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Group Members: McKenna, Ashley, Jessica, Leah

In-kind services are the different services that are offered pro-bono to help the museum run.
Services include volunteer labor, catering, food and drink services, accounting, levels of marketing or public outreach, outsourcing, volunteer committees, tangible objects like stationary, office supplies etc., public education such as sending a curator to schools or reduced fees for classes to come as field trips

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Group Members: Rod Jai Kylee

- very clear direct doc persuading the reviewers
advance a probably cause
capable of doing such work

must be educated in writing practices
super competitive

budgets, long-term impacts, specific details
government/cooperate

Corporate focus more on the community picture whereas in government be more official. Corporate may want you to put their name out there in return. Such has signage or social media posts.

Include data points and case studies in the application so you can provide real-world implications of the grant.

When writing make yourself stand out. What is your unique point of view

Are you cash flow positive?

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Group Members: Zach, Franz, Lina

-->  Whether you meet the criteria set by the funding institution to which you are applying. Eg. values, mission

--> Eg. Qualifying for Indigenous funding

--> Must Meet donation schedules

--> Must adhere to application guidelines

--> Budget alignment

--> Legal considerations

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Group Members:

-  budget should reflect the community
- details account about the cost with research behind it
- it should be reasonable
- lay-out a timeline where the budget is required
- it should be balance: revenue and expenses (should be separated and calculated
- everything must be taken into consideration from wages of curator, care of items, etc.
- blueprint for daily operations
- determine where and when the funding came from

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G1: BC Arts Council - Operating Assistance: Public Museums and Indigenous Cultural Centres​

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G1: BC Arts Council - Operating Assistance: Public Museums and Indigenous Cultural Centres​

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Requirements:
-have a permanent space
- be registered as a non profit society for atleast a year
OR be operated by a local government, Indigenous community or Indigenous government in BC
OR be operated by a public post secondary institution
- Plus you need "Stability" aka atleast one part time or full time staff,

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BC Arts Council | Government of British Columbia

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Description

Operating Assistance: Public Museums and Indigenous Cultural Centres provides funding to assist the general operations of established museums and Indigenous cultural centres that sustain an annual artistic or cultural history program encompassing exhibitions, creation, presentation, collections, dissemination, and public program activities.

The Operating Assistance program supports organizations' operations over a funding cycle of two years. All applicants must meet the specific eligibility requirements within these guidelines.

Who Can Apply

Submissions from applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be forwarded for assessment. To be eligible, an applicant must:

Provide arts or cultural history programming to their identified communities in B.C. and have done so for a minimum of one year.

Engage professionals in artistic, curatorial, administrative or project leadership.

Fairly compensate artists, arts and cultural practitioners, technicians, Elders, and Knowledge Keepers. Compensation must align with community contexts and industry standards within the field of practice, including adhering to international intellectual property rights standards and cultural ownership protocols.

Adhere to the Criminal Records Review Act which requires that people who work with or may have unsupervised access to children or vulnerable adults must undergo a criminal record check by the Criminal Records Review Program.

Have received at least one Project Assistance grant from the BC Arts Council within the past seven years. Grant programs that fulfill this eligibility criteria include Professional Project Assistance; Arts-Based Community Development; and Arts Impact Grants. Grant programs that do not fulfill this eligibility criteria include, but are not limited to: Pivot Program; Arts Infrastructure; Resilience Supplements; Community Arts Festivals; Project Assistance: Community Arts Organizations; Touring; Early Career Development; Youth Engagement; or Co-op Placement.

A Museum or Indigenous Cultural Centre must also:
Hold a permanent collection and have a definable physical space designated for public exhibition of collection material.

AND

Be registered and in good standing as a non-profit society or community service co-op for at least one fiscal year prior to application with a dedicated arts and cultural purpose;

OR

Be operated by a local government, Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) community organization or Indigenous government in B.C., with a community-based board of management that sets policy for the museum/Indigenous Cultural Centre's public programs and services.

OR

Be operated by a public post-secondary institution for at least one fiscal year prior to application with a community-based board of management that sets policy for the organization's public programs and services, and that offers public programming by professional arts, museums and cultural practitioners in a dedicated exhibition space with regular ongoing access to the non-academic community.

In addition to the above eligibility criteria, organizations should have stability in current operations, both administratively and financially. Stability would be demonstrated through:

Having at least one staff person (part-time or full-time) that maintains consistency in operations and programming;

Ongoing and diverse sources of revenues outside of BC Arts Council programs;

Ability to plan programming and activities up to two years into the future; and

The capacity to compile annual financial and statistical information including the use of CADAC as outlined below.

Confirmation of eligibility and intention to apply should be established with a Program Advisor prior to submitting an application. Ineligible applications will not be forwarded for assessment.

How to Apply

The submission deadline is September 15, 2022, no later than 11:59 p.m. The BC Arts Council office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday.

Submit your application through the Grant Management System. Ensure that all information (including address verification) and documentation in your organization's online profile is up to date before submitting an application.

New applicants must register and create a profile in the online system. Once the registration request is submitted, it may take up to four business days to process your request. BC Arts Council will email you once your registration is processed and you are able to access grant applications.

Ensure the email address bc.artscouncil.noreply@gov.bc.ca is on your safe senders list and check your spam folders.

Applicants can submit a portion of their application by way of an audio or video recording. See instructions within the application on this option.

Program Guidelines
Program Guidelines (PDF)Application Preview (Word)Program FAQ (PDF)

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Operating Assistance: Public Museums and Indigenous Cultural Centres | BC Arts Council

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Operating Assistance: Public Museums and Indigenous Cultural Centres provides funding to assist the general operations of established museums and Indigenous cultural centres that sustain an annual artistic or cultural history program encompassing exhibitions, creation, presentation, collections, dissemination, and public program activities. The Operating Assistance program supports organizations' operations over a funding cycle of two years.

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G2:  Vancouver Foundation – Recovery and Resiliency Fund

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G2:  Vancouver Foundation – Recovery and Resiliency Fund

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Kylee Jai & Rod

closes sept 30th

charitable and non-profit -

funding Indigenous-led organizations with annual expenses of any size

funding non-Indigenous organizations with annual expenses of less than $1 million

funding proportionately more organizations located in and/or operating in rural areas

funding proportionately more organizations in full partnership with, or led by, equity-denied communities that center the communities they represent

Indigenous-led organizations with annual revenue of over 1 million

This Fund will provide flexible, three-year grants of $50,000 and $72,000 per year to eligible organizations that have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic

Have been operating in BC since January 1, 2020 (before the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic) and have (or will have) society incorporation or charitable registration by September 30, 2022.

Has an identifiable need to recover from the pandemic, a vision of its longer-term resiliency, and needs additional financial resources to realize its vision.

Had actual annual expenses in 2020 and 2021 of less than $1 million as per the organization's Statement of Financial Operations (i.e. Income Statement)

Randomized selection process  -  The randomized selection process is intended to assess eligibility and then validate it through a more relational approach before awarding the grant.

Indigenous-led organizations with annual revenues of more than $1 million can apply for an Indigenous Resiliency and Recovery Grant (IPP) through New Relationship Trust (NRT).

Seems easier to apply if you make over 1 million dollars.

View the equity Matrix - must have 3 of the 4 attributes (Leadership, values practices, program and team, accountability to the community)

Look here !
https://vf.smartsimple.ca/s_Login.jsp

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Update: July 27 - We've made some updates to the resource documents and this webpage to clarify some of the information we've been receiving questions about. Please download the latest versions to access the most up-to-date information.

The Recovery and Resiliency Fund is a ground-breaking new fund made possible through a partnership between Government of BC, Vancouver Foundation, United Way BC, and New Relationship Trust that will distribute $34 million to charitable and non-profit organizations, of which Vancouver Foundation has contributed $4 million.

This Fund will provide flexible, three-year grants of $50,000 and $72,000 per year to eligible organizations that have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. $5 million of the Fund will go to New Relationship Trust to grant directly to Indigenous-led organizations with annual revenues of more than $1 million.

Read more to learn how we're disrupting traditional grantmaking practices through this Fund: https://www.vancouverfoundation.ca/whats-new/how-recovery-resiliency-fund-shift-our-grantmaking

Purpose of the Fund

Although organizations of all sizes in the charitable and non-profit sector have been negatively affected during the COVID-19 pandemic, some organizations have been disproportionately impacted because they have limited resources to sustain their operations. Meanwhile, they've also faced an increased demand for their programs, activities, and services, and have experienced a decreased operational ability to meet the demand due to funding and staffing challenges.

This Fund supports organizations that have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic with recovery efforts and long-term planning. It seeks to distribute the funding amongst those in need in our community as follows:

funding Indigenous-led organizations with annual expenses of any size

funding non-Indigenous organizations with annual expenses of less than $1 million

funding proportionately more organizations located in and/or operating in rural areas

funding proportionately more organizations in full partnership with, or led by, equity-denied communities that center the communities they represent

Available Grants & Eligibility

1. For Indigenous-led Organizations with Annual Revenues over $1M

Indigenous-led organizations with annual revenues of more than $1 million can apply for an Indigenous Resiliency and Recovery Grant (IPP) through New Relationship Trust (NRT).

NRT will process applications and grant directly to those organizations that are selected for an award. More information can be found here: https://www.newrelationshiptrust.ca/initiatives/indigenous-resilience-and-recovery-grant-initiative-guidelines-and-application/

Indigenous-led organizations with annual budgets of less than $1 million can apply for funding through Vancouver Foundation (see below).

2. For All Other Charities and Non-Profit Societies in BC

a) Base Amount: $50,000 flexible grant per year for 3 years

To be eligible, an organization must meet all the following eligibility criteria:

Have been operating in BC since January 1, 2020 (before the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic) and have (or will have) society incorporation or charitable registration by September 30, 2022.

Organizations that had to close temporarily or cyclically during the pandemic are also eligible to apply.

Non-profits that incorporated as 'Member-funded' Societies are not eligible to receive funding. This designation is recorded in the incorporation record that you can look up at here.
For more information on not-for-profit organizations, please clickhere.

Extra-provincial non-share corporations must be in good standing with B.C. Registries and Online Services.

Provides charitable benefit in one or more of BC's eight economic development regions

Regardless of whether the organization is a charity or a non-profit society, its purpose must benefit the community-at-large.

To see a list of charitable purposes and their descriptions, please see here.

Has an identifiable need to recover from the pandemic, a vision of its longer-term resiliency, and needs additional financial resources to realize its vision.

Had actual annual expenses in 2020 and 2021 of less than $1 million as per the organization's Statement of Financial Operations (i.e. Income Statement)

b) Top-Up Amount: $72,000 flexible grant per year for 3 years ($50,000 base + $22,000 top-up)

To be eligible, an organization must meet all the following eligibility criteria:

All criteria under the Base Amount Eligibility; and

Be either 'Equity Partnership' or 'Equity Led' in the Equity Matrix in at least 3 of the 4 attributes sections: Leadership, Values & Practices, Program & Team, Accountability to Community

How to Apply

1. Review the Guidelines.

2. Confirm your organization is either a registered charity or a registered non-profit society. The date of incorporation or charitable registration must be on or before September 30, 2022.

3. Review the Equity Matrix so that you can answer the questions about your organization's leadership, values and practices, program and team, and accountability.

4. Set up an account or log into the Online Grant Management System to start your application.

5. If your organization is selected to receive a grant, you will be contacted by staff to validate your eligibility and need.

How Applications Will Be Processed

Vancouver Foundation and United Way BC will be testing a randomized selection process to award grants to minimize the biases that many organizations face in applying for funding, including having to compete with other organizations based on qualitative and subjective indicators that assess merit. The randomized selection process is intended to assess eligibility and then validate it through a more relational approach before awarding the grant.

1. All eligible applications will be pooled together based on economic development region and then further divided into Base Amount and Top-Up Amount pools.

2. Applications will be randomly selected until each of the funding pools is committed.

3. Selected applicants will be contacted to confirm their eligibility and need, including support with uploading documentation (e.g. Statement of Financial Operations (i.e. Income Statement)) to be reviewed by Vancouver Foundation or United Way BC. Applications from Indigenous-led organizations will be assessed, validated, and supported by Vancouver Foundation's Indigenous Priorities team (which is Indigenous-led).

4. If the eligibility criteria are not met or cannot be validated, then a new organization will be selected using the same process.

Key Dates

1. July 13: Applications Open

2. September 30: Applications Close

3. October to November: Randomized selection process and validation begins until the entire funding pool is committed

4. November to December: Selections and decisions will be communicated

5. November to December: Grants will be awarded

Resources

1. Program Guidelines (which also includes the Equity Matrix and the application questions) - Last updated July 27

2. FAQ - Last updated July 27

3. Equity Matrix

4. Application Questions - Last updated July 27

5. NRT's Indigenous Recovery and Resiliency Grant Initiative webpage

Contacts

For any questions about the Recovery and Resiliency Fund, including eligibility criteria and how to apply, please contact email grants.admin@vancouverfoundation.ca

For any questions about the Indigenous Recovery and Resiliency Grant Initiative, please contact IRR@nrtf.ca

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G3: Canadian Heritage – Museums Assistance Program – Collections Management​

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G3: Canadian Heritage – Museums Assistance Program – Collections Management​

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Group Members: Zach, Franz, Lina

-> deadline is November 1, 2022, 5p EST
->  organization must be an incorporated, non-profit Canadian museum: Open year round, at least 1 full-time paid staff, 3-5year strategic plan
-> OR or Indigenous governing bodies or organizations with a mandate to preserve and support Indigenous heritage.

--> Project funding for collections management system or storage solutions projects /per fiscal year and for project with 12 month duration = $50,000

--> Funding for projects related to sharing of best practices = $200,000

EVALUATION CIRTERIA
Relevance and community engagement

your project helps achieve the organization’s mandate;

your project responds to a demonstrated need;

support/interest from other funders or partners is shown (documented if possible); and

the target audience for your project and the methods to reach it (if applicable) are clearly identified and realistic.

Project planning and management

your organization is able to carry out the project and has engaged appropriate experience and expertise (personnel and consultants);

the timeline and resources are adequate; and

sound project management methods are demonstrated, including risk management.

Project budget

the forecasted budget/cash flow is comprehensive;

value for money is demonstrated, expenses are justified and reasonable; and

all contributions are clearly identified and realistic (applicant, partners and other sources).

Impact and evaluation strategy

outputs and outcomes are identified, clear and reasonable; and

your application includes an articulated evaluation strategy that is linked to outcomes and outputs (indicators, data collection, etc.).

Organization’s capacity

financial stability is demonstrated; and

your organization is professionally managed with clearly defined governance structure, administration and policies.

Your application will be evaluated by a review committee who will compare it with other eligible applications.

--> Need Interim and Final Report
-->  All products being presented to the public must be developed in both official languages. Applicants are also encouraged to develop exhibitions in other languages relevant to the project.

map-pam@pch.gc.ca

819-997-0055
1-866-811-0055 (toll-free)

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The Collections Management component of the Museums Assistance Program (MAP) provides funding for projects to improve knowledge, skills and practices related to key museum functions.

Who can apply

Applicants must meet the criteria in one of three categories:

Museums associations and incorporated non-profit Canadian service organizations whose membership relates to the museum sector which:

provide services to the public year-round;

employ the equivalent of one full-time paid professional staff;

have a current three to five-year strategic/business plan.

OR

Incorporated non-profit Canadian museums which:

Provide services to the public year-round;

Employ the equivalent of one full-time paid professional staff;

Have policies for key museum functions; and

Have a current three to five-year strategic/business plan.

OR

Indigenous governing bodies or organizations with a mandate to preserve and support Indigenous heritage.

How to apply

Applicants must:

Application deadline
November 1, 2022 at 5 p.m. EST
Contact us

For further information, please contact the nearest regional office of the Department of Canadian Heritage.

or

Department of Canadian Heritage
Museums Assistance Program
25 Eddy Street, 9th Floor (25-9-N)
Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0M5

Agents are available to answer your questions Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ( ET).
Regional offices of the Department of Canadian Heritage

Footnotes

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Incorporated non-profit Canadian museum applicants that are governed by provincial or municipal levels of government or by academic or cultural institutions are eligible if their principal mandate is linked to heritage. They must also have distinct objectives, programs and budgets related to heritage. Federal departments, Crown corporations and agencies are not eligible for funding under this component.

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Apply for funding for projects to improve knowledge, skills and practices related to key museum functions.

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G4: First Peoples Cultural Council: Sharing Traditional Arts Across Generations

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G4: First Peoples Cultural Council: Sharing Traditional Arts Across Generations

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- Grant amount: up to $50,000
- grant supports projects where the primary focus is passion on traditional arts skills ad knowledge across generation
- Applicants should be First Nations, Metis, and Inuits
- consist of three baskets of program offerings: Individual Artists Basket, Organizations and Collectives Basket, Arts Music Basket
- To be able to apply for collective funding: a group of 3 or more indigenous artists who come together with a shared vision and mandate
- Timeline: start and end of the deadline - Project Term - January 27, 2023 - December 31, 2023
- results will be out for about 12 weeks later after the decision; NOTE: NEVER CONTACT THEM
- applicants should have a previous experience; support indigenous artists, creatives, cultural, or community leaders.
- eligible to apply: indigenous governing bodies in B.C. (e.g First Nations); indigenous arts groups/collective in BC/ indigenous artist in B.C, 19 years of age or older; non-profit indigenous arts and culture organization registered in B.C
- Project should be well-detailed and concise
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Sharing Traditional Arts Program - First Peoples Cultural Council

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Sharing Traditional Arts program supports projects where the primary focus is passing on traditional arts skills and knowledge