2011-2012 Partnership Project Collaborative

The following proposal is for recently announced 2011-2012 Partnership Project Collaborative. Please visit the Ministry of Citizenship & Immigration for more information. The funding envelope is focused on the following priorities:
  1. Increase intra-sector collaboration by holding face-to-face meetings or creating virtual meeting spaces for organizations to share knowledge, best-practices, resources and expertise.
  2. Enhance and expand the use of technology to develop more effective channels for communication with and among member organizations, volunteers and stakeholders.
  3. Explore innovative models of service delivery through partnerships, organizational restructuring or mergers.
  4. Modernize operational infrastructure by enhancing existing board policies and governance, human resources and volunteer training, financial management, strategic planning and risk management practices.

Application Status (July 26th): We regret to announce that we will not be submitting this proposal after all. With three days to go (July 29th deadline), we were not able to get all the program elements together. #fail.

NOTE: Framework also connected to CanadaHelps, Ontario Nonprofit Network, Tides Canada, TechSoup Canada and Peacebuilders about this proposal. ONN, Tides and Peacebuilders are each submitting their own application.
Our Proposal Highlights:
  • ~$300K over three years
  • Hire Information Communication Technology (ICT) Analyst who would act as a shared service for ~10 organizations (~$45k/year)
  • Small line item for cost recovery (staff time of participating orgs)
  • ~$2,000 for SaaS tools for each org
  • You can view the MS Word version of the file by clicking here

Deliverables:
  • Deliver a customized ICT strategy for each organization based on Open Architecture Planning methodology created by Framework
  • Create ICT development road map (short, medium, long-term)
  • ICT Systems Analyst would share his/her time between to a minimum of 10 organizations (time allocation TBD) to manage, configure & administer selected aspects of ICT needs
  • Framework to engage SaaS companies & other funders to more resources and consultants for long-term sustainability 

Organizations that Framework was in contact with:
  1. Engineers Without Borders
  2. Meal Exchange & their Food Network
  3. FrontLine Partners with Youth Network
  4. Schools Without Borders
  5. Skills for Change
  6. Social Venture Partners Toronto
  7. SiG @ Mars (Lead #1)
  8. Vantage Point

Budget

Below you will find the more detailed budget document with detail, where available on selected line items. Salary and cost-recovery for staff time have been broken down into hours/week and the associated hourly rate.

Alignment of Partner Organization with Ministry Priorities

When speaking with potential partners, Framework captured how well each organization's capacity/programming priorities lined up against the priorities of the fund. Below us a summary. Please note: Time did not permit Framework to verify the ratings with each organization.
  1. None - not on radar, or not important at the moment
  2. A little - we have been wanting to do more of this, and this grant could help
  3. Some - this has been discussed or tried in the past
  4. A lot - very much aligned with either our strategic or current program goals/objectives
  5. Bang On - very critical, completely lined up with strategic AND program needs
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