Ep.2 (Part 2) The $1.69 Million Question: What It Feels Like to Change the World | with Kristy Rodwell

What does it actually mean to be a social investor, not just a donor?In this second part of their conversation, Alicia Curtis and Grants Chair Kristy Rodwell get into the substance of what makes 100 Women's grants process genuinely different. How final decisions are made when every project on the table is exceptional. Why 100 Women funds international projects when most giving circles don't. And what it means that 90% of the projects 100 Women has ever funded still exist today.If Part 1 was about how the process works, Part 2 is about why it matters.IN THIS EPISODEThe difference between a donor and a social investor, and why Kristy thinks about it that wayWhat goes through the grants committee's mind at the pointy end, when all the finalist projects are exceptionalWhy 100 Women funds international projects when most giving circles stay localThe gender lens in grant making and the research that proves investing in women is the smart thing to doHow 100 Women thinks about the operating environment when making decisions for projects 12 to 24 months outWhy every member gets the same vote regardless of how much they contributeThe moments from 13 years that have stayed with KristyWhat it means that 90% of the 49 projects 100 Women has funded still exist todayGUESTKristy Rodwell, Grants Chair, 100 Women. Senior Grants Development Officer at Lotterywest and holder of a Masters in Social Investment and Philanthropy. Kristy has been volunteering with 100 Women since the founding year and has shaped every part of the grants process the organisation uses today.HOSTAlicia Curtis, Co-Founder, 100 Women. Co-founder of the organisation since 2013 and host of Community Kind.ABOUT 100 WOMEN100 Women is a national giving community with a global reach. Members across Australia contribute from $300 a year. Together, that becomes $200,000 or more each year, granted directly to grassroots organisations supporting women and girls in health, education, safety, and economic opportunity, here in Australia and around the world. Every member gets a vote on where the money goes. Since 2014, 100 Women has funded 49 projects and gifted more than $1.69 million to women and girls in need.BECOME A MEMBERMembership starts from $25 a month. 100% of your donation goes directly to grant making. Find out more at 100women.org.auCONNECT WITH USWebsite: 100women.org.auInstagram: @100womenausLinkedIn: 100 WomenWe acknowledge that this podcast is recorded on Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar in Boorloo (Perth), Western Australia. We pay our respects to Noongar Elders past and present, and acknowledge their continuing connection to land, waters, culture and community. We recognise that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have cared for and shared knowledge on this Country for tens of thousands of years, and that these connections remain strong today. Community Kind is produced by Linette Devigan.Hosted by Alicia Curtis and Karen Brittain.Filmed and edited by Olivia Spear, Silver Key Films.Recorded at The Pod @ Kaizen West, Perth.