Buck Starts Here 2009: Funding Opportunities for Your Organization
Updated December 2009
www.lethbridgecommunityfoundation.ca
403.328.5297 office@lethbridgecommunityfoundation.ca 404 8th St South
About the Conference
The objective of the Buck Starts Here Funding Conference is to enhance the sustainability of not-for-profit organizations in Southern Alberta. The conference provides:
- Personal and small group contact with a variety of funding agencies and support services [our exhibitors]
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The trade show was an opportunity for funders and support services to provide information to representatives of a wide range of community organizations. It enable exhibitors to receive appropriate funding requests and to provide services to this area. Building connections makes us all stronger Learn More about our exhibitors...
Delegates were invited to attend this 2 day conference to network, meet funders, and learn from our knowledgeable and experienced speakers. For speaker downloads & other delegate resources click here...
The conference featured a group of speakers providing information that will assist community organizations in their quest for sustainability - branding your organization, cause marketing, & fund development, understanding current philanthropic trends, increasing charitable donations, and so on. Learn More
The Buck Starts Here is a grass roots project of the charitable sector and the support of sponsors is crucial to enabling it to be presented. Sponsorships enabled us to keep our costs low, so more community organizations were able to participate. Learn more about our valuable sponsers...
- Presentations by the exhibitors with funding programs and support services, opportunities to have questions answered.
- The opportunity to bring an organization's funding needs and proposals to the conference, and to personally discuss these needs with the staff of the funding agencies
- Presentations of information on funding strategies, promotion, and other topics
The Lethbridge Community Foundation's primary role is to support non-profit organizations in south west Alberta. In addition to providing grants, the foundation initiated the Buck Starts Here in 2007 to connect non-profit organization with funders and other support services. The conference is a volunteer effort of the community and is only possible through the support of volunteers with the organizing committee. The Buck Starts Here concept was greatly expanded this year and it was a learning experience. Your feedback, input and advice is welcomed and will help us produce the Buck Starts Here 2010.
The Lethbridge Community Foundation and conference organizing committee were pleased to sponsor the 3nd annual Buck Starts Here : Funding opportunities for your organization, November 5th & 6th at the Lethbridge Coast Hotel & Conference Center. 185 delegates and 15 funder organizations attended the 3rd annual Buck Starts Here Conference in Lethbridge.
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This conference provides a unique 'in-the-round' physical setup that encourages interaction between funders and delegates - exhibits, networking, presentations and eating all happens together.
