Kingston Common Futures is offering grants directly to the Kingston community, for the Kingston community, decided by the Kingston community.
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Our purpose is to challenge historic imbalances of power and systems of oppression while working towards a deeply inclusive and collaborative ecosystem empowered to serve the common good.
What We Offer
Grant Funding
We facilitate and manage the distribution of seed funding to projects and community initiatives that build or steward the common good in Kingston.
Grants will range from $5,000 – $50,000.
TOTAL funding available in this pilot year: $150,000
SUPPORT + NETWORK
We organize a network of volunteers and mentors to provide an accessible and supportive process for funding applicants, that allows us to build stronger relationships, identify opportunities for collaboration, and model care.
Where are we in the Pilot Fund Cycle?
SPREAD THE WORD
- Spreading the word to the Kingston community
- Recruiting Mentors, Readers, and Selection Jury
APPLY & REVIEW
- Letter of Intent submission and review
- Application development, support, submission and review
DECIDE & DISTRIBUTE
- Selection Jury convenes
- Application finalists interviewed
- Grantees selected and awarded funding
MEASURE, LEARN, & GROW
- Projects followed with advisory support from Kingston Common Futures
- Impact measurement and learning to refine our next funding cycle
How It Works
The funding process will use a highly transparent and supportive approach: facilitating engaged and democratic decision-making while nurturing a growing network of resources and relationships. The ambition is a community-led decision to fund a diverse group of projects serving community needs, stewarded through a process that inspires regenerative ways of building and managing shared resources.
Get involved
Kingston Common Futures wouldn’t be a community-driven fund without community members like you. Together, we can create a vibrant ecosystem that funds local projects and strengthens our networks of support. How would you like to be a part of Kingston Common Futures?
