Decision Time Approaches
Thanks to our collective teamwork, we now have two essential lists: 1) Nonprofit organizations, candidates capable of implementing projects with the 3000 STEEM we’ve accumulated, and 2) Criteria by which we will compare and decide which one organization will receive the STEEM.
Now’s the time for us to reach out to the candidates and determine how willing and able they are to work with us. Then, when we have all of their responses, we will hold in-depth discussions and select a recipient.
3,000 STEEM Awaits the Selected Organization.
Over the past two-to-three weeks ago we developed project ideas. In the past week, we’re developed criteria for ranking them. But there’s still a LOT we don’t know. Do the potential recipients see our ideas as consistent with their own missions? Do they truly have the capacity to implement what we propose? Will they bring other resources into play? We have these and many other questions to answer to get to a point where we are comparing projects like, as they say, apples to apples.
It’s an experiment in crypto-philanthropy that promises transparency, innovation, engagement.
Below are the projects that we’d like to see happen. If we had the resources, we’d want to fund each of them in some way. But we don’t and we can’t. We need to select one. So what will happen next? Our team members (students) will contact the nonprofits associated with each of these project ideas presented and ask them to respond to a series of questions.
• Create Paid Internships at Art-Reach
• Deploy the Public History Truck to Document the Temple Stadium Project
• Develop Community Led Oral Histories
• Fund the Fund for the School District of Philadelphia
• Support the Philadelphia Black History Collaborative
• Advance the Pennhurst Memorial & Preservation Alliance’s Museum and Interpretive Center
• Develop Walking Tours that are Free, Relevant and Engaging
• Teach the Creatives of Today How to Fish in Tomorrow's Pools
Here are the questions for potential recipients based on the criteria we developed:
• Is the project a good fit for your organization’s mission?
• Does your organization have the desire and capacity to implement the project?
• Will the implementation of the proposed project leverage additional resources?
• It the project community driven?
• Does the project promise community impact?
• Will the project have scale and/or sustainability?
• Will your project increase access? Will that access be affordable?
Last, but not least, since the winning organization will receive 3,000 STEEM generated with our Steemit accounts, we will urge the winning organization to commit to continue on Steemit, blogging to get the word out and continuing to accumulate additional resources. Will they?
The Schedule
March 19-22: Initial contact made with prospective organization
March 23-April 6: Follow-up contact; Q & A
April 13: Response Deadline
April 16-18: Deliberation
April 19: Decision Announcement
Upcoming Posts:
- FAQ for the Finalists
- Your Organization Received an Award for 3,000 STEEM. Now What?
- Imagine: Philadelphia’s Cultural Community Going Full Steem
- Profiles of the Finalists
100% of the SBD rewards from this #explore1918 post will support the Philadelphia History Initiative 
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