CHS Foundation

Contribution Application

Organization Information

	Date of application:

	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.

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