Final Flashcards
Time line of the funding context
1980s = traditional sources of funding reduced for local programs
1994-2000 = economic growth lead to some funding increases
Now = various recessions since 2000 likely ended that run of prosperity for funding parks and recreation
What are the 4 funding reduction strategies
Create a strong volunteer and contractual services program using friend organizations retired employees and local businesses
Reduced expenditures and operational costs
Expand marketing public relations and advertising to reposition organization for recession recovery
Increase financial resources by pursuing an expanded menu of revenue sources
What is sponsorship
The provision of assistance, either financial or in kind to an activity by a commercial organization for the purpose of achieving commercial objectives
Negotiated contracts between the sponsor and organization
Types of events and programs that sponsors contribute to
Sporting events/teams/leagues
Festivals
Conventions/conferences
Expositions (art shows)
Trade shows
Arts and entertainment
Charitable benefits/cause marketing
Special events
What are sponsor promotional activities
Visible identification of sponsor logos (event apps, green initiatives)
Title sponsorship (naming rights)
On site product trials (consumable products/electronics)
Pre/post event advertising (digital print)
Coupons (digital print)
Promotional merchandising
Benefits for sponsors
Enhanced image
Product trial or sales opportunities
Hospitality opportunities
Increased awareness
What are donations
Gratuitous income
Canadians collectively donated $12.8 billion to charitable organizations in 2013
82% made a financial donation to a charitable donation
How are donations different then sponsorship
Donations is changing so many great causes donors are more educated and sophisticated today fundraising has become professional
Organizations may establish a special fund for the purpose of soliciting monies for a specific project which leads us
What are foundations
Endowment funds established by a wide range of donors where funds raised are pooled and invested with the income distributed as grants
Non government non profit corporations that are organized and operated for the benefit of the general public
In Canada foundations fall under registered charities category
Recreation directly accounts for just 4.5% of all charities and 0.7% of all charitable revenue
What are roles of foundations
Facilitate donations from individuals and corporations that may not wish to donate to public agencies
Accept controversy and risk that public agencies seek to avoid
Provide agility that public agencies can’t
What are the 5 types of foundations
Umbrella
Facility specific
Local agency specific
Corporate
Community
What is the umbrella type of foundation
Formed when coalition of not for profit and public organizations pool resources to develop facilities or services
What is the facility specific foundation
Allow people to make donations to support a specific park or recreation facility
What is local agency specific foundations
Can accept a broader range of donations in support of the affiliated leisure service agency’s operations than facility specific
What is the corporate foundation
Grant making funds come mainly from a profit making business often target a specific cause
What is the community foundation type
Made up of permanent funds established by many separate donors for long term benefit of residents in a geographic specific area, support a broad range of initiatives including leisure services
What are partnerships
People organizations working together for a common purpose or toward a common goal
Formed through agreements between 2 or more parties with an interest in satisfying a mural need is common to these parties
Why partnerships
Shrinking resources especially financial
Increasing competition for funding
Administrative technical innovations
Eliminate duplication of services/programs
Pool expertise
Increase cooperation
What are advantages of partnerships
Better access to resources
Opportunity to build networks
Increase influence with funders
Advocate more effectively as a group
To learn/mentor from each other
Enhance visibility and credibility of partners
What are disadvantages of partnerships
Building/sustaining them requires a great deal of work/time
Issues operational matters power struggles may take away from service
Partners always have to compromise, potential loss of identity power control and autonomy
Communication barriers collaboration is challenging
Skilled staff needed to manage partnerships
Branding vs marketing
Branding is creating an experience that partners of fans can engage in
Marketing is advertising a product or service, selling something
Social media has changed the dynamic consumers now have a voice that is not only heard but listened to
What is sport Manitoba
Funding organization
Some programs coaching games
Canada sport for life centre just opened (has everything)
Business changed from this
The 8 steps of sponsorship planning and execution
Identify budget goal
Create target list
Identify sponsor-able asserts (benefits)
Sponsorship structure
Sales plan
Adapt to change/be flexible
Communicate
Deliver
Facilitation and coproduction traditionally
Leisure service agencies gathered financial resources (taxes user fees sponsorships) + Human Resources (paid staff, volunteers) + built/maintained facilities (parks arenas community centres) = providing services to their constituents
Why is there a shift happening in facilitation and coproduction
To reduce the high cost and inherent inflexibility associated with hiring full time personnel whose skills are tied to direct delivery of a specific service and
To avoid the constraining influence or bureaucratic procedures and regulations
What are the 4 forms of facilitation
Opportunity referrals
Technical assistance
Brokering
Coproduction
What is opportunity referrals
Agency acts as central source of referrals by providing comprehensive information about opportunities in the area
Minimalist level of facilitation: requires few agency resources
Delivery of services remains exclusive responsibility of the community organization offering the service
Technical assistance brokering coproduction
Least resources -> most resources
What is technical assistance
Assistance is confined to advice and consultation
Helps community groups define their needs establish effective administrative procedures address legal issues design programs suggest promotional fundraising strategies
Delivery of the service remains exclusive responsibility of the community organization offering the service
What is brokering
Agency is like a middleman using a network of contacts in the community to link individuals with organizations that can meet their recreational needs
Moderate level of agency resources required
What is coproduction
Individuals or community groups participate jointly with a public agency in the production of park and recreation services of which they or their families are primarily beneficiaries
Requires the most agency resources of the 4 forms of facilitation
What are some reasons that citizens/community groups engage in coproduction
An agency reduces the quality level or ends a service
An agency does not provide resources for a new service
If there is a desire to improve the quality of services beyond the level that the public agency has the capacity to deliver
If a community organization perceives coproduction as a way to raise funds for its cause through sweet equity of its members
What are advantages of coproduction
Rebuilds an ethos
Rebuilds empathy for government
Cost reductions
Enhanced responsiveness
Use of citizens talents
More opportunities to socialize
What are limitations of coproduction
Loss of political support
Equity issues
Quality of service
What is land
As a community is immovable and permanent
What is land registration
A system used in land administration to recognize formal property rights and for regulating the character and transfer of those rights
What is land ownership
Ownership of rights to use land NOT land itself
What do land rights include
The right to sell or bequeath the land
The right to keep others off it
The right to use it for farming ranching recreation or timber production
The right to extract minerals from it
The right to erect buildings and other structures on it
What is fee simple
Owning all rights associated with a property
What is less then fee simple
Ownership with restricted rights consists of one or more rights given up by the land owner
In the context of leisure service delivery less then fee simple approaches offer ways of working with people who own desirable open spaces so that private interests are protected and public park and open space goals are met
What are easements
Remember land ownership consists of a bundle of rights that a landowner is permitted to exercise
An easement gives individuals other then the owner permission to use a property fro a specific purpose
Landowner retains title to land may sell lease or bequeath land expect for the right that they give up in the easement agreement
What are three types of easements
Affirmative
Negative
Perpetual
What is an affirmative easement
Authorizes or allows something to be done on a landowners property
What is a negative easement
Prohibits a landowner from doing something on his or her property often called conservation easement
What is perpetual easement
Indefinite in length or fixed term usually 5-15 years in Canada
What are conservation easements
Voluntary legal agreements between a landowner and a government or qualified conservation organization to conserve a properties natural values and features
Accomplished through a restriction on amount and type of development that can occur on the land
Landowners retain ownership and use of land and its earning capacity
What are extractions
Extractions or development change are a local government requirement imposed on developers or builders
Mandate is that developers or builders dedicate park land or pay a fee to be used by government entity to acquire and develop. Infrastructure including park and recreation facilities
Are a type of user fee because the intent is that the cost of new parks and facilities and services should be paid for by the landowner developer or new home owner who are responsible for creating the demand for the new facilities
Costs associated with extractions are normally passed on to
Homebuyers by developers
What are two types of extractions
Land dedication
Fees in lieu
What is land dedication
A certain percentage normally a fixed percentage such as 5% of the property to be developed is set aside as parkland
What are fees in lieu
Developer provides the municipality with cash instead of land usually equal to fair market value of land
What is revenue
Money going in
What is expenditures
Money going out
What are two types of expenditures
Operating expenditures
- recurring costs associated with doing business. Fixed costs and variable costs
Capital expenditures
- costs incurred by large scale purchases such as land, facilities or expensive equipment
What is the traditional approach of the role of fiscal management
Handle, be responsible for all money matters
Financial records, accounting, collections, investments, debt services
What is the creative approach in the role of fiscal management
Handle all of the above as well as seek out other resources for the agency and use them for the benefit of agency staff and consumers