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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
• ur 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 Wellbeing

to improve social inclusion and access and physical and mental health

• Healthy Aging
• Living with a disability
• Reducing risky choices
• Life crises

Live and Learn

to provide

educational

• pportunities as a

pathway out of disadvantage

• School readiness
• Disengaged young

people

• Education training

and/or employment pathways

Survive and Thrive

to contribute to basic levels of economic security including food shelter, pharmacy and household goods

• Homelessness and

housing support

• Financial skills and
• ngoing financial

strategies

• Regional emergency relief

and basic food security

2014 Grant Round: Eligibility We fund charitable

• rganisations that have:
• Tax Concession Charity (TCC) and
• Deductible Gift Recipient Item 1

(DGR1) status and

• Whose proposed projects will impact

the Geelong region - City of Greater Geelong, Surf Coast Shire, Borough of Queenscliffe, and southern Golden Plains Shire

We do not fund:

• Individuals
• Clinical or medical research
• Endowment Funds
• Conferences or fundraising events
• Retrospective or duplicated funding
• Programs that discriminate or create

community conflicts

• Auspicing (the organization applying

MUST the one undertaking the project

• r program)
• Previous grant recipients who have not

completed reporting and acquittal requirements

• 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

Survive and Thrive Live and Learn Health and Well Being GWYL GRANT ROUND Portfolio PROGRAMS PROGRAMS PROGRAMS

Awareness Raising Prevention Early Intervention Treatment Capacity Building Capital Works and Equipment

Two Tier Evaluation Model: How does your Grant fit within the

context of an overall funding Portfolio?

Two Tier Evaluation Model

TIER 1: Give Where You Live

• Reach
• Effectiveness
• Implementation
• Short and Medium KPI’s
• Sustainability

TIER 2: Grantees

• What‘s invested (Inputs)
• What You Do? (Outputs)
• Who You Reach? (Outputs)
• Short Term Impact or change
• Medium Term Impact or

change

• Long Term Impact or change

INPUTS **Various methods to collect data, measure and demonstrate Impact OUTPUTS NEED/ISSUE

What’s Invested Short Term changes Long Term changes Medium Term changes

IMPACT and OUTCOMES

What You do Who You Reach

Tier 2 For Grantees: A Visual

2014 Grant Round: Process

• 1. Grant Applications

Received

• 2. Applications Assessed

by 40+ independent Grant Review Panel representative of the community or the Grant Advisory Panel representative of experts

• 3. GWYL CEO and Staff Assess ,

Review and Collate Recommendations

• 4. GWYL Board Reviews

and Approves Grants

• 5. All Successful and

Unsuccessful Grantees Notified

2014 Granting Round: Tips For Applying

• Opens week of March 3rd - 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.

18 Myers Street, Geelong VIC 3220 T 5229 4364 F 4206 7026 admin@givewhereyoulive.com.au

www.givewhereyoulive.com.au

All Grant Information, Guidelines, Dates and Application Forms can be downloaded from

• ur website:

www.givewhereyoulive.com.au Or contact: Cynthia Scherer, Grants Administrator T 5229 4364 E grants@givewhereyoulive.com.au