What a fantastic initiative Brendan. Happy to fire in some upvotes where needed.
I truly don't want to butt in on your project here in the comments but this may well help with the overspill.
I posted recently about a new funding project I'm launching to succeed my A Dollar A Day daily giving scheme. It is running under the working title of Pennsif's Pot at the moment and it will have about US$100 available each month to give to charities or individuals who require some funding.
It may dovetail into the funding needs of some of the people posting on your initiative.
You find the post with details 3 days back on my blog.
Awesome!!! I think that sounds wonderful! I will check out your post :)