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“In what appears to be a first for D.C., the region’s largest charitable foundation is courting donors for a $2 million fund to support and shape the transition of presumptive mayor-elect Janeese Lewis George. The pool would in part steer philanthropic money toward training the next administration’s appointees. It would also provide financial resources to nonprofits whose leaders leave to join Lewis George’s cabinet, according to a document reviewed by City Cast DC.
The document — identified as a “concept note” — began circulating earlier this month to leaders in the philanthropic community for feedback. It proposes a a limited-time fund to support the mayor’s transition and pay for at least three possible priorities: “a governing institute for new leadership,” “nonprofit leadership transition support,” and “home rule defense capacity.”
The Greater Washington Community Foundation, which distributes grants and funds to regional nonprofits, will house the initiative — known as the People First D.C. Fund. The Community Foundation is billing the fundraising effort as an opportunity for donors to have “a short but real opportunity to help the incoming administration start strong and to make sure DC’s nonprofit and community infrastructure, the organizations closest to residents, has a seat at the table from day one.””
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