Grants for Summer Drupal Project - Project Management Tool for Activists

Hello all,

After attending the recent Eugene Drupal Users Group meeting, I wanted to reach out to some local networks of programmers to see if anyone had any ideas to contribute to a project that I am planning for this summer: A project management tool for activists, organizers and social movements.

I'm a student at the University of Oregon, a computer science minor, an environmental studies major and an activist. I have directed many issue/election campaigns and I started a new student group on campus. I work with organizers from across the NW on campaigns related to climate change.

With all of this experience, I have seen the gaping void when it comes to project management tools suited for activists.

I'm want to fix that by building a set of features on top on top of Open Atrium (http://openatrium.com/). I won't go into detail about these here, but the features include:

1. Heirarchical group/user management with information being shared automatically based on the hierarchy
2. Comprehensive meeting tool (scheduling, announcement, remind, working agenda, categorized notes)
3. Task manager and timeline tool to encourage best practice planning ("reverse timelining") and to hold volunteers accountable for tasks.

I'm asking two things from this group: 1) Do you know of any grants or other funding sources that would allow me to do this as a summer job and 2) what other projects/organizations exist out there that I might want to speak to about doing such a project?

Any and all information, questions, ideas for the project, etc are welcome.

Thanks, all!