Cooperative Vermont Grant Fund
A collective fund to support cooperative development in Vermont. The funds are allocated on a quarterly basis in a participatory budgeting process by active contributors.
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A monthly recurring contribution to stay current as a member of the Cooperative Vermont collective! Minimum for individuals is $1/month for individ... Read more
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Top financial contributors
Individuals
$360 USD since Oct 2019
$305 USD since Jul 2020
$240 USD since Mar 2022
$180 USD since Feb 2023
$145 USD since Aug 2020
$105 USD since Sep 2020
$87 USD since Sep 2022
$65 USD since Mar 2020
$60 USD since Mar 2020
$60 USD since Jul 2020
$60 USD since Oct 2020
$50 USD since Jul 2021
$40 USD since Feb 2020
$24 USD since Jul 2020
$20 USD since Aug 2022
Organizations
$395.62 USD since Dec 2022
Cooperative Vermont Grant Fund is all of us
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Thank you for supporting Cooperative Vermont Grant Fund.
David Gowler
Vermont Emplo...
$396 USD
Avram Patt
Member (Monthly)
$305 USD
Michael Weiss
Member (Annual)
$240 USD
Emma Yorra
Member (Annual)
$180 USD
Colin Keegan
Member (Monthly)
$145 USD
Caitlin Waddick
Member (Monthly)
$105 USD
James Simone
$87 USD
Elias K Gardner
Member (Annual)
$65 USD
Nico Lustig
$60 USD
Maria Lara Br...
Member (Annual)
$60 USD
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About
Membership:
Voting members of Cooperative Vermont make a recurring donation of at least $1/month or $12/year for individuals, and $5/month or $60/year for organizations. Contributions are made via the Cooperative Vermont Grant Fund Open Collective page, which is fiscally sponsored by the Cooperative Development Insitute.
Core Activities:
- Grant Fund: Each quarter, members in good standing participate in a participatory budgeting exercise to allocate the balance of funds in Open Collective. Members and community members are invited to submit ideas for uses of funds that contribute to Vermont's co-op economy and community, and then a dot vote is held in which each participant will distribute dots to reflect their preferred allocation of funds. The results are reviewed by the admin team, which uses them to inform a final proposal which is put to the members for ratification. Once ratified, funds are disbursed for the approved purposes.
- Cooperative Vermont Communications: Over the past decade, "Cooperative Vermont" has developed a number of communications channels, including a Facebook page, Twitter account, Youtube channel, and Mailchimp list. Members in good standing may request to be granted posting permissions on Cooperative Vermont's communications platforms by joining the Communications Committee. Appointment to the Communications Committee requires a majority vote of the membership, and appointments must be renewed every three years.
- Admin Committee:
- Responsibilities:
- Interface with Fiscal Sponsor.
- Manage grant process.
- Administration of Open Collective page.
- Election: Members in good standing may be elected to the administration committee by a majority vote of the membership. Admin committee members are appointed for a three year term, and volunteers will be asked for annually. The maximum size of the Admin Committee is five, and the size may be adjusted at any time by a majority vote of the membership.
- Current Members:
- Matt Cropp [Appointed as first member 2/2/2020]
- Responsibilities:
- Communications Committee:
- Responsibilities:
- Development and updating of media policies.
- Post content to communications channels, and moderate comments on said channels.
- Elections: Members in good standing may self-nominate to join the communications committee, and are appointed for a three year term upon election by a majority vote.
- Current Members:
- Matt Cropp [Appointed as first member 2/2/2020]
- Responsibilities:
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