Following up on @tmausts comments for the criteria. It's really essential to know how the organization plans to USE their Steem account.
Ideally, the organization you guys select to receive the 3,000 Steem will use their account to blog and write about HOW they will use their grant. (Even after "winning" it). Of course, they're free to withdrawal and use the cryptocurrency however they like. But looking forward, it would be great if they were required to blog about what that money went towards.
Excellent and important point! Both classes were really interesting in how the "winning" ORG would leverage their STEEM and other (more traditional) resources. But asking them to think hard about that upfront is the only way to know and compare... That's about where we are in this process. Refining the questions for potential "winners" to respond to.