Transcript Essex Community Foundation

Essex Community Foundation
Jill Curd
Grants Officer
6th October 2011
Meet the Funders Braintree
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Essex Community Foundation
an independent charitable trust
Registered Charity Number 1052061
VISION
 A strong generous community – an Essex where
people work together to enhance the quality of local
life
MISSION
 To inspire philanthropy and charitable giving –
matching people, ideas, resources and needs to
make a lasting difference
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Key roles of a community
foundation
 Build an Endowment Fund
 Encourage new charitable giving
 Offer a service to donors by managing
funds on their behalf
Endowment & Flow through
 Effective grant maker to local charities
 Conduit for government funding
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Key Achievements
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Established 1996 by local people
Built an endowment fund of over £18m
Distributed £17.5 million in grants
Awarded over 4,500 grants
Manage 72 Funds
One of 57 UK community foundations
Actively participate in Partnerships
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Manage Funds on behalf of
Donors
Funding comes from various sources, either as one-off donations or through the
management of funds on behalf of donors:
 donations from people who want their charitable
giving to help local organisations
 individuals wanting to set up named or family funds
 companies wanting a more strategic approach to
their charitable giving
 charitable trusts where the trustees no longer want
the responsibility of managing the trust
 local and central Government and public agencies
who see Essex Community Foundation as a conduit
to ensure that public funding reaches grass roots
communities
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What we support
 In the main, voluntary and community groups with a charitable
purpose
 Social and community activities, encouraging community
involvement and self-help; charitable activity within Essex,
Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock
 Core costs/ revenue costs, project costs, one-off initiatives, capital
costs
 Maximum Grant: £10,000* (average grant £3,500) to be spent in
one year
 Currently about 1 in 5 applications are successful
 The majority of our funding is for one year*
* Braintree District Community Investment Partnership Fund up to £25,000 and more than one
year may be considered)
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Fund examples:
Braintree specific:
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Braintree District Community Investment Partnership Fund (quarterly panels)
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Greenfields Community Fund (mainly September round)
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Marion Ruth Courtauld Educational Fund – groups and individuals
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William Julien Courtauld Medical Fund – medical equipment
Other fund examples:
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ECC Millennium Fund (Jan round only) - To support young people, carers, the community
and the local environment. Administrative Essex only
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Essex County Council Chairman's Fund (Jan round only) to enrich the lives of young
people by increasing their awareness and participation in activities exploring culture and
heritage
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High Sheriffs’ Award – small awards to support local initiatives devised to make
communities safer places to work and live. Max £1,000 – deadline Dec 1st each year
Some of our other funds are at the discretion of ECF trustees, donors or companies; some are
geographically specific or cause specific
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What we can’t support
 Political activities or promotion of religious beliefs
 Statutory bodies undertaking their statutory
obligations, including schools
 General appeals
 Activities which support animal welfare
 Projects that operate outside of Essex, or benefit
non-Essex residents
 Retrospective funding
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Assessment Process
to ensure the applicant organisation meets the eligibility and criteria of the
Foundation and to establish and summarise the overall need for their
services
Each application is assessed using the following criteria:
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Evidence of need
Community involvement
Management and governance
Value for money
Lasting benefit
Assessments are presented to the many funding panels ECF work
with
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Decisions
 Local people making decisions:
Trustees; Advisory Groups; Partners’ Panels; Donors
 Most fund holders are looking to support small local
voluntary groups that really tackle evidenced need at
grass roots
 Award letter and terms and conditions
 Monitoring and Evaluation
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Funding Rounds
Main Grants – general application form
9th January & 9th September *
(results within 10 weeks of deadline)
High Sheriff (own application form)
December 1st each year*
Braintree District Community Investment Partnership Fund – quarterly
panels (next one is November)
*Check website for updates / new funds etc. and the new ‘on-line’ form for the January 2012
round
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an exciting new national initiative called Localgiving.com which allows people to
search for, and give to, charities and community groups in their local area.
Voluntary organisations, including those too small to be registered with the
Charity Commission, can create an online presence through which members of
the public can donate money to their chosen cause.
Donations attract gift aid
Essex charities featured on Localgiving.com are those invited and vetted by
ECF, in a process approved by the Charity Commission
Free for the first 3 months
Emma Rawlingson at ECF can give you support and help to create a full service
fundraising website with the important ‘Donate Now’ button
01245 356018 [email protected]
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Essex Community Foundation
121 New London Road
Chelmsford
Essex CM2 0QT
Tel: 01245 356 018
Fax: 01245 346391
www.essexcommunityfoundation.org.uk
[email protected]
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“ To give money away is an easy matter
and in any man’s power: but to decide
to whom to give it and how large and
when, and for what purpose is neither in
every man’s power - nor an easy
matter”
Aristotle
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