Attendees

Guests

Danielle Robinson, Co-Executive Director, Code for Science & Society (first 30 minutes, for agenda item 2)

Agenda

Introductions
Outside fundraising - discussion and brainstorming with Danielle Robinson (All)
Annual fundraising call check-in (Jon)
1. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K2Q7qona5IlCeyxrCKG-ghCg4Sc1CFzETcGRj4CPZ5w/edit?usp=sharing
2019 Connect sponsorship check-in (Ryan and Jessica)
1. List of Potential Sponsors
  1. get the contact of the sales reps who
  2. talk to procurement - anyone with a contract - in's to the company COntracts person can find individuals
  3. Start collecting contact info
2. Levels chart: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19KOobVRUp3SNvYXLKRkX2xCAud44S_AJeEmxrk2cETY/edit?usp=sharing
  1. share with Andrew at Wash U at St. Louis - what can they deliver or not deliver
  2. Ryan run by Andrew (CC Richard and Jon D)
  3. People are willing to pay for a mailing list - at UCSD - give them access to which participants opted into (basic rules on etiquette)
Any other business
Date of next meeting?
1. Jon unavailable March 4-15

Danielle Robinson - Code For Science and Society - Fiscal Sponsorship Program

When an org receives a grant - fiscal sponsorship - can avoid the burden of a

Grant to Re-grant - they get the grant and grant it over to the org

Most projects inside the states take advantage of benefits package

3 prongs of Samvera Fundraising WG

Annual Fundraising Campaign
Conference Sponsorship
Larger Scale Funding Opportunities/ Issues

In-Kind Contribution

Pay in as member - do not - just donating time

Raised

Transition or Add - Service Contract - if no one pays, the first work that will go by the wayside are core maintenance tasks not tied to exciting projects/ coordination and community management. Direct effort more strategically and slow burn out of volunteers, etc...

Most fundraising w/ Private Philanthropy - some IMLS grants - could pull together a consortia to get a government grants

Would IMLS go in for something bigger? Pursuing or checking back in with a scope/ building a community - re-evaluate Governance as orgs hit 6-10 years

Revisit/ Reach-out to program officer at IMLS to check interest.

In terms of private philanthropy, difficult to get core operations covered. Want to fund new and exciting initiatives/ bounded projects. Money can run out when project ends.

Funder to set up some structures, get the structures in place. Get a business model started/ need to fill roles with staff to professionalize organization. Mellon and Sloan. Bridge the gap for next 5 years for governance for next ten.

Helmsley - family foundation. 4 Trustees. Cross-program initiative. Initiatives to help existing programs, so, like Data Management. Try to develop a relationship. (Josh is the contact)

Arcadia - Focus on Open Access (Ross). Still getting a handle on what is funded and what isn't. Make sure he knows what we're doing.

Welcomm Trust - an international group. Based in UK.

Schedule a bunch of 30 minute calls, share the state of the org. Funders like to fund a story where they can push an org to the next level. That story is all set up.

Direct benefit to Humanities - get to trustees, and pass. What is the angle? More direct outcome of work.

In Samvera Community - champions of researchers who use these services - who depends on Samvera infrastructure? - Mellon is a special case. Sloan can be just across open scholarship.

Siegel Family Endowment & Laura and John Arnold Foundation - young family foundations with living donors (Laura at Siegel, Meredith at Arnold)

Ford is interested in Open Infrastructure -

Gordon and Betty Moore - direct impact on science (Chris Metzel)

AI: Craft story about next ten years of Samvera - getting an investment, 3-5 year grant for business development,

Brian - Chan-Zuckerberg

Howard Hughes - centerpiece is their HHMI investigators. Fund scientists directly. Infrastructure and publishing.

Make case to Don and Patricia (talk to Josh first) -

15-30 minute call on the Landscape.

AI - email to tell Danielle what we said we'd do.

Brian knows Ross at Arcadia/ Ashley Sans at IMLS

3-5 business planning, business development project to get capacity going - some sort of sustainability plan

AI - follow up with Josh - Brian ask Danielle

IMLS? National Platform - help more institutions -

Why did second Hyku proposal fail? - Reach out to Erin Tripp and find out. Submitted 2 years ago (had Mara Marks left?).

Fundraising - Jon has redrafted letter - link is in the agenda

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