Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Re: Compassionate Care Fund

[Rob Sandelin (floriferous]

The compassionate Care fund is a privately administered, collection of
funds to help community members with financial needs. People donate money to
the fund individually and anonymously. There is a team of three which
oversees this money. Any community member can ask one of the administrators
for funds, either loans or grants from this fund. The three administrators
make all decisions anonymously. Any community member that has contributed to
the fund can ask for a financial report at anytime. I understand no one ever
has. Occasionally an email notice goes out about a fund raiser for the fund,
usually a low key thing.

Its is not part of our official community finances in anyway, although I do
know some people contribute money monthly by voluntarily increasing their
assessment, writing a separate check to the administrators. There is a bank
account called the compassionate care fund.

Rob Sandelin
South Snohomish County at the headwaters of Ricci Creek
Sky Valley Environments  <http://www.nonprofitpages.com/nica/SVE.htm>
Field skills training for student naturalists
Floriferous [at] msn.com


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[mailto:cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org]On Behalf Of Mac & Sandy Thomson
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 10:45 AM
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Subject: [C-L]_Re: Compassionate Care Fund



Rob,

Could you say more about this?  How is it structured?  Who decides who gets
gifts or loans?

Several years ago we decided to create a Heartwood Humanitarian Fund along
the same lines, but it hasn't yet gotten off the ground.  It doesn't seem to
be enough of a priority until someone actually needs the financial
assistance.

Do any other groups out there have this kind of fund?

Thanks,
Mac

--
Mac Thomson

Heartwood Cohousing
Southwest Colorado
http://www.heartwoodcohousing.com


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hook the fish."
    - Buckminster Fuller
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On 09/25/03 Rob  Sandelin wrote:
> This year some folks
> will donate their proceeds to our new compassionate care fund, which is a
> chunk of donated money which people with money problems can access, either
> as loans or gifts, to help them through a hard time.

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