by Joshua Amponsem | Dec 23, 2014 | Archive
In early 2014, there was a breakdown. An applicant was waiting nearly 3 months to get a response from us about an application she submitted. She was told by different people, “we’ll let you know in 6 weeks,” and “here’s our last...
by Joshua Amponsem | Nov 27, 2014 | News
Grantmakers Strive to Strengthen Philanthropy in San Diego, featured in Times of San Diego, November 27th 2014. “On Nov. 14, nearly 160 representatives of foundations, corporate giving programs, and individual donors gathered in Balboa Park for the San Diego...
by Joshua Amponsem | Oct 15, 2014 | News
The Pollination Project: Gifting A $1000 A Day A 13-year-old collects items for animal shelters. An 88-year-old offers up land to community agriculture. A young man trains prisoners in nonviolence. For Ari Nessel, each story is just another day along his journey in...
by Joshua Amponsem | Sep 11, 2014 | What Does $1000 Do?
Thanks a bunch for your help with VegYouth in our first year. :) I really can’t believe how far we’ve come in just one year. Exactly a year ago, I was the literally the only one working on this and no one really knew about it at all! Now we have dozens of...
by Joshua Amponsem | Sep 11, 2014 | What Does $1000 Do?
The grant from The Pollination Project was the single factor that jumpstarted our organization’s formation. We could not have done this without the assistance from the grant. It’s incredible how far that money can go and how it really can seed the change. It did for...
