SFF (website) is a donor advised fund, advised by the people who make up BERI’s Board of Directors
This is not strictly true. The two fund advisors listed on SFF’s website are Andrew and Eric. BERI’s board is Andrew, Sawyer, and Jess (who replaced Eric earlier this year). I have personally never been involved with SFF’s operations or grant evaluations (and in fact, doing so would be a major conflict of interest since BERI receives a lot of funding through those rounds). You’re not the only person making this mistake, and it seems like an easy one to make given BERI and SFF’s history. I don’t know if this is just a minor gripe from a fussy insider, or if this conflation makes other people worry about conflicts of interest between the two orgs. But I figured I’d bring it up either way.
This is not strictly true. The two fund advisors listed on SFF’s website are Andrew and Eric. BERI’s board is Andrew, Sawyer, and Jess (who replaced Eric earlier this year). I have personally never been involved with SFF’s operations or grant evaluations (and in fact, doing so would be a major conflict of interest since BERI receives a lot of funding through those rounds). You’re not the only person making this mistake, and it seems like an easy one to make given BERI and SFF’s history. I don’t know if this is just a minor gripe from a fussy insider, or if this conflation makes other people worry about conflicts of interest between the two orgs. But I figured I’d bring it up either way.
Amazing post as always, I’m so glad you do this!
You’re right, that was out of date; fixed in both copies.
Thank you! I think the new text is more accurate and I appreciate your quick response.