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Sing Canada Harmony
NxNW Region 13
Bud Leabo Memorial Fund
Evergreen District / QCED
Harmony Foundation
SING CANADA HARMONYScholarship Fund
Murray Phillips,
Chair & CEO, Sing Canada Harmony
SING CANADA HARMONYHistory
2000 2005 2010 2015
Digger MacDougall, Harmony Foundation Board
of Trustees member, took the first steps in
setting up Sing Canada Harmony
• Done in consultation with Clarke Caldwell
• Canadian partner of Harmony Foundation
• Tax deductable way for Canadians to get
involved with philanthropy
SING CANADA HARMONYHistory
2000 2005 2010 2015
• 2006 - Founded
• 2007 – Incorporated
• 2008 –Achieved charity status
SING CANADA HARMONYToday
2000 2005 2010 2015
2016 (Today)
• 12member board
• All volunteers, no staff
• Over $420,000 awarded in scholarships
SING CANADA HARMONYBoard of Directors
Our 2016 Board of Directors
Organization Directors
ONT 3
LOL 2
EVG 2
PIO 1
NED 1
SAI 2
HI 1
2016 Sing Canada Harmony
Board of Directors
SING CANADA HARMONYHelping Youth Get Involved
Youth choruses in
Ontario and
Saskatchewan
Youth activities in the
Maritimes and Alberta
SING CANADA HARMONY
Scholarships for Canadians
LeadershipAcademy
andcoaching
7%
Harmony
Explosion
Camps
2%
Harmony
University37%
Vocal
Training /
Music9%
Other
(competitions,
festivals,
camps)16%
We serve
a wide
audience
Youth Expenditures
29%
Harmony University 2014
Harmony University 2015
SING CANADA HARMONYMusic Education
• Scholarships and awards
• Available to every Canadian school, including primary,
middle, secondary schools, colleges and universities
and other learning institutions
• Available to every Canadian community choir, or
singing organization
• Available to vocal music festivals and youth
conventions that feature vocal music.
SING CANADA HARMONYPriorities of Support
• Men and women barbershoppers
• Youth and children
• Men and women who sing in choirs and
other choral groups.
Who
Will Sing
Tomorrow?
Who
Will Sing
Tomorrow?
Who
Will Sing
Tomorrow?
Who
Will Sing
Tomorrow?
Young Women In Harmony (YWIH)
• Website: sweetadelines.com/give/youngwomeninharmony
• FACEBOOK: Young Women in Harmony
• Materials available year-around via website
Young Women In Harmony (YWIH)
• -Free Music Educators resource kit
• -Rising Star/YWIH Newsletter
• -Resources for YWIH Festivals and Workshops
• -Full or partial funding for Music Educator Conference exhibit booths - State and Regional
• -Scouting Patch Program
• -YWIH video chorus competition cash prizes
Young Singers Foundation (SAI)
• www.YoungSingersFoundation.org
• Email: [email protected]
• Phone: 800-992-7464
North by Northwest – Region 13
•Member Education
•Director Education
•YWIH Education
•Chorus Education
Email: [email protected]: www.SAIregion13.org
Bud Leabo Memorial Fund (BLMF)
www.budleabo.org
Phone: 541-490-6680
Bud Leabo Memorial Fund
The purpose of the Fund is to further:
Barbershop harmony singing
membership growth
vocal music training and education
within the boundaries of the Evergreen District of the Barbershop Harmony Society.
Bud Leabo Memorial Fund
This is a member-driven, District-wide fund
Small and large contributions make it grow
Contributions are tax deductible in USA
Only interest revenue used for distribution, which is currently about $10,000.00 each year
BLMF projects recently assisted
2015 Harmony Explosion
2015 Division II High School A Capella
2015 Nanaimo, BC assist Director to Harmony University
2015 NW Harmony (SAI) – Young Women in Harmony Workshop
Bend High Desert Harmonizers – 6 week “Learn to Sing” program
2015 NWS Mid-Winter Youth Chorus support
2015 New Chapter Startup – Hood River, OR
2016 Boise Chordsmen Youth Program
BLMF projects recently assisted
The Bud Leabo Memorial Fund Trustees
believe there is an idea that will
seed unprecedented growth of
barbershop singing.
The Trustees wish to encourage,
find and nurture that idea.
Evergreen District
www.evgsings.org
www.qced.org
QCED Coaching
QCED hosts two shows a year, the proceeds of which are used to support coaching opportunities for quartets in out-lying areas around the District and assist our quartets who will be singing at the BHS International competition.
Contact QCED for chorus and quartet coaching
Harmony Foundation
Joe Cerutti
Director – Alexandria Harmonizers (BHS)
Director – Pride of Baltimore (SAI)
Outreach Grants
• Learn about the goals of our outreach grants, resources, grant cycles, application, review process, grant policies, expectations,
The Four Pillars
Community of ArtistsThrough the medium of barbershop harmony, we maintain and expand supportive services for a global community of artists
Education & Best PracticesThrough the medium of barbershop harmony, we elevate artistic and leadership skills through education and best practices.
Lifelong Singing
Through the medium of barbershop harmony, we establish lifelong singing as a core community asset.
Scaling Impact
We scale our impact by growing social enterprises, individual philanthropy, and institutional philanthropy.
Grant Cycles
For projects implemented January 1 - December 31, 2017
For projects implemented June 1, 2017 - May 30, 2018
September 1 - 30, 2016 October 1 - 31, 2016 November 1 - 30, 2016 December 1, 2016
Application Review Executive DecisionWindow Review
February 1 - 30, 2016 March 1 - 31, 2016 April 1 - 30, 2016 May 1, 2016
Application Process
Beginning in our 2017 grant cycles, the Outreach Direct Grant will no longer be available.
Vision grant applications will no longer have a minimum amount to be requested.
Vision Grant Innovation Grant
Direct Grant
Application ProcessApplication Window
Applications will only be open for one month. Fall application windows are open the month of September. Spring application windows are open the month of February.
Qualifying Projects
Application will not be accepted:
o If project is complete or being carried out before or after the given project implementation period
o If a project awarded in the prior year did not submit a Post-Project Report within 60 days of project completion
Applicant must be a 501(c)3 non-profit organization - IRS Determination Letter is required in application.
Projects will not be awarded more than 80% of total project expenses.
Vision Grant
• Externally focused • Purely benefits the community
• Extensive Application, Report & Review
• No minimum funding request
Innovation GrantThe Barbershop Harmony Society is making funds available in 2017 for any chapter/district with the BHS or 501(c)3 organization that has an innovative concept that would drive the overall outcomes towards BHS. Those outcomes include: • Music Educators - Helping music educators improve the vitality and impact of their choral
music programs. • Young Leaders - Helping young men become stronger leaders in their schools, communities
and families. • Promoting Harmony - Using a cappella singing as an effective, positive intervention for key
groups, including but not limited to: At-risk youth in underserved communities, Veterans and wounded warriors, Alzheimer's patients
• Improve Leadership - Helping BHS artistic and music directors improve their artistic and leadership skills
• Improve Outreach - Building capacity of BHS chapters to improve their outreach and recruitment efforts
• Community Asset - Establishing singing as a core community asset
Innovation Grant
Internally or Externally Focused May benefit the organization directly and/or
benefit the community
Extensive Application, Report & Review
Projects that promote out-of-the-box thinking
Driven by the previous outcomes
Identify a need
Brainstorm solutions
Build a plan
Ask for help
And STAND BACK!
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