| FEDERAL GRANTS AND NATIONAL PROGRAMS |
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Canada On-line
http://connect.gc.ca/en/200-e.asp |
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| "We're helping connect Canadians to each other - and the world - by establishing up to 10,000 public Internet access sites in rural, remote and urban communities. We've also helped to connect Canada's public schools and libraries to the Internet. We're even working on making Canada's Internet system the fastest in the world." [source: website] [Note special programs - Community Access Program (CAP), LibraryNet, and others; the Funding section of the website is at http://ln-rb.ic.gc.ca/e/advocacy/index.asp#funds ] |
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| Libraries may be eligible under the Writing and Publishing and Outreach programs. |
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| The CGS provides an online guide to Canadian Grants, Subsidies, Prizes, and Awards, available from Government & Private sectors. |
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| Website provides articles and links of interest to fundraisers. |
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| Homepage of this valuable resource - the most recent edition may be available at your library, or you may be able to access an online subscription. |
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| This resources provides contact information for an extensive list of fundraising sources. |
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| This federal government program provides funding to help achieve the goals of the government's multiculturalism policy. |
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| PROVINCIAL GRANTS AND PROGRAMS |
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| Under Alberta Community Development; lottery revenues distributed to individual artists and arts organizations in the visual, performing, and literary arts, and cultural industries. Libraries fall in the Community and Support Organizations category. |
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| Under Alberta Community Development; mandated to facilitate/enhance activities, lifestyles and legacies through the development of active partnerships in sport, recreation, parks and wildlife programs with lottery funds. |
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| This Alberta government program provides lottery-based financial assistance for the expansion and upgrading of Alberta's extensive network of community use facilities. |
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| Alberta lottery-based funding is available for community initiatives in the areas of community services, recreation, culture, libraries, parks, health, education, social services and the environment. |
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| Under Alberta Community Development, provides funding assistance from lottery revenues under the Quarterly Grants Program to volunteer-based, registered non-profit or charitable community service agencies. |
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| This is an innovative program supporting local library donor programs across Alberta, inspired by and in recognition of the advocacy work done by Her Honour, Lois Hole, Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. Any size or type of publicly-funded library in Alberta can participate in this voluntary donor program – is your library registered? |
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| --discusses various types of fund development, but focuses on prerequisites to and management of planned giving programs. |
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| OTHER PROGRAMS, MODELS AND FOUNDATIONS |
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The Canadian Grant Program is the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's program for making grants to Canadian public libraries serving low-income communities.
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| "This page contains links to online databases and directories of funding agencies and foundations of interest to Canadian individuals and organizations, plus online tools and resources of value to those involved in prospect research and other areas of fundraising". [source: website] |
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| --an archive of recent cover stories from Charity Village – find out about Calgary’s Strategic Giving Group who assist Calgary companies in directing their contributions to various community investments and projects,Alberta’s Wild Rose Foundation, and western Canada’s Muttart Foundation, as well as many other Canadian organizations. Other articles talk about fund-raising strategies and program. |
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| --a collection of articles exploring the advantages and cautions of developing corporate partnerships. |
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| --a collection of articles on various aspects of using funds from lotteries and other gaming funds as a source of revenue for non-profit boards. |
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| GRANTS AND FUND-RAISING "HOW-TO" |
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| "The subject of this short course is proposal writing. But the proposal does not stand alone. It must be part of a process of planning and of research on, outreach to, and cultivation of potential foundation and corporate donors." [source: website] |
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| -- time spent planning saves a great deal of time later. Get organized – get successful! |
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| -- everyone needs to know the basics when it comes to money! Explore this resource when developing the budget portion of your proposal. |
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A proposal is a request for financial assistance to implement a project. For a community project, it may be used to seek approval from the community members (the community itself being the most important donor). Use these guidelines to seek project funding from any donor.
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| "This document provides guidelines and suggestions for methods and principles of fund raising aimed at the financing of community based projects." [source: website] |
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| -- a general subject guide about non-profit Fundraising –a collection of information about fundraising management and marketing, prospect research, corporate partnerships, special events and much more. [source: website] |
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| -- a collection of brief articles addressing the role of ethics in fund-raising and in other aspects of non-profit associations |
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| -- be more focused and productive using these tips for maximizing your fund-raising efforts. |
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