AFP CONGRESS 2017
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
November 20 – November 22
AFP GREATER TORONTO CHAPTER BURSARY PROGRAM
(available to AFP Canadian members non-members)
AFP Congress is the largest annual fundraising conferences in Canada! Congress offers three days of intensive education and stimulating discussion that will provide you with new techniques and thinking to tackle the challenges and opportunities you and your organization face.
The AFP Greater Toronto Chapter recognizes the importance of creating opportunities for all fundraising professionals to attend Congress as a professional development opportunity. Bursaries are given to individuals who would benefit from the opportunity to learn best practices from the world’s most respected fundraisers, network with colleagues from across Canada and develop key professional skills.
To foster the professional development of individuals who work in agencies raising $2,500,000 or less per year (excluding government/United Way funding), the AFP Greater Toronto Chapter offers bursaries to attend Congress. Some bursaries will include airfare and hotel accommodations.
The bursaries are made possible through the support of our members who are donors and support the Every Member Campaign. The more money the members donate, the more bursaries awarded.
The AFP Greater Toronto Chapter appreciates the work of the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy – Canada.
Eligibility
AFP Greater Toronto Chapter is pleased to enable individuals to attend Congress 2017 who might otherwise be prevented from attending due to financial constraints. You are eligible to be considered for the AFP Greater Toronto Chapter’s Bursary program if you:
· Currently are employed and compensated at a registered Canadian charity
· Work at a registered charity with fundraising revenues of $2,500,000 or less (excluding government/United Way funding)
· Spend a minimum of 20% of your time in fundraising activities
· Submit the bursary application form in a timely manner
· Submit only one application per organization (Exceptions may be made for national organizations, with multiple regional offices)
· Have not received an individual bursary from AFP Greater Toronto Chapter within the last 5 years
Application Procedure
Please tell us more about how you would benefit from attending Congress. Please submit typed applications by by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, October 16, 2017 EASTERN to be considered.
Recipients of bursaries will be required to attend the entire three-day Congress, November 20–22, 2017.
The Congress 2017 Bursary Selection Committee will review all eligible applications and inform all applicants of its decision.
For further information or questions, please contact Cynthia Quigley, Director AFP Canadian Services & Greater Toronto Chapter at (416) 941-9212 or (800) 796-7373 or
AFP GREATER TORONTO CHAPTER BURSARY APPLICATION FORM
Please tell us more about how you would benefit from attending Congress. Please submit typed applications by 5:00 p.m. EASTERN on Monday October 16th to be considered. It is encouraged that all questions be answered to the best of your ability. The application form is scored on the completeness of all 13 questions. An incomplete application will not be considered.
Name:
Job Title:
Organization:
Address:
Tel: ( ) Email:
Organization's Business (Charitable) Registration Number:
AFP Membership ID# and Chapter Name (if applicable):
About You
1. What percentage of your time do you spend on fundraising activities? (minimum 20%)
2. How many years’ experience do you have in the fundraising profession?
Paid Professional: Full Time (years) ______Part Time (years) ______
Volunteer: Full Time (years) ______Part Time (years) ______
(Volunteer to submit a letter of support signed by a full-time employee of the charity to which the applicant volunteers)
3. Please list the dates and brief descriptions of fundraising conferences/workshops/courses/on-line programs you attended in the last 2 years and whether your organization funded your attendance.
4. Please tell us about your current work responsibilities. Please start by describing your responsibility level. Would you say that you are in a junior, mid-career, or senior role in your organization (or perhaps you are the only person responsible for fundraising for your entire organization)?
Please describe the fundraising programs you are responsible for (eg: special events, direct mail/phone/online giving, Major Gifts, Planned Giving).
And describe your personal responsibility for the fundraising budget (eg: Do you create the budget with the board and then single-handedly deliver all the revenue for the year? Or perhaps you support a team of Major Gift professionals to achieve their budget goals.
Or somewhere in between.
5. What are your own personal career objectives?
6. What is your own plan for accomplishing your personal career objectives?
7. List the different volunteer activities with which you have been actively involved in the last 2 years.
8. Describe your role or a description of the task for each volunteer position
9. Why do you want to attend Congress? What body of knowledge do you hope to gain by attending?
About Your Organization
10. What is your organization’s fundraising revenue budget for this fiscal year? (exclude government/United Way funding)
11. What percentage of the fundraising budget is your responsibility?
12. Please copy and paste your organization’s mission statement under this question.
Why are you passionate about this cause?
13. Does your organization have a budget for professional development to support your attending professional development conferences and workshops?
Yes No
If yes, please indicate the total budget amount available and whether any of this funding is available to support your attendance?
PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM by e-mail to no later than 5:00 p.m. EASTERN on Monday, October 16th
Note: Recipients of bursaries must attend the entire three-day Congress. Those who cancel within five working days prior to Congress for other than medical or personal emergencies will not be eligible to apply again for two years; their organization will not be eligible for one year. Late cancellation makes it near to impossible to award funds to another candidate.
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