NAC, CFA and $2 million grant money from Knight Foundation I hope y’all have thought about addressing these kinds of questions, both at 2018 Brigade Congress and outreach to folks who cannot attend: a) The purpose of the grant. Some is here https://medium.com/code-for-america/strengthening-the-nat…

+1 curious to the answers to these questions as well

hey @NAC let’s review these great questions and consider a response

Thanks @chris ! Also looking towards long term solutions, this discussion on this specific grant can tie into the larger governance thread about learning from other successful models of grassroots good government organizations. See: [image] Learning from other grassroots good gover…

Hey, this topic has had a lot of activity. Awesome! I just want to send a quick note that despite the radio silence from CfA staff, we have seen this and we’re working on authoring a response. I don’t have that response now, but wanted to mention that it will be forthcoming. Thanks for your patienc…

Hi everyone, again thank you for the patience on this. We’d like to be transparent as is practical about the support that enables the Network Team’s work. In turn, that enables us to support you! Knight is our main funder presently, and so here is some info about how the Knight grant will be used …

Is there a list of Knight cities?

Yes, there is a list on their website: [image] Communities - Knight Foundation Supporting successful, inclusive cities Knight cities with Brigades include: Charlotte Miami Philadelphia San Jose Boulder

Tom - thanks. This provides clarity on many items which helps transparency, and I think will help strong communication within the NAC and among the brigades. A few quick thoughts for CFA staff and the wider community: a) Good to understand the overall support/gap for the Brigade network related pi…

Wasn’t there also a Bloomberg grant that was based on network activities as well? It would probably be helpful if there were formal disclosure protocols around CfA fundraising that leverages Brigade activities so that’s more open by default rather than open per annoying pestering random Brigade memb…

Regarding the bullet point in the Knight grant summary - “Increase # of brigade members and strengthen the number and quality of projects brigades work on and the partnerships they have with their government partners - ensuring Knight cities are well represented” - how much money from the 2019 Knigh…

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