Hi all, Interesting! Well spotted! For a description of "The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation" and it's charter go to: http://www.mellon.org/about.html Apparently, the Foundations Annual Reports (not online after a quick search) describe grant making activities and present complete lists of recent grants. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 140 East 62nd Street New York, NY 10021 (212) 838-8400 Would be good to get more information.... I will do a more thorough search online tomorrow. Cheers, Irma -----Original Message----- From: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Daniel Kahn Gillmor Sent: 07 June 2006 16:04 To: Koha Mailing List Subject: [Koha] Mellon Awards for Technology Collaboration Hi good folks involved with Koha-- I hope this isn't just repeating something y'all have already beaten to death; But I searched the mailing list archive for references to this subject and couldn't find anything, so here goes: I recently saw that the Mellon Foundation is giving awards to groups which have contributed significantly to Open Source projects which help the typical constituency of the Mellon Foundation (this includes libraries!). There appears to be an opportunity for a decent-sized chunk of cash (25K or 100K USD) for eligible groups who've contributed staff/time/other resources for projects that Mellon approves of. From the looks of things (to me, but i'm unaffiliated with Mellon), Koha would be a good project. It's not clear to me exactly what kind of organization would need to apply to get one of the awards, however. You can find more information about the awards here: http://rit.mellon.org/awards/ At any rate, keep up the good work! If this helps any of the long-standing Koha contributors breathe a little easier financially, so much the better! happy hacking, --dkg _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha