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OK, welcome back. Now we are going to look at the third video in this module, which is entitled "Identifying potential sources for our grants". So
once we've started to look at what our project or initiative is going to be and we have a sense of who
we may be targeting out there, one of our next steps becomes, where are some of those potential areas that I can get some grant sources
from? Traditionally we think often of grants being largely through government sources, whether those be at the municipal level,
the provincial or state level, or the federal level. However there's also a number of areas out there that we can also look at for grant sources,
whether those be trusts and foundations, where many organizations have been developed or set up to look at ways of funding work to help
advance their agendas or objectives for those trusts and foundations. The other one which is becoming more and more prevalent is that of the
private sector. WIthin the private sector now there are a number of companies out there that as a part of either their community development
or part of their giving back to the sector, that they are looking to provide some grants to meet some of their
initiatives or areas that they'd like to have an impact on.
The other potential area that we have is, while we're seeing more and more partnerships and collaboration out there within the grant distribution
areas, there's often partnerships between possibly government and some of the not-for-profit sector,
looking at ways to best develop their programs.
Once I look at some of those and I've gone through and I've set up my
project and determined who I want to try and target that to, I can now, and the beauty of technology and even part of this course that
we're doing now is around a thing called the Internet. So as we go out there and put in
some searches looking at who my target populations could be,
the purpose of my project to see what grants may be out there for it and that may direct me to some that are government or some that are trusts
and foundations, or even private sector. But it provides that initial place for me to have my start to look at where I may be looking
for potential sources and grant applications.
Obviously if I'm in either the sport or recreation, or I may be in the performing arts area, that I may be looking,
you can also look to see, okay, with my organization, who are the grant agencies out there that we've traditionally gone to in the past
and where are some of the sources that might be out there to help us as we're moving along.
Obviously if I'm in the sport and recreation or if I'm a culture group or performing arts group, many departments within governments
or agencies have some contacts or have specific grants, those are certainly areas that I may go to,
to at least try and find out what could be available to me
or to my organization.
Word of mouth, individuals in your organization, don't think that you have to do the project in isolation. Talk with other members of
your board, talk to other contacts that may be out there that you can say, Hey, this is the initiative that we want to do, are you aware of any
organizations or any people, departments, agencies, private sector, who've assisted similar things that maybe other
people in your board have been involved with, whether it be through that organization or another organization, they may be
doing some work with. Often, as we did talk about, or one of the characteristics of many grant programs, they do have a contact person
or a grant administrator for those programs. So while I may have a sense of what I want to do with my
project, if I can't find a
grant agency that really meets a lot of that, that I feel I'm comfortable with the criteria, or that the program is really geared towards what I want to
do, or my specific initiative that I'm planning on looking for.
Give those people a call because often they may be able to refer you to another agency or to another grant program
that you have not been able to cover to your search to date.
Also, besides that, those types of contacts, there are a number of different, either Internet sites or websites that are set up that people can go
in that are designed to look at, actually, what I would consider similar to the updated version of the old grant directories;
where there may be listings of trusts or foundations or grants that are available for specific purposes. Sometimes those grant
directories you can purchase them if you wish, sometimes there may be a copy available at various libraries within
your community, and as I say, the other is, if your organization
does have some resources or wants to check out, there maybe someone on the website as well that you can look to.
So, well, it's not an exhaustive list, this is just some ways of starting to identify some potential sources
for your grants. We will talk about these further in future videos as we go through the course,
and we'll be looking at identifying, and as you go through your own, through the course, to identify some grant applications that you may do or some
some sample processes, it'll give you a better sense that the clearer that we could be, as well on
the purpose of our grants and what is that we want to do, these will come to hopefully identify some potential sources as you go down the road.
So that's it for the end of this module. We look forward to seeing you for the up and coming ones as we start to move forward on
more of a grant process. Thanks and have a great day.