[foundation-board] Fwd: Grant was approved!

[Jane Silber]

Excellent news!  Well done!

best
Jane



On 13/07/16 22:35, Pavel Richter wrote:
>
> Dear Members of the Board,
>
> Some good news at the end of this day: the board of the Hewlett 
> Foundation on Monday approved our grant request of 500. 000 USD for 
> the next 16 months!!
>
> Kind regards
>
> Pavel Richter
> CEO
> Open Knowledge
>
> Send from my mobile phone
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "David Sasaki" <DSasaki at hewlett.org <mailto:DSasaki at hewlett.org>>
> Date: Jul 13, 2016 22:20
> Subject: Grant was approved!
> To: "Pavel Richter" <pavel.richter at okfn.org 
> <mailto:pavel.richter at okfn.org>>
> Cc: "Naomi Lillie" <naomi.lillie at okfn.org 
> <mailto:naomi.lillie at okfn.org>>, "franka.vaughan at okfn.org 
> <mailto:franka.vaughan at okfn.org>" <franka.vaughan at okfn.org 
> <mailto:franka.vaughan at okfn.org>>, "Christina Preston" 
> <CPreston at hewlett.org <mailto:CPreston at hewlett.org>>
>
>     Dear Pavel,
>
>     Congratulations, the grant to OKI was approved by our board this
>     week. As you know, we won’t be able to send our the first payment
>     until we receive and approve the final narrative and financial
>     reports for the last grant. I will be on vacation from July 21 -
>     29, and I’ll do my best to approve the report as quickly as
>     possible upon my return in August.
>
>     Pavel, it’s been a pleasure working with you and the OKI team on
>     this proposal — I’m grateful for your patience and time
>     throughout. Editing and commenting on the proposal via Google Docs
>     was a helpful experience, and I’ll encourage more grantees to
>     follow your lead in the future.
>
>     Don’t hesitate to reach out to Christina and myself with any
>     questions.
>
>     Best,
>
>     David
>
>
>
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