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Partnership and Trusteeship
Workshop for Toronto North LIP “A Conversation with Funders” Day
Thursday April 30, 2015
By: Zesta Kim and Tereza Coutinho, UWT Neighbourhoods Team
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Agenda• Objectives of Workshop• Description of United Way Toronto• Partnership – what do we mean?
• Types of partnerships• Tools for good partnerships• Q&A
• Trusteeship - what is a trustee?• Trustee criteria• Trustee agreements and checklists • Q&A
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Objectives• To provide a basic understanding of partnerships & trusteeships in the context of applying for project funding
• To clarify terms
• To share examples, tools and resources
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Description of United Way Toronto• Community Impact Organization working to achieve measurable and sustained progress over time• 6 pillars:
1. Investment – investing donor dollars
2. Research – acting on solid base of evidence
3. Evaluation – setting goals and tracking progress
4. Strategy – being purposeful about long-term change
5. Advocacy – sustainable change
6. Partnership – working together
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What is a partnership?
A partnership is an arrangement where parties, known as partners, agree to cooperate to advance their mutual interests.
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Partnership in the context of applying for project funding
There are different kinds of partnership (both formal and informal), when applying for funding:
Examples? •Sharing funds
•Fee-for-service model
•In-kind supports
•Letter of support
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In-Kind Supports
• Space, staff, refreshments, volunteers, expertise, outreach, etc• contributions from other sources
E.g. Settlement Workers in Schools (contract with lead agency to pay SWs; schools offer space; other partners present on key workshop topics, etc)
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Fee-for-service/consultant model
Sole contract with one agency but others contribute expertise to project (compensated from this funding source)
e.g. OEYC – NYCH – programs in certain neighbourhoods
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Agency submits application for funding but gets letter of support from partner indicating their support for the project given their past experience working with them
Letter of Support
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2 or more different partners (e.g. individuals, organizations, networks) coming together from various sectors, groups and/or neighbourhoods to work toward common goals.
Collaborations are about people and organizations building, nurturing and maintaining mutually beneficial relationships in order to achieve shared goals that will benefit all partners.
Definition of Collaboration:
Good partnership value collaboration
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Anne Gloger’s Maytree 5 Good Ideas: Collaboration and Moving Forward Togetherhttp://maytree.com/fgi/five-good-ideas-collaboration-moving-forward-together.html
1. Take responsibility for choices and respect choices of others (autonomy)
2. Walk a mile in each other’s shoes (empathy)
3. Demonstrate that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts (purpose)
4. Make working together easy (enabling environment)
5. Make collaboration a very human process (connectedness)
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Collaboration – things to remember
• No ‘one size fits all’
• Enabled versus mandated
• Trust at the core
• Achieving significant impacts takes risk, time, and resources
Good partnership value collaboration
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UWT Toolkit: Participating Effectively as a Collaborative Partner
http://www.unitedwaytoronto.com/document.doc?id=232
Tool 1: An Effective Collaboration• is there a clear link to my other work priorities?• opportunities/advantages to my participation? Trust?• what experience, skills, qualities do I bring?• organizational support? Authority?
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UWT Toolkit: Participating Effectively as a Collaborative Partner
Tool 2 (A): Assess for alignment with your organization: Step One – Gather Information • Who should be at the table?• Basic contact info• Goals, priorities, impetus• Info on partners• Benefits of our participation to us/to collaborative• Resources
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UWT Toolkit: Participating Effectively as a Collaborative Partner
Tool 2 (B): Assess for alignment with your organization: Step Two – Evaluate• likert scale (don’t know, disagree, agree, strongly agree)
Tool 2 (C): Assess for alignment with your organization: Step Three – Calculate the Results• high value and low risk• good gamble• low value and high risk• walk away and rethink
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UWT Toolkit: Participating Effectively as a Collaborative Partner
Tool 4: Quick and Easy Theory of Change* Worksheet• we believe that by ... (strategies/activities)• our work will lead to ... (goals/objectives)• so that ... (vision, desired impact/outcomes)
• our team ... (who/how you work)• who will benefit ... (target beneficiaries)• from our unique niche ... (role/advantage)• using these resources ... (financial/physical resources)
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UWT Toolkit: Participating Effectively as a Collaborative PartnerOther tools:
Tool 3: Setting Direction
Tool 5: Collaboration Agreement Template
Tool 6, 7, 8: Evaluation of Process, Collaboration, Outcomes and Impacts
Tool 9: Building Trust/Managing Differences
Tool 10: Conflict Resolutions steps
Tool 11 & 12: Leaving a Collaboration/Closure
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Partnership Q&A?
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Trusteeship
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What is a trustee?• Trustee is a legal term which, in its broadest sense, can refer
to any person who holds property, authority, or a position of trust or responsibility for the benefit of another
• To us, a trustee is an incorporated not-for-profit with the financial systems and organization structure to administer a group’s grant funds – they will distribute the grant funding according to the approved project budget as well as be accountable for reporting on the grant funds to the group and the funder
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Good Trustees (important considerations):• Additional administrative supports?
e.g. project management, or employer of project staff • % admin fee
• Past/Present work experience• If that is not possible, the trustee organization should be
knowledgeable about the issues your project addresses or the community your group works with
• Shared understanding, interest and experience
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Some context:
In 2006, United Way Toronto (UWT) implemented their Building Strong Neighbourhood Strategy (BSNS).
BSNS aims to strengthen Toronto’s high need and underserved inner suburban neighbourhoods.
Action for Neighbourhood Change (ANC) is one important component of BSNS.
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Action for Neighbourhood Change Goals
1. Create opportunities for residents to come together;
2. Increase and build the leadership skills of residents;
3. Increase residents skills in working together and community organizing;
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ANC Goals Continued:
4. Build a stronger community and influence change among decision-makers;
5. Develop a shared vision for the neighbourhood;
6. Identify key priorities and develop a plan (that is, a Resident Action Plan – RAP).
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What are Resident Action Grants (RAGs)?
Resident Action Grants are ‘seed funding’ from United Way to support local resident-led projects.
They range in scale from $500 to $10,000 depending upon the project and ANC location.
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How do Resident Action Grants connect to BSNS?
• Support ANC work to achieve key priorities identified by residents.
• Build resident participation and commitment to playing a leadership role in improving their neighbourhood.
• Get new people and partners involved.• Act as a demonstration of UWT’s commitment to
neighbourhood engagement processes, focusing on change, by providing funding to projects identified and led by residents.
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Trustee requirements for RAGs:
• UWT-funded and/or Hub Anchor Partner• incorporated not-for-profit organization with audited financial statements• Board of Directors or executive represent the community it serves• have existed for at least one year• agree to take responsibility for the management of financial and project activities • agree to provide on-going support for the
success of the project
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Trustee Responsibilities - In the beginning:
• Enter into a written contract (“partnership agreement”) with the grant recipients and the local ANC
Ensure it clearly states parties’ responsibilities with clear timelines, accountability and reporting requirements, and conflict of interest provisions
• Provide an orientation to residents on agency policy and procedures, particularly financial expectations • Establish regular check-ins for timely communication and support resident and project success
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Responsibilities throughout the project:• Obtain and file project documentation related to expenditures, disbursement of funds, project progression, and signed contracts• Ensure that all approved projects are completed based on their proposed implementation timeline• Monitor the use of funds by RAG recipients to ensure funds are used for the intended purposes, as per agreement• Provide on-going support and capacity building through regular meetings, offering training opportunities, and making connections
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Trustee Reporting – at end of project:• Support residents• Submit a completion report no later than 30 days after the completion of each project according to the project implementation timeline• Submit a final financial report no later than 30 days following each project end date
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Trusteeship Q&A?
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Thank youAnd enjoy the rest of your day!!!