Stronger Together 2010 is designed to help Canadian Christian charities build their organizational strength so that charitable programs can be delivered more effectively – now and into the future.

Grant applications should communicate how the proposed short-term project improves the charity’s performance and how this increased organizational strength will benefit those who are ultimately served by the charity.

Typical projects which build a charity’s organizational strength include specific initiatives that address leadership training, implementing information technology, staff appointments in areas such as fundraising or support services, marketing, website development, feasibility studies, or undertaking a strategic planning process.  Such projects would fit within the genre of funding made available through Stronger Together 2010 if they are deemed to be integral to the stability and ongoing organizational growth of the charity.  Charities are especially encouraged to creatively plan for new ways to strengthen their organizations in light of current challenging economic and social realities.

In addition, special consideration will be given to those organizations who propose partnering with other charitable entities to work together on projects of common concern and, in doing so, achieve efficiencies and strength beyond individual attempts.

When two or more charities are implementing a project together, one charity will be identified as the Lead Charity and will submit the application on behalf of the collaborating charities. 

Examples of this type of collaboration project could include: 

• Two or more charities creating new part-time financial management positions and together hiring one person to fill these roles;
• Charities coming together for common training in board development or strategic planning;
• Two or more similarly-focused charities collaborating on a new service project as a pilot for future collaboration endeavours;
• Projects that establish formal working relationships between charities to share resources (i.e., buildings, IT, professional resources).

Further examples of possible fundable projects may be found in this article (click HERE) written by Mark Petersen of Bridgeway Foundation.

Requested Amount

Only one application per charity may be submitted for a Stronger Together 2010 grant.  The requested amount within the grant application must be between $5,000 and $30,000, but may not be more than 10% of the charity’s total revenue in its most recently-completed fiscal year.  For instance, a charity with $150,000 annual revenue for the last fiscal year may not request more than $15,000 within their Stronger Together 2010 application.   For projects with partnerships between two or more charities, amounts requested may be pooled to seek a larger grant amount to a maximum of $50,000.


Project Duration

The proposed projects should be designed as 12-month projects to begin in the summer of 2010.  During the 12-months that the project is implemented, reportable results should be realized and measured.