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Funding Criteria
updated September 10, 2008
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General Criteria |
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In determining which projects
to support, Foundation staff and Governors ask the following
questions:
- Does it fit our legislated mandate
and purposes?
- Is it in line with our mission
statement?
- Does it meet our effectiveness
criteria?
- Involve logical partners
- Target real estate/land use
practitioners and/or key public audiences
- Encourage best management practices
- Fill a previously unmet need
- Increase the capacity of an
organization, sector, or community to improve real estate and/or
land use practices
- Does it meet other, basic requirements,
such as having realistic objectives, a reasonable budget, and
a plan for sustaining the benefits of the project?
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Responsive Grants Program |
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The following goals and objectives
describe the emphasis of the Responsive Grants Program. While
they are organized in discrete categories according to the Foundation's
legislated purposes, a project will often span categories (i.e.
It will include research and education, or research, education
and law reform, etc.). |
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Public and Professional Education |
The Foundation gives priority
to education programs and products that:
- present original research and/or
education arising from new legislative requirements;
- serve more than one relevant
audience/ engage a range of practitioners;
- aim to influence real estate
and/or land use practice in specific ways after the project is
complete.
The Foundation does not fund the regular
business of land trusts and conservancies, including landowner
contact programs and associated outreach campaigns. Support to build the capacity of
the sector is provided through grants to the Land Trust Alliance
of BC.
The Foundation may consider supporting workshop or conference programs where there is robust real estate and/or land use related educational content. Programs intended solely for an organization's membership will not be given priority. |
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Research |
The Foundation's emphasis is on
research that poses a question that can be investigated and analyzed.
Survey work and studies may also be considered where other resources
are lacking for the work. |
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Law Reform |
This category includes projects
that focus on local bylaw and regulatory changes. The Foundation
may fund background research and stakeholder meetings in connection
with proposed law reform. |
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Good Works |
Current priorities include:
- Non-profit housing/shelter construction
and renovation projects that create new units or beds in response
to an identified/researched need in the community.
- Housing projects which incorporate sustainable land use and green building practices.
- Housing projects in smaller communities, which often lack the resources and fundraising base of larger centres.
Please see "Exclusions,"
below, to help determine a project's basic eligibility. Note
that, as a rule, the REF will not fund housing projects receiving
funding under the Independent Living BC program. |
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Public & Professional Education Events Program |
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As well as the general criteria
and Responsive Grants Program goals described above, Education
Events Program (EEP) criteria include:
- The program must be incremental
to the usual activities/program of the applying organization
(e.g., annual general meetings are not eligible for support);
- Eligible budget items may include
travel expenses and honoraria for speakers, pre- and post-event
information, and a portion of event administration costs;
- Presenters who are members of
the applying organization are not eligible for speaker fee cost
recovery from the Foundation's grant.
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Exclusions |
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The Foundation will not entertain
applications for:
- directed political, religious
and other advocacy;
- activities that will primarily
or exclusively provide benefits for individuals;
- facilities providing medical
or medically related services and programs;
- facilities primarily providing
"program space", such as day care centres, drop-in
centres, community centres, community halls, or schools;
- development of sports fields,
camps, and related or other recreational facilities;
- acquisition of lands for conservation,
such as parkland, greenways, natural areas, wildlife habitat,
etc.;
- research and education focused
on the science of conservation;
- projects that deal with the
concerns of a single resource sector, such as forestry, fisheries,
or farming;
- retirement of debt;
- ongoing and regular operating
expenses of established programs;
- activities that promote the
earning capabilities of the real estate industry membership.
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