HomeMy WebLinkAboutCSD-09-069 - Addendum to CSD-09-067 - Community Grants Tier 3 - CS Innovation Investment Fund - 2009 AllocationREPORT
REPORT T0: Council
DATE OF MEETING: November 23, 2009
SUBMITTED BY: Pauline Houston, General Manager, Community Services
PREPARED BY: Ingrid Pregel, Manager, Cultural Development (Ext. 3383}
WARD(S) INVOLVED: N/A
DATE OF REPORT: November 18, 2009
REPORT NO.: CSD-09-069
SUBJECT: ADDENDUM TO REPORT NO. CSD-09-067 -COMMUNITY
GRANTS TIER 3 (COMMUNITY SERVICES INNOVATION
INVESTMENT FUND) - 2009 ALLOCATION
RECOMMENDATION:
For information.
BACKGROUND:
At its meeting on November 16, 2009 and in response to report CSD-09-067 Community
Services Committee asked for additional information to clarify the relationship between the
Waterloo Region Resiliency Initiative and the Prosperity Council's Creative Enterprise Initiative
which seeks to establish an enabling organization. This report provides information in response
to the request.
REPORT:
The overall goal of both of these initiatives is to strengthen the not for profit sector in our
community. That goal is one of the common links among the funders of these initiatives. There
is significant overlap between the funders interested in both of these community initiatives. At a
minimum these funders include the Ontario Trillium Foundation, Kitchener Waterloo Community
Foundation, United Way of Kitchener Waterloo and Area and Lyle S. Hallman Foundation. It is
anticipated that the City of Kitchener, the Region of Waterloo and perhaps the Cities of Waterloo
and Cambridge will also join this group. These funders are aware of the objectives, scope and
timing of each of the initiatives and see them as very complementary. Certain aspects such as
the establishment of shared services arrangements would be applicable to not for profit
organizations in the arts and creative sector as well as community and social service agencies.
The differences between the initiatives are three fold: scope, scale and timing. The Waterloo
Region Resiliency Initiative will be available broadly to not for profit organizations in our
community facing a crisis of inadequate resources to meet demands for service for residents,
families and children. These groups need solutions now and the Resiliency Initiative has already
begun its work. The initiative is planned for a two year window. The Prosperity Council initiative
will take some time to start its work, perhaps 6 to 12 months as funding and resources are put in
place. But it is intended to continue on as part of the fabric of our community. It is very likely
that the agencies that benefit from sharing, partnering, rationalization or merger as a result of
the Resiliency Initiative would become clients of the Enabling Organization when it has shared
services available. Indeed the Prosperity Council's work recognized that the same solutions that
will meet needs for the arts and culture sector will equally be applicable to other sectors of the
community.
The Steering Group for the Waterloo Region Resiliency Initiative will explore cross appointment
with the Board of Directors of the Enabling Organization or some other arrangement to ensure
coordination of efforts.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
The $10,000 grant allocation has been budgeted in 2009 as part of the approved Community
Grants program.
ACKNOWLEDGED BY: Pauline Houston, General Manager, Community Services