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NOMINATING A CHARITY

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Only members of 100 Gay Men For a Cause - YVR are eligible to nominate a charity. There is no proxy voting. Charities cannot nominate themselves.

In order to be considered the charity must be:

Operations must focus on issues of particular concern to gay men and be located in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.

Notes

Organizations with a national or international focus may be nominated, provided the request is for a project to be delivered in the Lower Mainland.
All funds must be spent in the Vancouver region.
Single projects (a play, movie, novel, program) are not normally funded.
Members of 100 Gay Men For a Cause - YVR may nominate up to three charitable organizations for consideration upon joining and at any meeting.
Three charities, previously verified by the Vancouver Foundation as a registered charity, will be selected by the steering committee at least one month prior to an event.
Once notified of their selection, nominated charities are required to keep their participation confidential prior to the meeting.
The selected organization will be ineligible to receive subsequent funds from 100 Gay Men For a Cause - YVR for one year.
The two charities not selected may be nominated again for possible selection for a period of time. Each charity receives a minimum of $2,500.
All three selected charities may provide brochures at the event and are encouraged to network with members after the selection.
A request will be made of the recipient charity to present an update on their use of the donation at the next meeting of 100 Gay Men For a Cause - YVR.
100 Gay Men For a Cause - YVR reserves the right to amend these eligibility criteria when appropriate, without consultation with the nominated charities.