2011 Call for Proposals:  Major Grant Initiative

The Bowen Island Community Foundation (BICF) has been established by and for the community, to build and manage endowment funds to improve the artistic, cultural, educational, environmental, recreational, and social well-being of residents of Bowen Island.  BICF Endowed Funds provide our community organizations and residents the opportunity to access financial support for their important contributions to island life.

Over the past seven years, the Bowen Island Community Foundation through one of its funds, the Community Endowment Fund, has provided over $35,000 to community organizations and initiatives.  This year, BICF has allocated $5,000 from this Fund for a Major Grant Initiative.  The Major Grant Initiative will be directed to two specific qualifying areas:  an environmental focus and/or a social focus.  The Major Grant Initiative may act as seed money to begin a new initiative or as core support money to further an existing initiative.

This call for proposals is directed to Bowen Island organizations or groups that have charitable status and meet the requirements of the call for proposals.  New groups or organizations are encouraged to apply.

Process

Organizations and groups with charitable status are eligible to apply for the $5,000 Major Grant Initiative if their proposal addresses both the Qualifying Areas and the Criteria set out below.  BICF may allocate one grant of $5,000 or two grants of $2,500 each.  Where BICF determines that none of the proposals meet the criteria listed below, BICF will follow previous practice and allocate the $5,000 across a number of organizations under a separate call for proposals.  The Board of the Foundation will review all proposals and allocate the Major Grant Initiative.

Qualifying Areas

1. Environmental focus: an environmental project that benefits the long term environmental sustainability of Bowen Island and the well being of islanders.
2. Social focus: a socially centred project that betters the lives of islanders in need or assists islanders to participate more fully as members of society.

Criteria

The successful proposal(s) will address the following five criteria.

1. The proposal should demonstrate how the proposed initiative will provide long-term environmental or social benefits to the island and islanders;
2. The proposal should demonstrate how the proposed initiative addresses community needs;
3. The proposal should identify how the proposed initiative will build capacity in the community;
4. The proposal should demonstrate how the proposed initiative will build upon existing capacity of an organization or group; and
5. The proposal should identify why the Major Grant Initiative is critical to the success of the proposed initiative.

Application Requirements

Those submitting a proposal are required to provide the following:

• Name and address of organization or group and list of Directors/Members;
• Contact name, email address and telephone number for the Proposal;
• Charitable status and Revenue Canada Charitable number;
• One paragraph describing the purpose of the organization or group;
• Description of the proposed initiative that demonstrates clearly how the initiative addresses the five criteria (maximum 2 pages);
• Description of how the Major Grant Initiative would be budgeted, including how it might leverage additional monies (maximum 1 page);
• A statement describing how the Major Grant Initiative would affect the well being of islanders (maximum 1 page).

The proposal should not exceed five pages.

Submissions are due: March 18, 2011.

If you would like to speak to someone about your project, please call Joyce Ganong, Chair, at 604-947-2802.

Bowen Island Community Foundation · PO Box 18 ·Bowen Island, BC  V0N 1G0  Tel: 604.947-2802 

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