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• A_be_seedy@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Thank you for that! Turns out this organization received a $5 million+ grant from Google, after operating under $5000 for like 4ish year.

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  projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/…/300100369

  The image can be found in the filings…

  I wonder what the organization did so successfully in their first few years to warrant Google giving them $5 million.

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  • its_me_xiphos@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This is conjecture. Now I want to find out and see if one if these is right; but first let me guess. There are a few possibilities and I’ll, again, challenge myself to find the answer:

    1. They competed for an award Google sponsored or held a competition for. Like an X Prize.
    2. A board member was related to someone high up in Google (as in colleague, college room mate etc) or worked there previously.
    3. Google wanted to fund something for PR reasons.

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