New Student Initiative Fund
Every year our students have great ideas for events and projects to enhance the student experience. A new fund has been created to encourage and support these activities.
The Student Initiative Fund (SIF) offers financial support to a maximum amount of $5,000 to projects that enhance the student experience, foster a sense of community at the University of Toronto, and benefit students on the St. George Campus.
In order to be eligible for funding, projects should:
• contribute positively to the University of Toronto student experience
• reach a broad student community
• add value to the University of Toronto community
• broadly align with the University of Toronto’s mission, vision and values as outlined in the University’s Statement of Institutional Purpose
To learn more, please visit the Student Initiative Fund web page > www.sif.utoronto.ca.
The Good Ideas Fund is open to all full- or part-time U of T students and to any U of T student group on all campuses
Funding priorities for the GIF include:
NOTE: BANK ACCOUNT IS MOST IMPORTANT.
Need tracking system to know what number is going in and out. Also we need to keep a Members / Contact list and if they are a member keep track if they are U of T student.
All of this needs to be part of a larger strategy. We also need a case for support to show people why they should support us.
U.T.S.U Funding - Must have 30 members with 50% utsu members that are undergraduate from St. George or Mississauga Campuses. Need a bank account with 2 signing officers. May 1st is the start date.
Online - We need to get online fundraising going once we have a bank account. We can look into Paypal and others to get online donations.
Crowd Sourcing Online - We can use Indie Go Go with a video to raise funds that we need.
Email to members to donate.
Canvassing / Outdoor - This can be good but difficult as little money is raised for time put in. Should we do this once a month?
Asking NGOs, Unions, Religious groups, OPIRG, Community groups (almost all are email first then face to face meeting).
Grants -
Freedonia - Deadline was March 17th
Small Change Fund - Needs a Registered Charity to get involved from us or other group that let's us use them
Patagonia - April 30th deadline by unsure if charity is needed. Guidelines: http://www.patagonia.com/ca/patagonia.go?assetid=2942
Mountain Equipment Co-Op has grants but couldn't find the right information. Also we might be able to get a table inside the store if we ask them.
Phone Banking - We need to get our contact list updated and have a script that everyone can read. We could make this a party one day and get enough people to make this go faster.
Fee for Service - Do we have any skills in the group that we can do a workshop on for the public and ask them to pay / donate?
Events - If we put lots of energy into this, what is a good donation outcome? Depends on the each single event.
Thanks,
Amelia Rose