2016 COMMUNITY FESTIVALS INVESTMENT FUNDING PROGRAM
Applicant Profile Questions – Your Working Copy
Before answering the Applicant Profile questions (about your group), assess if your group and
project are eligible by reviewing the Grant Guidelines.
For your convenience, we are providing you with the Applicant Profile questions in a Word
document, which you can save to your computer and use to draft your answers. When you are
ready to complete the online application, you can simply copy and paste the answers you
drafted here into the online form.
Remember, there are two forms you have to complete online by the deadline date:
 Applicant Form (about your organization). Complete the questions online, then go to the
Summary Page to click 'Complete'.
 Project Submission (about your event/festival). Complete the questions online, then go
to the Summary Page to click 'Submit'.
Instructions:
1. Draft your answers in the space provided below each question.
2. Save your answers by saving this document on your computer.
3. Copy and paste your answers from this document into the online form before the
deadline.
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APPLICANT PROFILE QUESTIONS – 2016
ORGANIZATION CONTACT INFORMATION
1. Organization Name:
2. Name of incorporated body (if different from the organization name):
3. Organization Address
Organization mailing address (head office):
Suite/Room/Floor/Unit or P.O. Box Number:
City:
Province:
Postal code:
Organization Ward:
Instruction: You must select the ward(s) from a list provided in the online application. You can
look up the location Ward by going to the Wards Profile page:
http://app.toronto.ca/wards/jsp/wards.jsp
ANSWER – list the ward number and name:
4. Organization Contact
Executive Director/Group Lead (main contact):
Phone:
Phone extension:
Fax:
E-mail (of contact above):
ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW
5. First date of operation/service:
6. Fiscal Year End Date:
7. Affiliation
Do you have an affiliated organization or a foundation/trust fund from which your
organization receives income?
ANSWER: YES/NO
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What is the relationship of this organization or foundation/trust fund to your
organization?
ANSWER:
8. Incorporation Status
Incorporated not-for-profit OR Unincorporated not-for-profit
Date of incorporation (MM/DD/YYYY):
Incorporation # (if you are incorporated only):
Revenue Canada Business Registration # (Charity #):
SERVICE OVERVIEW
9. What is your target population, or the main groups that you serve?
For example: Families with pre-school children
For example: South Asian seniors
For example: youth ages 12-16
ANSWER:
10. What is your mission statement?
Please describe your group's purpose. A mission statement can be the objects in your Letters
Patent if you are incorporated, or a statement formally adopted by your Board of Directors.
ANSWER:
11. Briefly describe the type of services that your organization provides:
ANSWER:
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
12. Where does your organization work and what are your service boundaries?
For example: Steeles Ave. W. to Eglinton Ave. W. and Highway 427 to the Humber River
For example: All of the City of Toronto
ANSWER:
13. What is your main service location ward(s)?
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Instruction: You must select the ward(s) from a list provided in the online application. You can
look up the location Ward by going to the Wards Profile page:
http://app.toronto.ca/wards/jsp/wards.jsp
ANSWER – list the ward(s) number(s) and name(s) of your service location(s):
Call Us:
Contact any one of the staff listed below if you have any questions or to discuss your group's
project idea. Staff can be reached by e-mail at cgis@toronto.ca.
Augusto Mathias – 416-392-1087
Oleg Segin – 416-392-0102
Kin Wah Siu – 416-392-9207
Laurie O'Dell – 416.392.8527 or lodell@toronto.ca
Suzanne Paes – 416.392.9271 or spaes@toronto.ca
Good Luck!
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