Washington, D.C. money moved

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DonorDoneeAmount (current USD)Donation dateCause areaURLNotes
Open PhilanthropyGreater Greater Washington250,000.002017-06Land use reformhttps://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/land-use-reform/greater-greater-washington-housing-and-land-use-reform-2017 Donation process: The grant is a result of the grant renewal request https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Greater_Greater_Washington/Greater_Greater_Washington_Grant_Renewal_Request_April_2017.pdf of a previous grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/land-use-reform/smart-growth-america-greater-greater-washington-education-project to Smart Growth America for the Greater Greater Washington Education Project.

Intended use of funds (category): Direct project expenses

Intended use of funds: Grant to support "work on housing affordability and land use reform." The grant renewal request https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Greater_Greater_Washington/Greater_Greater_Washington_Grant_Renewal_Request_April_2017.pdf has more details.

Donor reason for selecting the donee: The grant page says: "we see the coalition it has helped coordinate in support of including more housing in D.C.’s revised Comprehensive Plan as a promising initial step." It links to http://www.dchousingpriorities.org/ (for the coalition) and https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/24/16010720/dc-comprehensive-plan (as a refeerence for the promising nature).

Donor reason for donating that amount (rather than a bigger or smaller amount): The grant renewal request https://www.openphilanthropy.org/files/Grants/Greater_Greater_Washington/Greater_Greater_Washington_Grant_Renewal_Request_April_2017.pdf includes budget projections. The "maintain scenario" has a total two-year budget of $275,000, compared to the actual amount of $250,000.

Donor thoughts on making further donations to the donee: Followup granting is not explicitly discussed, but the grant page says: "We think it is mostly too early to tell whether its work has had any impact on housing construction or affordability" suggesting that more evidence may be brought into play before deciding on a followup grant.

Donor retrospective of the donation: The followup grant https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/us-policy/land-use-reform/greater-greater-washington-housing-and-land-use-reform-2019 (2019-08) suggests continued satisfaction with the grantee.

Other notes: Intended funding timeframe in months: 24; affected countries: Alexander Berger; affected states: United States; announced: 2017-08-11.

Donation amounts by donee and year

Donee Donors influenced Cause area Metadata Total 2017
Greater Greater Washington Open Philanthropy (filter this donor) 250,000.00 250,000.00
Total ---- -- 250,000.00 250,000.00

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Donation amounts by donor and year for influencer Washington, D.C.

Donor Donees Total 2017
Open Philanthropy (filter this donee) Greater Greater Washington (filter this donee) 250,000.00 250,000.00
Total -- 250,000.00 250,000.00

Skipping spending graph as there is at most one year’s worth of donations.