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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi all<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Forwarding EasyGrants newsletter<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Kind Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Lucy Pentony<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Office Coordinator <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Riding for the Disabled Association (NSW)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Quad 1, Level 2, 8 Parkview Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2127<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>(PO Box 710 Sydney Markets NSW 2129)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Ph: (02) 8736 1256<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Email: <a href="mailto:stateoffice@rdansw.org.au"><span style='color:#0563C1'>stateoffice@rdansw.org.au</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Web: <a href="http://www.rdansw.org.au/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.rdansw.org.au</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><img border=0 width=202 height=204 style='width:2.1041in;height:2.125in' id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D6AB74.8752B9B0"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=99 height=71 style='width:1.0312in;height:.7395in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.png@01D6AB74.8752B9B0"> <img border=0 width=60 height=60 style='width:.625in;height:.625in' id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D6AB74.8752B9B0" alt="ACNC-Registered-Charity-Logo - small"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=480 height=90 style='width:5.0in;height:.9375in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D6AB74.8752B9B0" alt=SWA2018emailsignoffWinner></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> The Funding Centre <hello@ourcommunity.com.au> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, 23 October 2020 10:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> stateoffice@rdansw.org.au<br><b>Subject:</b> Welcome to EasyGrants Newsletter - October 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt'><tr><td colspan=2 style='background:#F4F4F4;padding:15.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/"><span style='font-size:8.5pt;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=600 height=218 style='width:6.25in;height:2.2708in' id="_x0000_i1033" src="https://static.fundingcentre.com.au/img/fc-scoop-header.png"></span></a><span style='font-size:8.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style='background:#F4F4F4;padding:30.0pt 9.0pt 22.5pt 9.0pt'><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Greetings , the October 2020 edition of EasyGrants newsletter is attached, with up-to-date grants tailored for you.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2><span style='color:black'>Great grants</span><o:p></o:p></h2><h4><span style='color:black'><a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/grant/G04898">Google Ad Grants</a> up to $10,000 </span><o:p></o:p></h4><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Now more than ever is the time to boost your organisation's online presence. Google's Ad Grants Program helps organisations connect and engage with their target audience. The grants provide free Google Ads advertising up to $10,000 (USD) per month on Google search result pages to eligible not-for-profit organisations. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Applications are open on an ongoing basis.</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> The program is listed on the <a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/grant/G04898">Funding Centre here.</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h4><span style='color:black'><a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/grant/G06752">IMPACT Philanthropy Application Program</a> $10,000 - $200,000 </span><o:p></o:p></h4><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Perpetual connects philanthropists and not-for-profit organisations through its annual IMPACT Philanthropy Application Program. The program gives organisations an opportunity to demonstrate how they improve outcomes for the communities in which they operate and to receive funding for projects. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Applications open 26 October and close Friday, 4 December 2020.</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> The funding is listed on the <a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/grant/G06752">Funding Centre here.</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Find the above grants in this month's EasyGrants newsletter or by searching our grants database <a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/grant/home">online here.</a></span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Looking for funding to assist with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic? Search online using the COVID-19 category filter, and check out financial assistance page, updated regularly <a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/covid19-financial-assistance">here</a>.</span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style='background:#F4F4F4;padding:0cm 9.0pt 0cm 9.0pt'><h2><span style='color:black'>On the Funding Centre</span><o:p></o:p></h2><h4><span style='color:black'>Rethinking fundraising in COVID-19</span><o:p></o:p></h4><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>In case you missed it, Our Community and <a href="https://wendybrooks.com.au/">Wendy Brooks & Partners</a> have repurposed a report written for the Canadian not-for-profit sector on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic for the Australian context. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>The Big Rethink: Fundraising in the era of COVID-19</span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> explores how the pandemic will affect fundraising and philanthropy and identifies six areas of fundraising that organisations should be examining.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>The report also offers guidance about responding to shifting donor interest, deepening relationships, building digital capacity and more and is intended to be used over the next few months to guide your planning activities. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/tool/the-big-rethink-covid19-fundraising">Download it here on the Funding Centre</a>.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='background:#F4F4F4;padding:3.75pt 9.0pt 3.75pt 9.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="https://www.ourcommunity.com.au/files/FundingCentre/The%20Big%20Rethink.pdf"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=260 height=366 style='width:2.7083in;height:3.8125in' id="_x0000_i1032" src="https://www.ourcommunity.com.au/images/FundingCentre/bigrethink-covid19.png" alt="The Big Rethink report"></span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style='background:#F4F4F4;padding:30.0pt 3.75pt 22.5pt 9.0pt'><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><h4><span style='color:black'>Federal budget wrap 2020: wheres the cash for your organisation?</span><o:p></o:p></h4><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>We've pored over the federal budget to find out what's in it for your organisation. If you missed it, read our extended overview of everything you need to know <a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/budget2020/">here</a>, including a dedicated grants and funding section.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Money is already flowing from some of the programs announced in the budget, and in those cases you'll find more details online at the Funding Centre just follow the links in our overview.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Stay tuned for updates by <a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/account/alerts">tweaking your alert settings</a> set them to daily or weekly email alerts so you never miss a funding opportunity.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/budget2020/">Federal budget wrap 2020</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><h4><span style='color:black'>Pull off a successful fundraising campaign in a pandemic</span><o:p></o:p></h4><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>The pandemic has upended many traditional models of behaviour and fundraising is no exception. LGBTIQ+ group GiveOUT spoke with Our Community about how they successfully adapted their annual fundraising blitz GiveOUT Day, held on October 16. Last year, the group raised $85,000. This year, they surpassed their goal of $100,000 to raise a whopping $147,000. Here's how they did it:</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Go hard, go digital (an online presence is a must) </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Diversify fundraising using the <a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/help/fundraising-pillars">seven pillars of fundraising</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Build and maintain strong partnerships with supporters</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Recruit ambassadors</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Back up your ask with the facts <em><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>(want to learn more about how to become data driven? <a href="https://smartygrants.com.au/innovation-lab/resources-not-for-profits/data-projects">Visit the Innovation Lab</a>)</span></em></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Communicate well, communicate frequently</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Register for <a href="https://www.givingtuesday.org.au/register">GivingTuesday 2020</a> and start planning your campaign</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/casestudy/giveout-day">Read the full article here</a>.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><h4><span style='color:black'>How to build great relationships with funders</span><o:p></o:p></h4><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Our latest article on the Funding Centre offers tips on how to build great relationships with funders straight from the horse's mouth. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>According to Vedran Drakulic OAM, the CEO of Gandel Philanthropy, and Will Beresford, a relationships manager with Equity Trustees strong relationships require research, communication and a strategic and collaborative approach. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>The tips are distilled from a <a href="https://kapara.rdbk.com.au/landers/529535.html">webinar</a> presented in 2020 by Wendy Brooks & Partners in concert with two of Australia's most experienced philanthropy specialists. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/help/funder-relationships">Read the full article here</a>.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>That's all from us. We hope youre keeping safe and well.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>The Funding Centre Team</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><br><a href="https://ochouse.com.au/?utm_campaign=ongoing&utm_medium=email&utm_source=fundingcentre.com.au">Our Community House</a><br>552 Victoria Street<br>Wurundjeri Country, North Melbourne VIC 3051<br>P 03 9320 6800<br>E <a href="mailto:service@ourcommunity.com.au"><span style='color:#6D4D77'>service@ourcommunity.com.au</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'><a href="https://communitydirectors.com.au/save-our-sector" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=580 height=152 style='width:6.0416in;height:1.5833in' id="_x0000_i1031" src="https://www.ourcommunity.com.au/images/SOS_crosspostbanner.png"></span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style='background:#F4F4F4;padding:15.0pt 3.75pt 0cm 9.0pt'><p><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:lightslategray'>The Funding Centre is Australia's best grants and fundraising hub - an initiative of Our Community.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:lightslategray'>© Our Community Pty Ltd. 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