The Beans is an adaptive funding cohort for artists and community organizers. Over 8 live sessions with a breathing space in the middle, you’ll map your weekly “beans” (time), design project‑beans, and treat each grant as a small experiment—testing clear hypotheses and outcomes so you become more fundable over the next 3–12 months.

The Beans is a time observation activity that treats one week as a snapshot of your life right now. You map how your 168 hours actually unfold, without trying to fix or optimize anything. The first round is purely descriptive - this is what an average week looks like at this moment. Weeks can and do shift over seasons, but each map is simply a way to see what is true for you now, so any future plans or projects rest on something real rather than imagined.