Designated Uses

• Community Policing Consultations, problem solving initiatives and promotion;
  
• Awards and recognition programs, Board awards
  
• Conferences, special Board Functions
  
• Rewards for major crimes; and
  
• Appropriate funeral and related expenses, to a maximum of $40,000.00, not covered by any other benefit plan for a member of the Peterborough Lakefield Community Police Service killed while carrying out his/her duties.
  
• Special items for volunteer functions
  
• Initiatives benefiting children and/or youth and/or their families. Initiatives must involve members of the Peterborough Lakefield Community Police Service and reduce the need for policing intervention or strengthen the relationship between the Service and the community.
  
• Initiatives addressing violence prevention or the root causes of violence. Projects must involve members of the Peterborough Lakefield Community Police Service.
  
• Groups requesting funding must be locally based in either Peterborough or Lakefield
  
• For any other purpose it considers to be in the public interest.

• To support ongoing operating funds
• To establish endowment funds
• To relieve operating or capital deficits

Rules for Dealing with Requests

• Expenditures approved by the Board in any calendar year shall not normally exceed the revenue received in the immediately preceding year.
  
  
• The Board may identify specific additional criteria in any year or decide not to consider any external grants in a given year.
  
  
• Financial assistance to any one organization may be approved on a decreasing basis annually, which will not exceed three (3) years of grants.

Procedure

• All requests for funding from the Board’s Auction Fund account must be received by the Board’s Administrative Assistant no later than 14 days prior to the regularly scheduled Board meeting. The Administrative Assistant must prepare a detailed report for the Board. The dates for regularly scheduled meetings are posted on the web site.
  
  
• Agencies or individuals requesting use of these funds must include the following in their submission to the Board:
  • Project mandate.
  • Specific amount of the request.
  • A detailed financial breakdown of how the funds will be used.
  • Total budget of the project, event or item.
  • What other agencies have been asked to donate or sponsor the event?
  • Timeline of the event, when the funds are needed and the expected completion date.
  • How does the project, event or item fit with the Board’s Auction Fund criteria and designated uses as set out in section 10.3?
  • One or more letters of endorsement
  • Applications for use of auction funds will be received by the Board in closed session. The Board may request a presentation to gather additional information. All groups requesting funds will receive a written response.
  • There is a form available as well to assist you with your submission on the web site.
  
  
• Grants will be announced in the next open session or via news release as well as correspondence with the applicants. 
  
  
• Groups receiving grants must submit a full report to the Board’s Administrative Assistant showing the Board how the grant money was used. This report should include a financial statement and be submitted within ninety (90) days following the conclusion of their project.

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Request for a Grant from the Board’s Auction Fund Account Please note the Board’s Administrative Assistant must receive the submission no later than 14 days prior to a regularly scheduled Board meeting. Please refer to our Meetings page for a list of regularly scheduled meetings or contact the Administrative Assistant at: 705-876-1122 ext. 220. Contact Name: Contact Phone:  Enter a valid phone number. Example: 123-456-7890 Project Mandate Specific amount requested: Financial breakdown of how the funds will be used: Total budget of the project, event or item: What other agencies have been asked to donate or sponsor the event? Timeline of the event. Please include the when the funds needed and the expected completion date. How does the project, event or item fit with the Board’s Auction Fund criteria and designated uses? Please include a letter of endorsement. Reminder: Groups receiving grants must submit a full report to the Board’s Administrative Assistant showing the Board how the grant money was used. This report should include a financial statement and be submitted within ninety (90) days following the conclusion of their project.