Focus Areas
TRF awards grants in the following areas. Guidelines and examples are listed for each. All proposals must align with our Mission and be an expression of our Core Values.
Youth & Education
Youth and Education: It is through education we develop the skills necessary to contribute the world. The process begins in our youth and as adults, adopting a continuous learning mindset allows us to evolve personally and in the ever changing world.
- Develop and/or offer experiential workshops and trainings.
- Utilize and/or develop technologies which foster growth and development.
- Create multi-generational opportunities and experiences.
Health & Medicine: Taking care of our health using a holistic approach to medicine creates greater well being individually and collectively. With a holistic approach we account for the needs of the body, mind, heart and spirit.
- Solutions addressing neglected areas of holistic health.
- Creating new health care systems and technologies
- Educating and engaging individuals in healthy practices.
Health & Medicine
Finance & Business
Finance & Business: The delivery of services and exchange of value should be mutually beneficial to all involved. Including owners, investors, employees and customers fosters greater cooperation and shares success.
- Co-op style business structures share benefits with all.
- Micro and alternative leading systems make capital more accessible.
- Crypto technologies provide for alternative and local economies.
Food & Nutrition: Our ability to survive and thrive in the world begins with the food we put in our bodies. With dramatic climate changes and environmental degradation we reinvent our food delivery system.
- Development of alternative farming techniques (vertical farms, aquaponics).
- Techniques to restore and rejuvenate a stressed and depleted environment
- Localization of food growing and delivery systems.
Food & Nutrition
Organization & Decision Making
Organization and Decision Making: We must rethink the way we come together and organize ourselves aligned around a shared purpose. It requires a new level of alignment, communication and issue resolution.
- Enable the creation of self-organizing teams.
- Address decision making using Sociocratic methodologies.
- Engage input through the use of unique gatherings. (unConferences)
Energy, Transportation and Communication: The foundational technologies we use in our everyday lives must shift to something more sustainable and supportive of our needs. In so doing individuals and groups will minimize their impact on the planet while maximizing their effectiveness.
- Providing effective communication technologies to everyone.
- Development of alternative energy sources, reducing environmental impact.
- Enhancing the systems we use to travel about the planet in our everyday lives.
