Funding Request

The mission of Silver Gummy Foundation is to use education as a means of violence prevention, primarily sexual and domestic violence. Harmful notions of masculinity and femininity that can lead to negative behaviours are largely formulated in childhood. With this in mind we hope to speak to youth while their outlook on gender is still developing.

We fund projects/organizations that are innovative and strive for achievement in the area of gender education with today’s youth. As part of our evaluation process you and your organization are willing to communicate and collaborate with other stakeholders.

Please provide your answers to the following questions on this form. For additional pages please ensure your answers are on your organization’s letterhead.

Please note: Silver Gummy Foundation can only support registered charities.

Thank you for sharing your work with the Silver Gummy Trustees. Submissions are reviewed throughout the year (no specific schedule). Only those that require follow-up meetings or who will receive funding will be contacted.

We have tried to make this application as simple as possible. We accept applications in written format as well as video. Please note video submissions still require backup documentation.

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Grant Applications

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Silver Gummy Program Grant

Silver Gummy Indigenous Grant

Project Renewal Funding

Check Eligibility of Applicant and Indigenous project

Please complete this checklist before submitting your application package

Complete and click all the boxes in the left column before submitting your application

The organization is a legal entity incorporated for a minimum of two years under one of the following Alberta Statutes: the Societies Act, Part 9 of the Companies Act, the Libraries Act, the Métis Settlements Act. NEEDS TO BE A REGISTERED CHARITY

The project targets Indigenous youth living within Canada.

The Indigenous project will focus on re-building/building positive gender identities for Indigenous youth through the reclamation of knowledge, culture, and youth driven participatory approaches to change.

All Indigenous project staff and volunteers who work with vulnerable project participants have appropriate security clearances.

Tell us about your organization, the project you are seeking funding for.

Written submission

Project Title

Amount of Funding Requested

Contact Information

First Name of Applicant / Primary Contact

Last Name of Applicant / Primary Contact

Phone Number

Primary Contact Email

Organization Website

Registered Charity Number

About Your Organization

Please write a single paragraph about your agency and its history. If you are selected, you will be asked to provide more comprehensive information about your organization’s corporate structure, governance model and leadership

Project Summary / Update For Renewal Funding

Please describe the project you are seeking funding for, how this aligns with the mandate of Silver Gummy and what you believe the social impact/longterm outcomes will be. As part of your project description please put in a timeline for delivery. Silver Gummy accepts multi-year funding, please ensure your timeline and program budget align. If you are collaborating with another organization to deliver this program, please indicate who they are and how you are working together. If you are selected, we will ask you for more details/letters of commitment from these partners.

Target Population

Who will directly benefit from the project? (pick all that apply)

Children

What age group?

Adults

What capacity/context?

Indigenous Children

What age group?

Indigenous Youth

What age group?

Families

In what capacity/context?

Communities (urban/rural, First Nations and/or Metis)

Which ones?

Other organizations/agencies

Which ones?

Project Timeline & Budget (see Appendix 1 for guidance)

Using your project summary, please provide us with a budget for this project. Should this project align with our interests, you will be asked to submit a more comprehensive Project Timeline and Formal Budget.

The Silver Gummy Foundation recognizes that there are general operating costs associated with running an organization. Please ensure you include in your project costs a percentage or amount that will be attributed to the general operations of your organization.

Total Project Cost

Silver Gummy recognizes there is a cost to information gathering and reporting. Please let us know if you have included this in your overall project budget.

Overall project costs includes reporting/data gathering

Yes

Please share how much of the project cost is directed to reporting/data gathering:

As part of your funding request to Silver Gummy are you seeking support to cover reporting/data gathering?

Yes

Please describe how data will be gathered and knowledge synthesized for public consumption (regardless of who is funding this).

What is the project's percentage of total operating budget?

Who else is supporting this project? (Please add additional lines as needed)

Name of funder	Amount of contribution

Total Admin/Overhead Costs attributed to this project

Total amount requested from Silver Gummy Foundation

Silver Gummy Investment Framework

On the chart below check the box(es) that best pertain to where you project fits. There is an opportunity to provide context for your selection.

Based on our Grant-making Framework, please place a mark in the appropriate box below that best represents the intended outcomes of your project and a brief explanation about how you see this project tying in with this intended outcome/impact (see Appendix 2 for guidance).

Based on our Grant-making Framework, please place a mark in the appropriate box below that best represents the intended outcomes of your project and a sentence about how you see this project tying in with this intended outcome/impact (see Appendix 2 for guidance).

Please provide a short explanation for your selection.

Video submission – 3min max

Please create the video as an augment and try not to repeat the information that is already provided as written in the form.

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Agreement & Signature

By submitting this application, I affirm that the facts set forth are true and complete. I understand that if my project is selected, false statements, omission, or other misrepresentations made by me on this application, may result in my immediate disqualification from the funding process.

Name

Date

Signature

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Our Policy

It is the policy of Silver Gummy Foundation to provide equal funding opportunities without regard to race, colour, religion, national origin, gender, sexual preference, age or disability.

Thank you for completing this Funding Request. We will be in touch with the next steps in four to eight weeks.

Appendix 1

High Level Project Timeline Example

Activity #1 (Enroll participants):

Start designing enrollment marketing materials to be completed by DATE
Spend $X to create these materials by DATE
X% of program enrollment by DATE
X% of program enrollment goal by DATE

Activity #2 (Deliver Program):

Hire staff by DATE
Staff contracts valued at $X
First program to begin on DATE
Spend $X on program materials ($X per class/activity)

Appendix 2

Silver Gummy Investment Framework
The outcomes we are investing in

The Silver Gummy Grantmaking Framework is based on two foundations related to the research-based target domains that decrease GBV and the Intended Change domains that are used in Outcome Harvest methodology.

The Social Ecological Model is a prominent and best practice framework for funders, researchers, and planners to determine how to focus prevention activities. Each level in the social ecological model can be thought of as a level of influence and also as a key point for prevention. Consensus from the field that approaches that address risk and protective factors operating across several levels of influence (i.e., individual, interpersonal, community/group and societal) are particularly important. In particular, the necessity exists to understand the dynamic intersections between factors pertaining to an individual, peer, household, or relationship, and broader community levels.

Awareness or knowledge: Refers to the development of abilities and includes general changes to knowledge and awareness levels as a result of exposure to information, training and research.

Capacity: Refers to changes in will, motivation and cohesion. This includes changes to opinions or belief and capacity levels for action.

Action: Refers to behavioural change, interpersonal relationship building, societal shift in norms, change in policy or increased community or organizational capacity.

Action Refers to behavioural change, interpersonal relationship building, societal shift in norms, change in policy or increased community or organizational capacity.	Individual level behavioural change Ex. I have intervened when I saw someone I know in an abusive relationship	Behavioural and relationship change Ex. Parents / kin and youth have built trusting and accountable relationships	Increased group or community capacity or action on GBV Ex. A sector-wide group changes conditions and contexts that decrease GBV	Active policy and societal change on GBV Ex. A government body adopting a primary prevention framework
Capacity Refers to changes in motivation and cohesion. This includes changes to opinions or belief and capacity levels for action.	Intended changes in attitudes / perceptions / beliefs and behaviours of individual participants Ex. I can identify the characteristics of dating violence and know where to turn if I need help	Individual level behavioural change Ex. Parents / kin and youth identify the ways that they can build trusting relationships	Individual level behavioural change Ex. A sector-wide group identify ways to build shared capacity to address GBV	Individual level behavioural change Ex. There is increased political will and demonstration of political commitment to address GBV
Awareness / Knowledge Refers to the development of abilities and includes general changes to knowledge and awareness levels as a result of exposure to information, training and research.	Participating in workshops / group sessions on individual risk (attitudes, beliefs, behaviours, personality) and protective factors (conflict resolution skills, cognitive dissonance, empathy, social / emotional IQ) of GBV Ex. I understand what healthy relationships are	Participating in workshops / group sessions on developing interpersonal relationships, including communication skills, conflict resolution, natural supports, and cultural programming and teachings Ex. Parents / kin and youth have the opportunity to reflect on the importance of trusting relationships	Participating in working groups, collaboration, consultations, and partnerships to increase group or community level awareness / knowledge of GBV Ex. A sector-wide community of practitioners create a working group to identify coordinated ways of addressing GBV	Providing research to decision-making bodies or the general public to increase understanding of GBV Ex. A researcher engages in knowledge mobilization activities
Change Target	Individual Refers to the strategies that influence personal risk and protective factors	Relationship Refers to the strategies that influence interpersonal risk and protective factors	Group / Community Refers to the strategies that influence contexts in which societal relationships are embedded (schools, workplaces, neighbourhoods, organizations, sectors)	Societal Refers to the strategies that influence the larger societal factors such as cultural belief systems, norms, economic or social policies

Action	Individual level behavioural change	Behavioural and relationship change	Increased group or community capacity or action on GBV	Active policy and societal change on GBV
Capacity	Intended changes in attitudes / perceptions / beliefs and behaviours of individual participants	Individual level behavioural change	Individual level behavioural change	Individual level behavioural change
Awareness / Knowledge	Participating in workshops / group sessions on individual risk (attitudes, beliefs, behaviours, personality) and protective factors (conflict resolution skills, cognitive dissonance, empathy, social / emotional IQ) of GBV	Participating in workshops / group sessions on developing interpersonal relationships, including communication skills, conflict resolution, natural supports, and cultural programming and teachings	Participating in working groups, collaboration, consultations, and partnerships to increase group or community level awareness / knowledge of GBV	Providing research to decision-making bodies or the general public to increase understanding of GBV
Change Target	Individual	Relationship	Group / Community	Societal

Funding Request

To get started please click on one of the three options

Check Eligibility of Applicant and Indigenous project

Tell us about your organization, the project you are seeking funding for.

Written submission

Contact Information

About Your Organization

Project Summary / Update For Renewal Funding

Target Population

Project Timeline & Budget (see Appendix 1 for guidance)

Silver Gummy Investment Framework

Video submission – 3min max

Agreement & Signature

Our Policy

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

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