2014 Grant Round Information Session
Agenda • Introduction • 2014 Grant Round • Changes/What Remains the same • Tips for applying • Questions
Introduction: Who We Are • Formed in 1954 as the Geelong and District Community Chest, becoming United Way Geelong Region in 1979. • 2011 become Give Where You Live Inc. as a means of keeping all raised funds under our control and in the Geelong region. • Over the last 60 years we have contributed more than $42M to charitable and welfare not for profit organisations in the Geelong region to reduce disadvantage. • Our goal is to be a catalyst for positive social change by ensuring our contributions have the greatest measurable impact on disadvantage, through mobilising resources, enabling partnerships and funding innovative programs.
Introduction: Community Contributions In 2014 we expected to contribute $1.5-2M to the Geelong Region through: • 2014 Grant Round Grants (Community, Capital Works and Equipment, Innovation and Capacity Building Grants) • Feed Geelong Grants • Direct Assistance Voucher (DAV) Program • Collective Impact Strategy • Strategic Grantmaking
2014 Grant Round: Principles • Increase life opportunities • Promote social inclusion • Engage beyond Grants • Awareness raising • Transparency and accountability • Sustainability • Balanced giving
2014 Grant Round: Programs and Focus Area Health and Live and Learn Survive and Wellbeing Thrive t o provide educational to improve social to contribute to opportunities as a basic levels of inclusion and pathway out of economic security access and disadvantage including food physical and shelter, pharmacy • School readiness mental health and household • Disengaged young • Healthy Aging people goods • Living with a disability • Education training • Homelessness and • Reducing risky choices and/or employment housing support • Life crises pathways • Financial skills and ongoing financial strategies • Regional emergency relief and basic food security
2014 Grant Round: Eligibility We do not fund: We fund charitable organisations that have: • Individuals • Clinical or medical research • Endowment Funds • Tax Concession Charity (TCC) and • Conferences or fundraising events • Retrospective or duplicated funding • Deductible Gift Recipient Item 1 • Programs that discriminate or create (DGR1) status and community conflicts • Auspicing (the organization applying MUST the one undertaking the project • Whose proposed projects will impact or program) the Geelong region - City of Greater • Previous grant recipients who have not Geelong, Surf Coast Shire, Borough of completed reporting and acquittal Queenscliffe, and southern Golden requirements Plains Shire • Specific exclusions for a nominated Grant Round or Category
2014 Grant Round: Grant Categories • Capital Works and Equipment Grants • Community Grants • Capacity Building Grants • Innovation Grants
2014 Grant Round: Capital Works and Equipment Grants • Small Grants up to $10,000 • Major Grants for Planning up to $50,000 • Major Grants for Implementation up to $75,000 • Applications Due Friday, April 11 (COB)
2014 Grant Round: Community Grants • Small Grants up to $10,000 • Medium Grants up to $30,000 • Applications Due Friday, April 11 (COB)
2014 Grant Round: Capacity Building Grants • Medium Grants up to $30,000 • Applications Due Friday, April 11 (COB)
2014 Grant Round: Innovation Grants • 2 year Grants - $70,000 a year ($140,000 over the two years) • 4 Step Process 1. Telephone consultation to endorse suitability 2. Expression of Interest Application 3. Full Application (by invitation only) 4. Presentation to Grant Advisory Group • Expressions of Interest Due Wednesday, March 26 (COB)
Key Changes For 2014 Grant Round • Longer timeframe to submit a grant application • Online application process • Right sizing of applications • Right sizing of expectations • More public information and technical assistance sessions
What Remains the Same For 2014 Grant Round • Criteria more heavily weighted to Community Need (25%) and Evaluation and Impact (35%) • Focus on two tiered evaluation
Two Tier Evaluation Model : How does your Grant fit within the context of an overall funding Portfolio? GWYL GRANT ROUND Portfolio Survive and Health and Well Live and Learn Thrive Being PROGRAMS PROGRAMS PROGRAMS Awareness Raising Prevention Early Intervention Treatment Capacity Building Capital Works and Equipment
Two Tier Evaluation Model TIER 1: TIER 2: Give Where You Grantees Live • What‘s invested (Inputs) • Reach • What You Do? (Outputs) • Effectiveness • Who You Reach? (Outputs) • Implementation • Short Term Impact or change • Medium Term Impact or • Short and Medium KPI’s change • Sustainability • Long Term Impact or change
Tier 2 For Grantees: A Visual NEED/ISSUE INPUTS IMPACT and OUTPUTS OUTCOMES Short Term What’s Who You changes Invested Reach Medium What You Term do changes Long Term changes **Various methods to collect data, measure and demonstrate Impact
2014 Grant Round: Process 1. Grant Applications Received 2. Applications Assessed by 40+ independent 5. All Successful and Grant Review Panel Unsuccessful Grantees representative of the community or the Grant Notified Advisory Panel representative of experts 4. GWYL Board Reviews 3. GWYL CEO and Staff Assess , and Approves Grant s Review and Collate Recommendations
2014 Granting Round: Tips For Applying Opens week of March 3 rd - Visit • www.givewhereyoulive.com.au/grants • Read the guidelines and application materials….Read them again.... • Make sure you’re eligible • Talk to us, ask questions • Think about what will be different/changed because of your grant application and connect what you are planning to do to that difference.
All Grant Information, Guidelines, Dates and Application Forms can be downloaded from our website: www.givewhereyoulive.com.au Or contact: 18 Myers Street, Geelong VIC 3220 T 5229 4364 F 4206 7026 admin@givewhereyoulive.com.au Cynthia Scherer, Grants Administrator T 5229 4364 E grants@givewhereyoulive.com.au www.givewhereyoulive.com.au
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