Funding Tiers: A New Approach #4

In Rounds 1-4, organizations were awarded relatively the same amount with some variation depending on what the reviewers wanted to prioritize. In Round 5 (Spring 2022), the introduction of different funding tiers (or levels) was an attempt to recognize on paper that not all organizations and grant applicants have the same structure or operate in the same manner. The funding tiers also allowed for additional criteria to further articulate that the CRF was meant to meet organizations where they are based on capacity, geographic reach, and demographics. For example, to award $10,000 each to an organization serving multiple ethnic communities statewide and an organization serving one ethnic community in one or two counties is inequitable from a funding perspective.