JOIN US IN CREATING A CULTURE OF DREAMERS
DREAM BIG
Dream Big was a new initiative the Solomon Valley Community Foundation kicked off in October of 2021. SVCF wanted to know what people's dreams were for Mitchell County and we wanted to encourage our communities to Dream Big! We had $50,000 to give, here's what we were looking for:
WHAT IS
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COMMUNITY IMPACT
TANGIBLE OUTCOME: produces outcomes that can be readily observed
ECONOMIC IMPACT: has the potential to create economic opportunities
COMMUNITY IMPACT: is designed to create measurable impact within one or more of the communities within Mitchell County
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INNOVATION
COLLABORATION: involves collaboration among new and unusual partners or existing partners working together in new ways
INNOVATION: project is innovative and presents a creative solution to a community challenge or opportunity
EXPANDING CAPACITY: project involves new activities for the organization(s) and not just a continuation of existing work
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QUALITY PLAN
LEADERSHIP: there is a defined project team that represents the collaborative partners and has the capacity to implement the project
SUSTAINABILITY: the project has a plan to sustain the work
ALIGNMENT: the project builds on ideas identified through Strategic Doing or other community process
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FINANCIALS
BUDGET PLANNING: the project has a well-articulated and adequate budget to support project implementation
*Dream Big dollars can not act as a primary funding source
LEVERAGE: the project has secured financial resource commitments already or has a well-defined plan for raising resources beyond the Dream Big grant support
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