Questions and Advice/Tips
Questions and Advice/Tips General Information – Tab QUESTIONS APPLICANT ADVICE/TIPS For this project, please provide the key contact’s information: - Project contact name - Project contact phone number - Project contact email Is your organization applying for more than one grant in this round? Yes or No Please note that your organization can apply for multiple grants, for different initiatives. A separate application is required for each grant, however you are welcome to re-use content in the different applications, if applicable. Please note, each application will be assessed on its own merits, independently of other applications submitted by the same applicant. Capital costs required to carry out a Grow Stream initiative are considered part of the overall project expenses and should be included in the Grow application and not submitted as a separate Capital application. Likewise, Seed applications may include expenses for materials and equipment and these should be included in the Seed application and not submitted as a separate Capital application. Is this a collaborative initiative? Yes or No If yes, please provide details regarding the collaborators and planned nature of the collaboration (up to 125 words). Will the project activities take place in Ontario? Yes or No If you are applying for a collaborative initiative, you will need to have a formal agreement in place between the organizations involved. You may be required to provide this agreement to OTF if approved for a grant. Only activities that take place in Ontario are eligible for OTF funding. Where will the primary impact of this project be? Select one, pick-list of catchments, if Toronto catchment chosen will be 6 subcategories by forward sortation (e.g. M5B) If impact will occur in multi catchments, pick the catchment where at least 75% of the impact will occur. Otherwise, pick All Ontario. How much money are you requesting from OTF? Number ($5,000 to $75,000) This is the amount of funds you are requesting from OTF, please do NOT include requests from other funders in this amount. 1 Please select the population that is the primary focus of your grant. Select one: - People with Disabilities - Francophones - Aboriginal (select one - First Nations, Métis or Inuit)* - Diverse communities and Racialized Groups - Women - LGBTTQIA - All Populations *If Aboriginal selected, select one subcategory: - First Nations - Métis - Inuit Please select the community size that is the primary focus of your grant. Select one: - Rural or Small Communities (20,000 or less) - Mid-size Communities (20,001 100,000) - Urban Centres and Metropolitan Suburbs (100,000+) Please select the age group primarily served by the grant. Select one: - Children up to 12 years - Youth* - Adults (25-64) - Seniors (+65) - General population (all age groups) *If Youth selected, select one subcategory: - Early Adolescence (12-14) - Adolescence (15-18) - Early Adults (19-25) - Early Adults with disabilities (19-29) 2 Stream Information - Tab QUESTIONS Funding for seed grants is for specific purposes. Will your project: [Select one] - Research a new concept, idea or approach - Develop, launch or test a new idea, approach or event - Convene around an emerging issue - Conduct a feasibility study - Other [If other, please explain (25 words max.)] APPLICANT ADVICE/TIPS Strategic Alignment Select the Action Area the most relevant to project Select the grant result that most aligns with your project: [Select one from the table of priority outcomes and grant results] Please choose a Grant Result which broadly relates to your proposed initiative. Your project’s alignment with an OTF Priority Outcome and Grant Result is an eligibility requirement. To ensure eligibility, your project must demonstrate how it will contribute to or achieve the selected grant result. Please ensure this alignment is clear when responding to the following questions. Read more about OTF Priority Outcomes and Grant Results. What is the idea, challenge or opportunity that your organization will explore in this project? 100 words max. For example, "There is a population of 2,500 shelterinsecure youth with low levels of literacy who would benefit from a new-to-Canada reading program that will improve their achievement of basic human needs (through greater job success)". What is the need in the community that this project will address? How pressing is the need? How will you address that need through the initiative? 200 words max. Please describe the community or population that the program is focused on. If appropriate, identify (ideally, with numbers or percentages) any gaps in the community's well-being that this project will address. Describe how you identified the need or demand (focus groups, research, needs assessment, etc.). You may upload as many as five (5) pictures or diagrams, or provide a link to pictures, that will provide greater explanation of your funding needs. Please include a short description for each picture. 25 words max. People What are you hoping to learn from this project? 100 words max. As appropriate, include what your organization, the community or sector expect to learn as a result of this project. Please outline next steps expected as a result of 3 this Seed grant. (e.g. Specific new skills, new understandings or changes in attitudes on an issue, or changes to ways of working.) Process Briefly describe the activities you will perform to complete this project. 50 words max. Anticipated start date select from calendar Anticipated end date select from calendar Are there other organizations that are essential for the success of this project? Y or N These may be project partners or part of a collaborative. Please provide the names of these essential organizations. 25 words max. Please describe these partners’ contributions to the project. Status of the partnership for this project: Select one from pick list: - Formal agreement - Informal agreement - In negotiations - Unknown It is acceptable if your organizations and partners have not yet formalized the partnership arrangement. Select ‘Unknown’ if you are interested in developing partnerships but have not yet approached them or begun negotiations. How many full time equivalent (FTE) positions will be funded through this grant? One Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) is equal to one staff person working a full-time work schedule for one year. Typically, it represents a 40-hour workweek, working 49 weeks out of the year. Note that this information is not used to evaluate the application, but is required for OTF reporting purposes. Note that this information is not used to evaluate the application, but is required for OTF reporting purposes. How many volunteers are anticipated for this project? 50 words max. Contribution may be financial, time, space, etc. Project Budget If you do not have the financial workbook, click the download button below. Please complete the budget workbook and click the upload button. What is the total project cost? Please indicate the amount of funding from sources other than OTF that you have secured for this endeavor. Enter dollar amount. Describe other sources of secured funding and the nature of the items funded. 75 words max. Enter dollar amount Please include costs for the entire project, including the amount requested from OTF and all other secured and unsecured sources of funding. If your project is part of a bigger initiative, please enter the dollar amount of the bigger initiative cost. 4 If there are funds required, beyond the OTF requested amount, that you have not yet secured, what is your plan to secure the additional funds? 30 words max. Provide a brief description of project Co-populated with template and drop-down options Describe the activity in 10 words. E.g. “Build a community garden” Acknowledgements The information contained in this application and the accompanying documents is true, accurate and complete. Must check box to proceed I understand that should this application be approved, our organization will be required to enter into a formal, legally-binding agreement with the Ontario Trillium Foundation that will outline the terms and conditions of the grant. Must check box to proceed I understand that OTF will not reimburse any expenses incurred prior to the date of OTF Board approval for the grant. Must check box to proceed Our organizational representative with designated signing authority/decision making authority in our organization has authorized this application Must check box to proceed 5
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