A project of arts organization Embrio LLC
In association with Berkeley-Built and the West Berkeley Design Loop
See the most current updates at Facebook/CommotionWB
Do you want cool things to happen in the neighborhood? Commotion West Berkeley crowd-funds exciting projects like murals, community gardens, parklets, public art, pop-up events, etc.
Pay into the fund (in monthly installments) and you’ll be invited to the private events where we'll decide which projects get funded.
Or propose a project and perhaps we'll help you bring it to fruition.
Sound like fun? It won’t happen unless you step up.
Together we can be a force for community engagement.
Tax exempt status is available on request.
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We are a group of enthusiasts for our community.
We want to see things happen and we are willing to pay it forward to get things started. We support projects that foster community, pride of place, buzz, excitement, fun, quirkiness, and design. We’d like to see more of that in our neighborhood.
MEMBERS
Lawrence Grown, Metro Lighting
Christa Rybczynski, Metro Lighting
Julie McCray, SHOH Gallery
Jill McCoy, Visual Jill
Joe Cordes, AutoMate Scientific
Noll & Tam Architects
Scott McGlashan, McGlashan Architecture
Emily Morgan, Ashby Lumber
Todd Jersey Architecture
Anni Tilt, Arkin Tilt Architects
Laura Leaverton, Berkeley arts enthusiast
Other contributors include: Jim Guthrie: Hub+Weber Architects, Sean Kenmore: Affinity Capital Advisors,
Reyna Bernstein, Diana Jensen, Rebecca Herman, and Felipe Fernandez.
ACTIVITIES
Building community, one project at a time.
SUPPORTING LOCAL ARTISTS
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
NEXT RFP SUMMER/FALL 2021
CommotionWB exists to foster community engagement projects in West Berkeley.
In these challenging times we offer a small positive opportunity.
- We are seeking projects that bring people together (safely) to build pride-of-place and a better world.
- They might be fun, artful, and quirky, (pop-up events, etc.) or serious, political, and urgent (BLM, Stop AAPI Hate, etc.)
- We envision community gardens, murals, public art, and pop-up events to be among the types of projects we will fund.
- Our total grant funding each cycle is $3000. We will either fund a single larger project or multiple smaller ones. The proposed grant amount can be the total project budget, or you can leverage this money to raise funds separately.
- Projects must be able to be completed within 3 months of the grant award.
- Projects will receive funding as determined by popular vote of the Commotion West Berkeley donors.
- Funding will be made or not made at the sole discretion of this group.
- Multiple projects might be funded, or the funds might be rolled over for future projects.
- Funding arrangements will depend upon the structure of the project.
- As a stipulation of reward, funding recipients will be required to certify that the funds will be expended as indicated in the proposal, provide receipts for expenditures, and will submit a project summary with photo documentation of the project results.
COMMOTION WEST BERKELEY
Example Grant Application
Next RFP Summer/Fall 2021
Email to
Project Title:
Organization, if applicable:
Contact name:
Email:
Phone:
Please answer each question below. (Maximum 100 words per question)
1. Description: Please describe your project, including where it will be installed or take place, partner entities, permissions needed or secured.
2. Goal(s): What are you trying to achieve with your project?
3. Community Impact: How does your project benefit the community and meet the goals of CommotionWB, specifically bringing people together and building pride-of-place in West Berkeley?
4. Equity: How does your project promote equity, support underrepresented populations, and/or counter negative biases?
5. Project Team: Who will be working on this project? Names of key people, and number of additional volunteers if applicable.
6. Budget: Provide total and breakdown in broad categories. Maximum grant is $3000, but we might fund multiple smaller grants.
7. Funding: Do you need additional funding beyond this grant? If so, what funding have you secured to date? What other funding resources have you identified to help bring your project to fruition? Do you need other resources to ensure that your project is achievable?
8. Timeline: Provide start, milestone and completion dates.
9. Additional assets: Attach supporting documents: plans, photos, images, video Websites, and any other social media references.
10. Promotion: What is the scale of your network, and how will you promote this project to that group and beyond?
11. Success: How will the success of the project be measured?
12. Follow-up: Every project has a lifespan. Describe the lifespan of yours including future benefits and responsibilities. What tasks will be needed for completion and closure? For example, will there be ongoing maintenance? Will there be clean-up and/or storage? Will data be collected and a report published? What are the tasks for your project and who will be responsible for them?
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