CSU Community Action Fund - Operational Grant Application Form

OPERATIONAL GRANT APPLICATION FORM
CSU COMMUNITY ACTION FUND
The mandate of the CSU Community Action Fund is to:
- Grant funding to initiatives or organizations aligned with the CSU Position Book
- Accommodate costs needed by a Concordia University undergraduate student association in case of a binding strike mandate voted by said association.
The purpose of this Fund is to finance both on and off-campus initiatives and organizations. Special attention shall be made to prioritize funding to:
- Initiatives organized by black, indigenous, people of colour, and other marginalized groups;
- Organizations advocating for black, indigenous, people of colour, and other marginalized groups.
- Initiatives and organizations having scarce access to funding.
This application form is only for OPERATIONAL GRANTS:
- If your application concerns a strike mandate voted by a student association, please fill the Strike Application Form.
- If your application concerns funding for a project, please fill in the Project Application Form.
The Community Action Fund has a mandate to fund community organizations which have scarce access to funding. As such, operational grant applications from student clubs or associations, or from any organization funded through a fee-levy, will not be considered.

To be considered, all applications must include the following:
- A detailed budget, including projected expenses and revenues, without contribution from the Community Action Fund;
- A detailed budget, including projected expenses and revenues, with the expected contribution from the Community Action Fund;
- Optional: Budgets from the last three years'
- Optional: Any relevant supporting documents (such as promotional materials, a list
  of stakeholders, newspaper articles, etc.)
Please have the documents listed above saved onto your device so they may be uploaded when necessary.

The Operational Grant Applications to the CSU Community Action Fund are subjected to a maximum of $2,500. Any application over this amount may be granted only in extraordinary circumstances.

The deadline to submit an application is the 15th of each month. Applications submitted after that date will be considered the following month.

OPERATIONAL GRANT APPLICATION FORM
CSU COMMUNITY ACTION FUND
Name of the Association*
Amount requested*
GENERAL INFORMATION
Name of the applicant*
Are you a Concordia Student?*

YesNo
Student ID*
Email*
example@example.com
Phone Number*

Area CodePhone Number

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CSU COMMUNITY ACTION FUND
THE ORGANIZATION
Please describe your organization. You can include information such as: its mandate(s), its history, what it does, a list of other organizations that it works with, and so on. *
Could you describe how your organization is aligned with the CSU Position Book? Please refer to specific positions in your response. *
Does your organization advocate for Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, or other marginalized groups?

YesNo
Please describe.*
For example, do you have a stable source of funding, do you have access to Special Project Funding, and what is the size of your annual budget?

OPERATIONAL GRANT APPLICATION FORM
CSU COMMUNITY ACTION FUND
FINANCES
Please indicate the total amount requested from the Community Action Fund.*
FINANCES

In order to obtain an operational grant as an organization, and not for a specific project, you must qualify as an organization that has scarce access to funding.

Please provide two detailed budgets
- One must show your projected budget for the upcoming year excluding funds from the Community Action Fund
- The other must show your projected budget for the upcoming year including expected funding from the Community Action Fund
- Both must show a breakdown of the projected expenses
- Sample budgets can be found here.
- Optional: Annual budgets (or actuals) from the past 3 years
Please upload your budget here*

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If your association already received funding from the Community Action Fund during this academic year, please include an updated budget with the actuals of this previous allocation.
Please upload your updated budget here if necessary

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Please explain what access to funding your organization has.
For example, do you have a stable source of funding, what is the size of your annual budget?
Please explain in detail what this operational grant would make possible.
Please note that:
- The CSU encourages all the organizations it partners with to offer a living wage for labour. You can consult the updated amount for a living wage (salaire viable) on the website of the Institut de recherche et d’informations socioéconomiques (IRIS): iris-recherche.qc.ca;
- Expenses must conform to the CSU Sustainability Policy (for any question regarding this policy, please email sustainability@csu.qc.ca): Ethics-and-Sustainability-Policy.pdf.
Please upload any relevant supporting document(s) here

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