<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="" style="font-size: large; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><img height="156" width="640" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="yes" id="C3232AA0-DB0C-45E2-BBD1-B72A8725F02A" src="cid:79D4B9B8-B87E-446B-BBDC-49736B7FD874" class=""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="" style="font-size: large; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Impressive New Grant Software Available for BC Alliance Members—Join Now</span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span></p><div class="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="" size="2">Anyone who writes grants is sure to be as impressed as we are with <a href="https://www.grantadvance.com" class="">Grant Advance</a>. We’re so excited by it that we've partnered with the company to offer 10 free licences to BC Alliance members with budgets under $150,000 <i class="">and</i> significant discounts for <i class="">all </i>other members.</font></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="" style="margin: 0px;"><font class="" size="2"><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;"><font class="" size="2">Grant Advance makes virtually every aspect of the grant process easier. With its database of every single Canadian foundation, trust, or corporation that has given away funds in the past 10 years, it helps you find the funders that suit your cause. It provides up-to-date contacts and names of board members and graphs that show how much the funder gives annually and to whom. Then Grant Advance helps you generate a Letter of Inquiry, Grant Proposal, and Budget. With your master documents complete, you can auto-generate custom applications for all the funders it finds for you. </font></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><img height="258" width="296" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="yes" id="1B4E63E0-0C01-4B0A-B6A4-755306D44588" src="cid:FD9BC043-F5B4-44AD-9168-8E92FA02299C" class=""></p><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" class=""><b class=""><font class="">RECENT USER FEEDBACK</font></b></font></p></div><div class=""><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="" size="2">“A rich source of funding opportunities for the arts.”</font></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="" size="2">“Easy to navigate, full of information and tools to make grant writing a streamlined function in a way I hadn't imagined! Well done.”</font></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="" size="2">“The features that we find most valuable are the templates to create Grant Proposals and Letters of Inquiry, as well as a system to track which foundations are most suitable for specific programs based on their giving history.” </font></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="" size="2"><u class=""></u></font></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="" size="2">“We have sent out 55 letters in our first mailing asking for $1000 to be utilized by our kitchen program. We received 2 responses with $1000 each and one with $3000. We also have had 2 requests for more information which we have already sent out and are now pending approval. This is very exciting for us…” </font></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" class=""><b class="">SMALL BUDGET ORGANIZATIONS: ENTER TO WIN</b> </font></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" class="">All BC Alliance members whose annual budget is under $150,000 can enter our contest to win one of 10 free Grant Advance licences. </font></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" class=""><u class=""></u></font></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" class="">Enter the draw by emailing Joyce Wan (<a href="mailto:joyce@allianceforarts.com" target="_blank" class="">joyce@allianceforarts.com</a>) with the subject line 'Grant Advance'. Please include your name, organization, and contact information. You have until 12:00 p.m. on April 20 to enter.</font></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><font size="2" class="">ALL ORGANIZATIONS: RECEIVE UP TO 45% DISCOUNT </font></b></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" class="">Our partnership with Grant Advance allows us to offer members a discount rate for licences. The amount of the discount increases with each licence purchased by our members up to a total of 45% off. To receive a discount on your Grant Advance licence, email Joyce Wan (<a href="mailto:joyce@allianceforarts.com" target="_blank" class="">joyce@allianceforarts.com</a>) with the subject line 'Grant Advance Purchase'.</font></p><div class=""><span style="font-size: small;" class="">Please note that most foundations accept requests from registered charities only.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" class=""><u class=""></u></font></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><font size="4" class=""><u class=""></u><b class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(173, 62, 0);">JOIN THE BC </span></b><font color="#ad3e00" class=""><b class="">ALLIANCE</b></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="" size="2">To join the BC Alliance as a member and become eligible to enter our Grant Advance draw or receive a discount, <a href="https://www.allianceforarts.com/become-a-member/" target="_blank" class="">click here</a>. Information on the benefits of membership can be found <a href="https://www.allianceforarts.com/membership/" target="_blank" class="">here</a>. </font></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font class="" size="2"><u class=""></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(173, 62, 0);"><br class=""></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><font size="2" class=""><b class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(173, 62, 0);">WORKSHOP: FOUNDATION FUNDING FOR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS</span></b><b class=""><span class=""> </span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(43, 43, 43);">WHEN:</span></strong><span class="" style="color: rgb(43, 43, 43);"> Wednesday, May 2, 2018; 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><font class="" size="2"><u class=""></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><font class="" size="2"><strong class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(43, 43, 43);">WHERE:</span></strong><span class="" style="color: rgb(43, 43, 43);"> <a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=100-938+Howe+St.,+Vancouver&entry=gmail&source=g" class="">100-938 Howe St., Vancouver</a> OR online via live stream</span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><font class="" size="2"><strong class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(43, 43, 43);">COST:</span></strong><span class="" style="color: rgb(43, 43, 43);"> Free for members and non-members</span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><font size="2" class=""><a href="https://www.allianceforarts.com/alliance-workshops/" target="_blank" class="">REGISTER HERE</a> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><font size="2" class=""><u class=""></u></font></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><img apple-inline="yes" id="7281284D-0F3F-4C9B-943A-C0B9607B38E1" height="323" width="412" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image003.png@01D3C4F7.CF98CC20" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(43, 43, 43);">Private foundations award billions of dollars per year to charities and non-profits in Canada—money that you could easily miss out on if you aren't in the know. This 2 hour workshop will focus on foundations that support arts organizations in BC, industry-standard document preparation, establishing key funding partnerships, and the development of strategic annual grant funding campaigns. The BC Alliance for Arts + Culture partners with Grant Advance Solutions to host this free information session. </span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p></div><div class=""><font color="#2b2b2b" size="2" class="">More about Grant Advance Solutions: “I</font><span class="" style="background-color: white;">ncorporated in 2014 Grant Advance has grown from a core group of 3 co-founders to a corporation with over 15 employees and more than 800 Canada-wide non-profit partners. Our goal? To make grant funding a genuine opportunity for any non-profit that is committed to making a difference in their world."</span></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Nancy Lanthier</div><div class="">Communications Director</div><div class=""><b class="">BC Alliance for Arts + Culture</b></div><div class=""><a href="mailto:nancy@allianceforarts.com" class="">nancy@allianceforarts.com</a></div><div class="">604-681-3535 ext 212</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><i style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);" class="">We at BC Alliance for Arts + Culture</i></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; 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