I’m wondering if there’s confusion around what’s meant by “community building grants.” I’m imagining that Alex means something like “If EA Macedonia wants funding, we’re going to refer them to CEA’s CBG program because they specialize in local and national groups. But if someone wants to do something like mental health resources for the community, the Meta Fund would still consider that our remit.” Is that right?
Yes that’s right, thanks Julia and apologies for any confusion. I use the term differently to how the OP has used it. We are still looking at anything that falls outside of the remit of CBG but are unable to offer the level of vetting and direct support that we think is necessary to fund local groups well and so are funding that via CBG. We have still been looking at special projects by local groups that fall outside of the remit of CBG also.
I’m wondering if there’s confusion around what’s meant by “community building grants.” I’m imagining that Alex means something like “If EA Macedonia wants funding, we’re going to refer them to CEA’s CBG program because they specialize in local and national groups. But if someone wants to do something like mental health resources for the community, the Meta Fund would still consider that our remit.” Is that right?
Yes that’s right, thanks Julia and apologies for any confusion. I use the term differently to how the OP has used it. We are still looking at anything that falls outside of the remit of CBG but are unable to offer the level of vetting and direct support that we think is necessary to fund local groups well and so are funding that via CBG. We have still been looking at special projects by local groups that fall outside of the remit of CBG also.