CONCLUSION & NEXT STEPS

The Community Redistribution Fund has seen tremendous growth since its inception in 2020 in the midst of a global pandemic. As the CRF enters its fourth year, the CRF Team is planning to do an automatic re-funding of the 2022 grantees with a few adjustments and input from the first cohort of the Food Equity & Justice Collaborative that will convene in January of 2023. This will also allow the CRF Team time to review and evaluate the past three years and make improvements, including but not limited to:

Fine-Tuning the Funding Tiers

Feedback was received that having applicants choose a funding tier forced applicants into a scarcity mindset The CRF Team will keep funding tiers but only as a tool to guide grant reviewers.

More Funding for Indigenous Organizations

Funding for organizations working closely with tribal populations dropped from 27.8% (or $139,000) for both grant cycles in 2021, to 14.7% (or $110,00) in the 2022 grant cycle. Recommendation is to have at least 25% of fund redistributed to Indigenous-led orgs.

More Community & Relationship Building

The CRF Team is working to develop a menu of ways to connect and build community with grantees as it continues to shift away from stringent reporting requirements and more toward trust-based grantmaking.