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Intermediary Profile Report |
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Organization:
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Freedom to Marry
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Program
ID Number:
I-23
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Date
Profile Created:
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December 1, 2008
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Date Profile
Last Updated:
December 15, 2008
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Program Summary:
This organization is working to achieve marriage equality for same-sex couples across the United States. Freedom to Marry brings together non-gay and gay state and national partners and enhances their individual and collective capacity. It does so via four principal roles: (1) Strategy and Support Center for local, state and national partners; (2) Catalyst that drives and influences the national debate on marriage equality; (3) Partnership and Alliance-Builder enlisting local, regional, and national non-gay allies and non-gay public support; and (4) Regrantor and Engine of Funding to augment local, state and national freedom to marry efforts, while advising funders and assisting local organizations' stimulation of their own funding.
While no end date has been set, this effort is designed to achieve its goal and go out of business.
Foundations provide almost ¾ of this group's funding. It does re-granting as one service for national and state partners, with grants ranging from $500 to $100,000 to support capacity building and key actions. Grants are primarily by invitation only; unsolicited proposals are generally not accepted. Additionally it provides coaching and other forms of assistance enabling groups to strengthen their work on behalf of marriage equality.
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Address:
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116 West 23rd St., Suite 500
New York, NY 10011
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Date
Program Began:
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2003
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Total
Funds Awarded for Most Recent Fiscal Year:
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$17,000
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Date
Program Scheduled to End:
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N/A
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Total
Capacity-Building Operating Expenses for Most Recent
Fiscal Year:
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N/A
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How
Program is Operated:
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Run internally by the intermediary
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Number
Staff/Consultants:
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1/1
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Background
Materials Available:
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Yes
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Geographic
Areas Served:
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National:
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No
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International:
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No
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Selected States:
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N/A
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Geographic Details:
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N/A
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Types
of Capacity-Building Assistance Offered to Nonprofits:
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1.
Grants:
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2.
Direct
Service:
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3.
Direct
Financial Support:
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Categorical
Part of Larger Grant
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Assessment of Service Needs
Coaching/Training for Individual Nonprofits
Convening
Education/Training for Groups of Nonprofits
Information and Referral
Infrastructure for Peer Networking
Website with Capacity-Building Assistance
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N/A
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Grants
Offered to Capacity-Building Service
Providers and Intermediaries:
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Support
for Services to Nonprofits:
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N/A
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General
Support:
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N/A
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Grants
Offered to Support Overall Capacity-Building Infrastructure:
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N/A
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Areas
of Nonprofit Operations Supported:
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How
Funding/Service Decisions Are Made:
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Evaluation
Fund Development
Governance (Board/Executive)
Planning
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Pro-active Identification of Applicants by Intermediary
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Collaborating Organizations:
N/A
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Capacity-Building
Work Evaluated:
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N/A
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Evaluation
Results Available:
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N/A
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Frequency
of Evaluation:
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N/A
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Type
of Evaluation:
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N/A
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Summary of Evaluation Lessons Learned:
N/A
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