Roadshow
Spent yesterday morning with Mark and Brent from Bridgeway Foundation at their Roadshow, which was hosted by International China Concern.
A great event open to non-profits to hear about Bridgeway’s and their funding priorities for 2009.
Their new mission and vision, to me, leave them open to be used of God to do great things through the organizations they make grants to:
Vision
Humbled by Jesus’ life, we envision a bold philanthropy that stretches the ability of people and organizations to learn and serve at the margins.Mission
Bridgeway Foundation will stimulate innovation within the social sector and strengthen organizations’ capacities to serve in Canada and the world. This will be accomplished through careful financial and relational partnerships with other risk-taking donors and charities to sow seeds of transformation in communities.
They broke down each statement pretty much by each word and phrase and explained the reason behind the wording and what it meant to them. I like the fact that they don’t want to be a consistent donor to your cause, but rather fund an initiative, expansion or project that stretches you and your organization… to the margins.
Brent explained to us what partnership meant to them, very helpful to know!
I appreciated the openness and transparency that Mark and Brent spoke to us with. I also appreciate that they would be walking with me, helping me through the process of applying to Bridgeway if a concept paper was accepted and a full application invited. January 1st is just around the corner!
