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I am surprised that KQED got a $200,000 grant to open a Discord community.
Is there is a reason for that and what did that money got spent on?
Having opened a Discord Server for a company in the past, $200k is about right for something of this size. KQED has the most-tech savvy listener population of a US radio station (the local NPR for SanFran and surrounding area)
Paying people to moderate it real-time will probably be most of the cost.
Perhaps best to provide some context first:
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, also known as the Knight Foundation, is an American non-profit foundation that provides grants for journalism, communities, and the arts.
This suggests an obvious answer to your question. A Discord server is obviously not an optimal form of "community" but a form of community it is.
Probably salary for the person running it and nitro boat
This would be it. Tax benefit; puts salary, employment taxes, health insurance, and expense management on the grantee.
The salary for one person? That's extraordinary for a discord admin.
Salary is one part of the cost for an employee.
Benefits and perks cost money, plus you have the additional overhead of legal, HR, accounting which can scale based on headcount.
Most of my employers used a 2.5x multiplier to account for this.
Another place I worked every employee cost 250k regardless of salary.
Why are you asking random people on lemmy? This is a specific question that is not going to generate discussion. Google it or reach out to the organization.
Knight Foundation? Like the one in Knight Rider?
Kip ban that troll.
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