How's the Money Flow in your Network?

We're interested in learning about network finances in order to open conversations with foundations about funding more networks. Getting a better sense of how money flows throughout various networks will help us see ourselves as part of a bigger landscape.

Thanks for sharing information about how your network activities are resourced. The data from this survey will be used for articles and funder presentations. All data will be anonymized.

The first few questions ask general information that help us look at patterns based on size and age of network.

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* 1. How many participants are in your network? (or collaborative, community of practice, or consortium)

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* 2. What's the age of your network?

0-2 years

3-5 years

6 or more years

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Where is your network located? (city, state/province, country)

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* 4. What is your approximate annual budget? (please indicate the amount and currency)

The next few questions ask about various expenses and sources of revenue in your annual network budget.

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* 5. Please enter the approximate % of your annual budget allocated to these typical network expenses.

Coordination (weavers, facilitators, network managers)

Marketing & Communications

Administration + infrastructure (technology, service)

Convening the network

Network health assessment, evaluation & reporting

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* 6. Are there any other significant areas in which your network allocates resources? Please describe briefly.

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* 7. Please enter the approximate % of your annual revenue that comes from each source.

Grants

Member Fees

Donations

Earned Income

Contracts

Other

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* 8. Thank you so much for sharing information about how the money flows in your network.

We're happy to share back the summary data from contributors, if you'll kindly share your email. We will not associate any names/networks with your data. If you prefer to be anonymous, skip the email and please check Circle Generation's blog for an upcoming post.