Grants

This is an initial attempt at creating a set of pages for www.mozilla.org that would explain and promote Mozilla-related grantmaking activities

Overall approach:

• Clearly position Mozilla grantmaking activities as a complement to other Mozilla-related activities (e.g., software development and marketing) carried out by the various Mozilla organizations and the Mozilla project as a whole.
  • grantmaking as a mechanism to get useful things done that might not get done otherwise
  • grantmaking not an end in and of itself
• Tie grantmaking to
  • overall Mozilla public benefit mission and Mozilla high-level principles and goals
  • high-level strategies in various areas (e.g., accessibility, education)
• Emphasize "one Mozilla" aspect of grantmaking activities
  • single message, process
  • doesn't matter which organization signs the check
• Address different audiences:
  • prospective grantees
  • Mozilla community members (who may also be prospective grantees)
  • general public (including prospective donors and co-funders)
• Tell an overall story about how Mozilla grantmaking supports the Mozilla mission, and individuals stories about how particular grants have made a difference

Possible content:

• Overview of grantmaking activities (all audiences)
• Material for prospective grantees
  • Mozilla grantmaking focus -- what we are likely to fund
  • More detailed criteria -- let prospective grantee know how they need to pitch their proposal
  • stuff we won't generally
  • Process
    • Proposal format
    • How it will be evaluated
    • Contact information -- single point of contact for all queries (grants@mozilla.org?)
• Material for general public
  • Overall summaries of grantmaking
    • Total amount of Mozilla grants
    • Key focus areas
  • More in-depth grant reporting
    • "Feature stories" for particular grants
    • Tables of grants (grantees, amounts, dates, description, etc.), sorted using (or sortable by) various criteria
    • Detailed information for each grant, including links to key documents and deliverables where appropriate
• Material for Mozilla community (including grant evaluators)
  • • Same as for general public, with more information where appropriate
    • Include public information about grants currently being considered?
    • Have ways to include community members in evaluation process