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Grant resources & selection
DFF describes staged 2025 selection rounds, March 2026 board adoption and peer selection of the June round. Staff and the published terms support that process.
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These are attributed governance accounts. No original board resolution, complete recusal rules, named Liberty vote, grant signatory or payment is acquired. The March 2025 complaint predates the June 2026 grant.
DFF board: adoption role → reportedly adopted the process in March 2026 → DFF participatory grant-selection process
March2026; exact adoption day unknown. Article publication25March is not substituted for the vote date.
Reported by the cited source
Dated retrospective says the board ended the pilot by adopting the process in March2026. No original resolution or complete transfer/retention of legal contracting powers was inspected.
DFF Community Peer Group → reportedly selected projects in two 2025 rounds → DFF participatory grant-selection process
2025 rounds; exact selection dates unknown.
Reported by the cited source
DFF retrospective reports ten peers choosing three pre-litigation projects, then seventeen choosing thirteen projects across both types. These are reported selections, not inspected award contracts or evidence all2025 DFF decisions used peers.
DFF grant-team facilitation → provides review information and facilitation → DFF Community Peer Group
Retrospective published25March2026; exact practice interval unknown.
Reported by the cited source
Staff facilitate discussion and supply previous-grantee information, other assessments and budgets. Published participant accounts describe judgment factors, not a binding scoring rubric or budget-setting authority.
Peer Group Terms of Reference → is described as requiring confidentiality and conflict commitments → DFF Community Peer Group
Reported by the cited source
DFF says all members sign Terms of Reference containing confidentiality/conflict policies and receive compensation. Signing is publicly described; operative recusal rules and amounts were not acquired.
DFF Community Peer Group → is credited with selecting the June 2026 grants → DFF June2026 grant round
June2026 selections; individual selection days unknown.
Reported by the cited source
Previously accepted DFF announcement attributes the June round to the Peer Group. The staged-governance records clarify the process; they do not disclose a named Liberty vote, legal signatory or payment.