Jesse von Doom

Advancing artist sustainability


So, what's the big idea?

Jesse von Doom’s fellowship focus was building free and open tools o help musicians promote and sell their work. His goal is to use open source to explore new models and allow musicians to find their own paths to sustainable careers on an open web. He did so through his non-profit organization CASH Music and their education initiative Watt.

Jesse von Doom's flash grant nominations

Twice a year we award a number of small grants to a collection of social change agents, no strings attached, in support of their work. We call these Flash Grants and recipients are selected based on nominations from our Fellows. Each award is worth $5,000.

Male
Garrett McQueen
www.garrettmcqueen.com/
Female
Nandini Jammi
branded.substack.com/
Male
Michael McGee
www.codenow.org/
Male
Erik Westra
www.westraco.com/
Female
Rashmi Devadasan
www.blaft.com
Female
Emily White
twitter.com/iVotedConcerts
Male
Sam Greenspan
www.samgreenspan.org/
Female
Porochista Khakpour
porochistakhakpour.com/
Male
Ari Ne'eman
Male
Mike Tigas
mike.tig.as
Female
Nancy Prior
www.wweek.com/portland/ar...
Female
Tiffani Bell
www.detroitwaterproject.org/
Male
Deray Mckesson
www.wetheprotesters.org/#...
Female
Astra Taylor
debtcollective.org/

Spend breakdown

At the heart of our co-investment fellowship model is the principle that Fellows continue to invest in their own ideas. The Foundation amplifies the Fellow’s investment by matching it at least tenfold, along with covering the cost of their time for the year.

The figures you see here do not reflect each Fellow’s fellowship year funding, but rather the funds unlocked within each calendar year, as the fellowship years start either March or September and Fellows are not required to spend the available funds proportionately throughout the year.

2014

Fellow contribution:
$14,318.89
Our contribution:
$249,056.11
Total funds:
$263,375.00

2015

Fellow contribution:
$24,527.92
Our contribution:
$363,437.08
Total funds:
$387,965.00

2016

Fellow contribution:
$24,645.90
Our contribution:
$347,659.10
Total funds:
$372,305.00

2017

Fellow contribution:
$4,177.73
Our contribution:
$41,777.27
Total funds:
$45,955.00
People
Marketing
Software
Travel
Infrastructure
Training
Office space
Legal
Total funding to date:
$1,069,600.00