This pilot offered a glimpse into the model’s potential while operating under many constraints. Within a very tight timeline of approximately six weeks, the FLAC Design Team facilitated channeling unrestricted funds — considered ‘gifts’ or ‘reparations’ — to five diverse groups working at the intersections of gender, environment, and climate justice. These funds, ranging between $20,000 and $30,000 USD, were given with no reporting requirements and allocated based on identified needs and capacities and work already being done in the world.
This just sounds like a charity with extra steps. (Nothing necessarily wrong with that.)
The big difference here is the unrestricted nature and lack of reporting requirements - traditional charity usually comes with tons of strings attached and forces groups to jump through hoops to "prove" they deserve continued support.
Does feel like this is a step in the right direction. The wealthy have way too much power, and philanthropy is a part of that. Making nonprofits beholden to the rich is sinister.
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underline960@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
This just sounds like a charity with extra steps. (Nothing necessarily wrong with that.)
MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
The big difference here is the unrestricted nature and lack of reporting requirements - traditional charity usually comes with tons of strings attached and forces groups to jump through hoops to "prove" they deserve continued support.
underline960@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
So... charity with fewer steps?
Nyssa@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 1y
Charity with fewer mechanisms of control from the donator
AEMarling@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 1y
Does feel like this is a step in the right direction. The wealthy have way too much power, and philanthropy is a part of that. Making nonprofits beholden to the rich is sinister.