BarTalk June 2000
Volume 12, Number 3

New Continuing Grants

The Foundation has established a budget of $250,000 to support new continuing programs in British Columbia. The Foundation intends to provide a modest level of funding for three to four groups who want to provide ongoing services in one or more of the Law Foundation’s statutory mandated areas.

The Foundation encourages applications for programs that meet the needs of seniors; culturally diverse groups; rural or smaller communities in areas such as the North West, North East, Kootenays and the North Coast; and/or Aboriginal communities. However, all applications that fall within the statutory mandate of the Foundation will be considered.

There is a three-stage process:

• Submission of a Letter of Intent by August 25, 2000.

• Invitation by November 30, 2000 to a limited number of groups to submit a full application for funding.

• Submission of a full application for funding by January 15, 2001 for adjudication by the Board of Governors at the March 2001 meeting.

If you are interested in this new category of funding, please contact the Foundation at 604.688.2337 for more information or to receive a Letter of Intent form. You can also fax us at 604.688.4586, or email us at lfbc@telus.net.

New Projects Funding
The Law Foundation of British Columbia has a budget of $400,000 available in November 2000 for new projects. To be eligible for funding, a project must fall within one or more of the five program objectives of the Foundation: legal aid, legal education, law reform, law libraries or legal research.

The Foundation encourages applications for projects that meet the needs of seniors; culturally diverse groups; people living in rural and smaller communities in areas such as the North West, North East, East Kootenays and the North Coast; and/or Aboriginal communities. However, all applications that fall within the program objectives of the Foundation will be considered.

The application must be for a time-limited project only.

The maximum amount available for each project is $50,000.

To be considered at the November 2000 meeting, a grant application must be received by the Law Foundation no later than 5:00 pm on Friday, August 25, 2000. These applications will be adjudicated at the November 25, 2000 Board meeting.

Please contact Law Foundation staff at 604.688.2337 to discuss your project prior to submitting your application.

Application guidelines may be obtained from the Law Foundation at 1340 - 605 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3, or please call 604.688.2337, fax 604.688.4586, or email your request to lfbc@telus.net.

This article was published in the June 2000 issue of BarTalk and is subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2005, all rights reserved.