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Contribution Application
<center>'''[http://www.chsfoundation.org/apply.html CHS Foundation] - Grant Proposal - $65,000'''


Organization Information
''by [http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Aaron_Makaruk Aaron Makaruk]''


Date of application:
''Submitted 12/5/11''</center>
 
12/06/2011
Organization name:
 
Open Source Ecology
Legal name registered with IRS:
If different from the organization name
 
The Terra Foundation
Other name organization is known as:
-if applicable-
 
Mailing address:
 
PO Box 442
City:
 
Maysville
State/Province:
 
MO
Zip/Postal code:
 
64469
Country:
 
United States
Federal/Employer Identification Number:
 
77-0298872
Tax exempt status:
 
501(c)3
Main organization telephone number:
Please format as (xxx) xxx-xxxx
 
720-254-2085
Main organization fax number:
Please format as (xxx) xxx-xxxx
 
(000)000-0000
General organization e-mail address:
-if applicable-
 
opensourceecology@gmail.com
Organization website address:
www.yourorganization.org
 
opensourceecology.org
Organization category:
 
Education
Please provide a narrative description of the organization, including the mission statement.
Please limit to four paragraphs or less
 
We are a network of farmers, engineers, and supporters engaged in creating the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS), a low-cost, high-performance, open-source, do-it-yourself platform that allows for the easy fabrication of the 50 industrial machines that it takes to build a small civilization with modern comforts. The GVCS includes machinery, equipment, tools, components, and other infrastructures for creating a complete economy: food, fuel, energy, building materials, transportation, and fabrication. By using the open-source platform, we have invited the whole world to engage in a discussion about what the best practices are for redesigning the industrial foundation upon which modern civilization is built.
 
Our mission is the establishment of a distributive enterprise model: developing tools for open source, productive enterprises with a focus on training producers. We are interested in developing a new economic engine: the community-based solution of re-localized production.
 
CEO or Equivalent
First name:
 
Marcin
Last name:
 
Jakubowski, PhD
Title:
 
Founder/Executive Director
E-mail address:
 
opensourceecology@gmail.com
Proposal Information
 
Primary Contact for this Grant
First name:
 
Aaron
Last name:
 
Makaruk
Title:
 
Director of Development
Office phone:
Please format as (xxx) xxx-xxxx
 
720-254-2085
Fax number:
Please format as (xxx) xxx-xxxx
 
E-mail address:
 
aaronmakaruk@gmail.com
Program/Project Summary
Is the funding you are seeking for:
 
Program/Project Support
Name or title of the program:
Please limit to 20 words or less
 
Open Source Ecology - The Global Village Construction Set
Grant would cover period beginning:
 
01/01/2012
Grant would cover period ending:
 
01/01/2013
Amount requested:
No $ sign needed (xx,xxx)
 
65,000
Project budget:
No $ sign needed (xx,xxx)
 
2,531,000
Total organizational budget:
(current year)
 
2,531,000
Please provide a narrative description of the purpose of this grant. Ideally, this should include the goals and objectives.
Please limit to one paragraph or less
 
Our mission is to encourage the development of localized industrial enterprises by simplifying the designs and lowering costs associated with fabricating productive machinery. For example, our designs can be created up to eight times more cheaply than it costs to purchase a retail counterpart and made with low-grade, abundant, local resources. Our primary goals are to finish designing the Global Village Construction Set and begin training producers on how to implement the enterprise model.
 
For each machine, through the open source platform, we include the following: (1) design rationale; (2) 3D CAD files; (3) 2D fabrication drawings; (4) CAE analyses; (5) CAM files (where applicable); (6) exploded parts diagrams; (7) bills of materials and sourcing information; (8) scaling calculations; (9) A-Z instructionals; and (10) cost and performance comparisons to industry standards. All documentation is openly available on our website, along with high-quality video tutorials showing how to fabricate the machinery. The website also includes a community-developed wiki, online forum, and blog for assisting independent replications of our designs.
 
 
How does your organization intend to use the grant?
 
- Help design the remaining 46 machines.
- Develop 3 prototypes for each machine.
- Field-test each prototype.
- Document each design.
 
Summarize the strategic link to the CHS Foundation:
 
We feel that our work directly aligns with the CHS Foundation's mission to reinvigorate rural communities. We provide an advanced industrial platform for people in agricultural areas to create and use themselves. As we mature as an organization, our impact will assist people in rural communities reach new levels of productive output and self-sufficiency.
 
How many people will this project serve?
 
1,000 - 100,000
Please select the primary states involved:
 
Missouri
Age group primarily benefiting from this program:
 
Adults
Ethnic group primarily benefiting from the program:
 
Other sources of support for this program or project:
 
$60,000 - Kauffman Foundation
$63,573 - Kickstarter.com Campaign
$60,000 - Anonymous Construction Grant
$4,400/mo - True Fan Campaign
 
Attachments
Title File Name
Itemized Project Budget Open Source Ecology - Global Village Construction Set - Budget.pdf
 
Financial Statements Terra Foundation - Open Source Ecology - Financials.pdf
 
Supplemental Information Resume - 12-1-11 - Marcin Jakubowski.pdf
 
Files attached to this form may be deleted 120 days after submission.

Revision as of 00:17, 6 December 2011

CHS Foundation - Grant Form.pdf

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CHS Foundation - Grant Proposal - $65,000

by Aaron Makaruk

Submitted 12/5/11
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