Our class is entering an exciting stage as we have officially passed the deadline for our RFP, have received all of our grant applications (17 applications!) and are now down to five finalists.
We have begun more in depth research and are doing phone interviews with the organizations to gather as much information as possible about their proposed plans before making further decisions.
We have been very impressed by the organizations who have applied for a grant from us. Our focus on educational initiatives was quite broad and some very creative approaches to education have made it into our final review. We are very excited to continue this review process.
The process of narrowing down the 17 applications to five was extensive. We read all of the applications, did initial ratings, presented on the top 10 organizations, and then further reviewed and voted.
Our class has been rather surprisingly in agreement about the voting and decisions to move on in the review process. We have had mainly unanimous votes so far, which is pretty rare from what we have heard from guest speakers on other foundation boards. We are very pleased with the final five organizations and are excited to learn more about them and continue this process.
Stay tuned in the coming weeks as we continue towards a final decision!
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