[FM Discuss] applying for FM funds

[David Farning]

The three key words for non-profit funding are: Mission, vision, values.

Does your mission match the funding organization's mission?  How will
funding your proposal help them accomplish their mission better than
funding someone else's proposal.

Does your vision match the funding organization's vision?  How will
funding your proposal make help the funding organization archive their
vision for how the world should look?

Do your values match those of the donor organization?

While these all seem 'touchy feeling' which they are.  Some
foundation's mission is to create positive press for the donor.  Some
foundations values are to disrupt the spread of a competitors
products.

Find the organizations who's mission vision and values align with FM's
and start making connections.

david

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Andy Oram <andyo at oreilly.com> wrote:
> In general, we should look for the kinds of big companies that fund other projects. The likes of IBM support the Linux Foundations, the GNOME Foundation, etc. There are also non-profits that might invest in documentation for the general good of free software, as FSF has already done.
>
> I don't have specific contacts, but as I come across people I'll keep it in mind.
>
> Andy
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> hi,
>
> If anyone knows of funds FM should apply for, then please let me know. I
> want to start compiling a list of possibilities.
>
> adam
>
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