Question 1 asked the name of the organization and we will not be releasing that information.

2. Have you received a response to your request for a Direct Access grant?

Yes, and we have received a cheque (note that all these indicated that their cheque arrived before the freeze)

12.8%

Yes, and we have been denied funding

85.1%

No

2.1%  (very early)

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3. Have you received Direct Access funding in the past?

No, this was our first application

4%

Yes, and this was the second year of a three year grant

22%

Yes, but we have only been awarded grants one year at a time

68%

Other

8%

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4. What was the requested amount of the grant denied? And what is your annual budget?

Requested amount (answered by  37)

5. Please check as many of the following as apply to you:

Part or all of this grant will/would have gone to wages.

85.4%

Your organization will have to consider reducing staff because this grant was denied.

53.7%

You will have to cut regular services (workshops, school programs, etc.) because of the loss of this grant.

73.2%

You will have to cancel an event because the grant was denied.

51.2%

You have already paid out the funds because you had been promised a three year grant.

12.2%

Because the grant had been denied, your organization will be unable to met financial obligations.

24.4%

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6. Was the purpose of your application related to tourism

Yes

32%

No

68%

7. Will the loss of this funding impact other organizations who may have been partnering or depending you to support their event / project / programs? (Not including the planned individual participants such as workshop attendees)

No

34.1%

Yes

65.9%

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8. Who are the people who would have benefitted from the program / project you had requested funding for?

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9. If there is anything else you would like to add, please include it here.

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