Finding and filling out grant forms – Grants and proposal Writing

1. Finding and filling out grant forms – Grants and proposal Writing 2012 Northern Libraries Conference

2. Lonette Pelletier Aboriginal Library Services Coordinator Provincial Library and Literacy Office Ministry of Education 409A Park Street, Regina SK S4N 5B2 (306) 787-4472 (306) 787-2029 Fax lonette.pelletier@gov.sk.ca

3. Why apply? • $$$ • Community Involvement • Relationships and partnerships

4. What to prepare? • Purpose • Objectives and Deliverables • Budget • Partners • Timeline

5. Who to approach? • Corporate • Crowns • Federal, Provincial, Municipal, First Nation Governments • Community and Local Businesses

7. What are some approaches? • Mail Out Campaign • Proposals • Online Applications and Forms

8. Mail Out Campaign • Local Businesses and the community • Open a line of communication • Can be expensive and ineffective

14. Proposals • Large Grant Proposals • Business Plans • Used for larger projects with larger budgets • Ex. Capital Projects • Small Grant Proposals • Ex. FNMR Community Initiatives

15. Small Grant Proposal Criteria Requirements • Written proposal describing applicant’s interests, experiences and past successes and state other sources of funding or in-kind support; demonstrated partnership(s) with other organizations or communities • 4 categories of focus: Youth Leadership, Cultural Promotion, Women, Literacy, Honouring Veterans, Cultural Activities and Policy and Research

16. Online Applications and Forms Applications Forms • SaskEnergy • SaskPower • SaskTel • Cameco • Information Services Corporation • Community Initiatives Fund • Raise-A-Reader

17. Online Forms Information Services Corporation Community Investment Program • Focus: Youth, Diversity, Community • Requests must include: area of focus, level of sponsorship or donation being requested, date of event or initiative, contact information • Submit within 30-60 days prior

18. Example of an online form

19. Example of an online form

20. Online Applications SaskEnergy • Community Relations • Cash Donation; Major-in-Kind (bbq, tent, event lanyards); or, both • Also request Team Energy Grant, Corporate Table, Door Prize, Raffle Items, Silent Auction Item, Golf Tournament or other Team Entry • Submit at least 12-weeks prior to event

21. Example of an online application

42. Crown Corporation Contacts SaskEnergy SaskPower Community Relations 1000-1777 Victoria Avenue REGINA SK S4P 4K5 Phone: (306) 777-9378 Fax: (306) 352-4438 Email: communityrelations@saskenergy.com http://saskenergy.com/community/Sponsorships.asp Corporate Contributions Program 8SE, 2025 Victoria Avenue REGINA SK S4P 0S1 Fax: (306) 566-3131 http://www.saskpower.com/community/

43. Crown Corporation Contacts SaskTel SGI PO Box 2121 REGINA SK S4P 4C5 http://www.sasktel.com/about-us/community-involvement/community-investment/index.html Corporate Relations communications@sgi.sk.ca http://www.sgi.sk.ca/about/responsibility/community/donations/index.html

44. Crown Corporation Contacts Crown Investments Corporation (CIC) Information Services Corporation Executive Director, Communications 400 - 2400 College Avenue Regina, Sask. S4P 1C8 Phone: (306) 787-5889 Fax: (306) 787-8125 Email: cic-communications@cicorp.sk.ca http://www.cicorp.sk.ca/quick_links/sponsorship_policy Community Investment Program 300-10 Research Drive REGINA SK S4S 7J7 http://www.isc.ca/About/CommunityInvestment/Pages/default.aspx

45. Other Government Contacts First Nations, Métis and Northern Affairs Community Initiatives Fund First Nations & Métis Community Initiative 210 – 1855 Victoria Avenue REGINA, SK S4P 3T2 Phone: (306) 787-6683 Fax: (306) 787-5832 http://www.fnmr.gov.sk.ca/relations/programs/community-initiative Community Initiatives Fund 1870 Lorne Street REGINA SK S4P 2C7 http://www.cifsask.org/uploads/CIF-CGP-Guidelines-March_2011.pdf

46. Corporate Contacts Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority Cameco Corporation 250-103C Packham Avenue SASKATOON SK S7N 4K4 Phone: (306) 477-7777 Fax: (306) 477-7582 Email: sponshorships@siga.sk.ca http://www.siga.sk.ca/sponsorship.aspx Investor, Corporate & Government Relations 2121 - 11th St. W SASKATOON SK S7M 1J3 Tel: (306) 956-6645 Fax: (306) 956-6318 E-mail: donations@cameco.com http://www.cameco.com/responsibility/communities/community_investment/

47. Further Contacts Raise-A-Reader Multicultural Initiatives Fund For a local sponsorship package, please contact: The StarPhoenix 204 Fifth Avenue North SASKATOON SK S7K 2P1 Attention: Craig Peterson, Promotions Phone: (306) 657-6336 cPeterson@TheStarPhoenix.com http://www.saskculture.sk.ca/index.php?p=MIF%20Project%20Funding

48. Resources • PLLO Professional Development Collection • Getting The Money: How to Succeed in Fundraising for Public and Nonprofit Libraries • Librarian’s Handbook for Seeking, Writing, and Managing Grants • Winning Library Grants: A Game Plan • Becoming a Fundraiser: The Principals and Practice of Library Development • How-To-Do-It Manuals: Winning Grants; Fundraising for the Small Public Library; Making a Case for Your Library; Grants for Libraries • Southern Ontario Library Service • Saskatchewan Literacy Network Funding List

49. The Why’s Why they may contribute Why they may not contribute • Tax purposes: Registered Charitable Organizations • To make a difference in their communities • Lack of funds • Different focus at the time • You didn’t ask

50. Acknowledgment and Recognition • Thank you letters • Report on the event/project • Keep the lines of communication open via newsletters, event announcements, holiday greetings, etc. • Show and remind them of the difference they made in the community