GSFoundation Grant Signal LabFictional worked example

Static worked example

Common Ground Opportunity Fund

This invented $10 million pooled fund supports youth learning, food security, and maternal health in the United States. Applicants must be a 501(c)(3) public charity or fiscally sponsored project and must have operated for at least two years. No model or applicant data is used to display this page.

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Compiled rule

Four deterministic clauses

C001: Applicants must be based in the United States.

geography contains_any Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, District of Columbia, United States

Failure code: GEO_INELIGIBLE

C002: Applicants must work in youth learning, food security, or maternal health.

issue_area contains_any youth learning, food security, maternal health

Failure code: ISSUE_AREA_OUT_OF_SCOPE

C003: Applicants must be a 501(c)(3) public charity or a fiscally sponsored project.

org_type contains_any 501(c)(3), fiscally sponsored project

Failure code: ORG_TYPE_INELIGIBLE

C004: Applicants must have operated for at least two years.

years_operating gte 2

Failure code: OPERATING_HISTORY_SHORT

Uncompiled language

Priority will be given to community-rooted organizations with bold leadership.

Community-rootedness and bold leadership require judgment and cannot be verified as literal eligibility facts.

Possible testable substitute: If local governance matters, name a factual test such as the required share of board members who live in the service area.

Twelve fictional profiles

Exclusion report

OrganizationOutcomeReason codeDeciding clause
Harbor Youth LearningADMITAll mandatory clauses passed
Mesa Food FuturesADMITAll mandatory clauses passed
Delta Maternal Health CircleADMITAll mandatory clauses passed
Great Lakes Youth AffiliateADMITAll mandatory clauses passed
New Horizons Food ProjectADMITAll mandatory clauses passed
Prairie Maternal CollaborativeADMITAll mandatory clauses passed
Coastal Food NetworkADMITAll mandatory clauses passed
Emerging Youth LabEXCLUDEOPERATING_HISTORY_SHORTC004
Seed Maternal CircleEXCLUDEOPERATING_HISTORY_SHORTC004
Regional Food Business LeagueEXCLUDEORG_TYPE_INELIGIBLEC003
Prairie Arts ExchangeEXCLUDEISSUE_AREA_OUT_OF_SCOPEC002
Neighborhood Learning AffiliateINDETERMINATEINDETERMINATE_MISSING_FACTC004

Retrospective view

Clause frequency

ClauseWould excludeMissing factSource language
C00421Applicants must have operated for at least two years.
C00210Applicants must work in youth learning, food security, or maternal health.
C00310Applicants must be a 501(c)(3) public charity or a fiscally sponsored project.
C00100Applicants must be based in the United States.

C001

C001 never fires against the tested set. The clause may carry language that does no work, or the candidate set may not test it. Check before publication.

Filing-thin comparison

Rule Impact Report

Not computed. Filing-thin group has 8 profiles, below the minimum of 10. Load more candidate profiles or run a retrospective CSV to get a comparison worth reading.

Applicant-facing copy

Self-screen questions

1. Is your organization based in the United States? [C001]
2. Does your proposed work address youth learning, food security, or maternal health? [C002]
3. Are you a 501(c)(3) public charity or a fiscally sponsored project? [C003]
4. Has your organization or project operated for at least two years? [C004]

Visible arithmetic

Funnel projection

Pool$10M
Grants available20
Applicant labor cost$3,400,000
Applicant labor per $1 granted34 cents
  1. Grants available = floor(10000000 / 500000) = 20
  2. First-read hours = 1000 × 20 / 60 = 333.33
  3. Admitted count = 7 from the candidate exclusion report
  4. Advanced-review hours = 7 × 8 = 56
  5. Reviewer hours = 333.33 + 56 = 389.33
  6. Applicant hours = 1000 × 40 = 40000
  7. Applicant cost = 40000 × 85 = 3400000
  8. Applicant labor cost per dollar granted = 3400000 / 10000000 = 0.34 dollars
  9. Applicant labor cost per dollar granted = 0.34 × 100 = 34 cents