringing on new leadership partners. I’ve had no success engaging volunteers that stay on. I …

Is there a Zoom registration link for the Feb 9th session?

Great point and also note that FCNY has the National Center for Civic Innovation which has less New York centric branding. They were super easy to work with at ARGO ( A.R.G.O. – Medium )

What is Open Collective’s cost of fiscal sponsorship for government contracts versus private grants? Last I checked FCNY / NCCI was 9% private philanthropy / 12% government

For us, a partner project under the FCNY EIN, there is no difference in costs. It is a flat 9% overhead fee. That 9% really packs quite a punch.

I’m going to work hard to keep a Brigade Congress going. We’ll do something in NYC in 2024. You can put that on your calendar! We already have a venue.

Just added it to the post. It will be the same link for all forums. https://codeforamerica.zoom.us/j/84871319841?pwd=ZDR5RE1sanI5ZW5JMUxRdzVHbDY3UT09

[image] patwater31: What is Open Collective’s cost of fiscal sponsorship for government contracts versus private grants? Last I checked FCNY / NCCI was 9% private philanthropy / 12% government As far as I can tell from their docs on grants and government contracts , there is no special fee so …

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