Mellon Foundation Awards Educopia $2.1 Million for Organizational Capacity Building
The Educopia Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering collaborative communities to create, share, and preserve knowledge, is proud to announce it has received a $2.1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation. The grant will support the organization’s capacity building efforts from April 2023 to March 2026.
Cita Press & Educopia awarded $750,000 for three-year “Scaling Small” Project
Educopia is thrilled to announce an award in the amount of $750,000 from the Mellon Foundation to our fiscal sponsee, Cita Press. This grant will support Scaling Small: Partnerships and organizational resilience for Cita Press, a three-year project involving the implementation of a strategic roadmap for capacity building and financial sustainability for Cita Press.
Educopia Announces 2022 and 2023 Board Appointments
Educopia is pleased to announce five board members: Bergis Jules, Lupe Solorio, Bethany Nowviskie, Sayeed Choudhury, and Adele Vrana.
Meet the Educopians: Jessica Meyerson
In October 2022, Educopia moved to a new collaborative leadership model. Jessica Meyerson took on the role of Co-Executive Director along with Katherine Kim and Racquel Asante. Jessica’s focus as Co-Director is on organizational development and community cultivation.
Meet the Educopians: Racquel Asante
In October 2022, Educopia moved to a new collaborative leadership model. Racquel Asante took on the role of Co-Executive Director along with Katherine Kim and Jessica Meyerson. Racquel’s focus as Co-Director is on finance and people operations.
Meet the Educopians: Katherine Kim
Co-Executive Director Katherine Kim reflects on the new co-leadership model, how it’s going so far, and what she is excited about for the future of Educopia.
Join the Next Generation Library Publishing (NGLP) project for their fourth community forum
November 29 at 12 PM Eastern / 9 AM Pacific. This is a free event, but registration is required. At this forum, you’ll get a look at the latest version of our groundbreaking publishing platform and hear from our pilot partners who’ve put it to the test over the last several months. We’ll be joined by […]
Running a Cohort-Based Pilot of the FOREST Framework for Values-Driven Scholarly Communication
The FOREST Framework for Values-Driven Scholarly Communication helps scholarly communication organizations and communities demonstrate, evaluate, and ultimately improve their alignment with key values, including: Financial and Organizational Sustainability; Openness and Interoperability; Representative Governance; Equity, Accessibility, and Anti-Oppression; Sharing of Knowledge; and Transparency. It does so by defining concrete evaluation mechanisms that communities can use to assess how […]
The DPSC Planning Project is Recruiting Stakeholders
The DPSC Planning Project is recruiting up to 30 individuals to serve on two stakeholder groups: the Service User Group and the Advisory Board.