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.
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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)
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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
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