what it means to fund me:
before I was a Ford Foundation grantee, I self-funded every micro grant awarded by the Garden Grant. post-Ford funding, I am equipped to raise and appropriately manage a self-sustaining fund that will expand the Garden Grant's capacity--reach out, to have 6 & 7 figure conversations. I'll tell you how I used the money from Ford, and how I'm using the money I raise moving forward. otherwise, one-time gifts are welcome here. thank you for your support.
read about the Verdant Fund, the copycat that I inspired. I don't keep this reminder in the public memory simply to be petty--I do it to reinforce a larger point: if my work is good enough to steal and replicate, then it's good enough to fund directly.