>>> THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE.

THERE IS THIS LOCAL FOUNDATION AIMING TO MAKE DIVERSITY MORE EQUITABLE.

WE ARE TALKING TO AN OFFSHOOT OF THE MacARTHUR FOUNDATION.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I THINK YOU MIGHT BE MUTED.

YOU HAVE DESCRIBED THIS, WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

>> THIS LEADS THEM TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON ORGANIZATION, ON ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WELL KNOWN.

WE WANT TO SHAKE THIS UP.

>> CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT THAT MODEL?

>> THE FIRST THING IS THAT WE HAVE AN OPEN CALL PROCESS.

WE WORK WITH AN INDIVIDUAL WHO SAYS THAT THEY HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, A STRONGER INTEREST IN DEMOCRACY AND THAT WE DESIGN A PROCESS WITH TRANSPARENT CRITERIA THAT MIGHT BE USED, WE MIGHT HAVE EXTERNAL EXPERTS AND THEN THE ORGANIZATION GET FEEDBACK THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

THE DONOR WILL THEN CHOOSE A PROJECT TO BE THE GRANT RECIPIENT.

THE MINIMUM GRANT IS $10 MILLION.

THIS IS REALLY A CHANCE TO DO THE WORK AND FIGURE OUT HOW THEY ARE GOING TO FUND THE NEXT YEAR.

THIS IS PART OF THE PRESSING PROBLEMS THAT WE FACE.

>> IT'S AN AVERAGE OF 50,000 FOR 18 MONTHS, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT.

THIS IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DONATION AMOUNT, RIGHT?

>> WE ARE SETTING UP AN INVITATION-ONLY PROCESS WITH THE FOUNDATIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE.

THAT MEANS THAT IF YOU ARE NOT PART OF THAT NETWORK THAT HAS THOSE CONNECTIONS, IT MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR YOUR GREAT IDEA.

WITH THIS PROCESS WE CAN IDENTIFY PEOPLE WHO MAY OTHERWISE BE OVERLOOKED.

>> THE TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY THESE GROUPS WERE SELECTED.

>> LET'S START WITH COMMUNITY TONIGHT.

FROM THE KELLOGG EQUITIES OF 2013, THIS PROJECT THAT PROMISED TO REDUCE RACIAL INEQUITY NEEDED TO BE INTERPRETED TO BE GLOBAL, SO IT'S A BIG STATEMENT FOR THE ORGANIZATION HERE IN CHICAGO TO BE A GROUP FOCUSED ON ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THROUGH COMMUNITY HEALING, THROUGH ENGAGEMENT, AND USING THAT AS A WAY OF CREATING A HEALING PROCESS.

IT'S AN EXCITING PROSPECT AND I THINK IT IS ONE THAT WILL BE APPRECIATED AND THAT IS HOW THEY ENDED UP ARRIVING TO THE TOP.

AND THEN THE DOCUMENT IS NETWORK IS ANOTHER ONE AND WAS ALSO A RECIPIENT OF A $10 MILLION AWARD WITH THE GOAL OF SENDING PEOPLE TO DO LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO LEARN HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS.

>> MANY PHILANTHROPISTS A THEY HAVE TROUBLE GIVING AWAY MONEY.

WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

>> IN MANY CASES, THESE ARE ARE STILL MAKING THEIR MONEY FROM RUNNING THEIR BUSINESS AND ARE WORKING ON SETTING UP THEIR OWN INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE CAN HELP TO BUILD THAT VOICE AND WE CAN HELP SOURCE THE PROJECT.

WE DEVELOPED A RIGOROUS EVALUATION AND WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT ABOUT THIS THAT WHENEVER WE RUN ONE OF THESE, IT TURNS UP MORE GOOD IDEAS.

WE CAN PUT THOSE IDEAS IN FRONT OF OTHER FUNDING, FROM NOT JUST THE ORIGINAL DONOR BUT OTHER DONORS THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT IN