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Before applying for your RIDE Partner Grant, please carefully review the guidelines below; click the 'read more' more button next to any of the headings to learn more. Once you've reviewed the guidelines, click 'Apply Now' to begin your application.
Understand: How to Partner with the RIDE |
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Any church and/or registered charitable organization working with or supporting refugee and IDP work in Australia, Canada or the United States, can apply for funding through the RPG program. However, for an approved organization to receive funds, they must have registered RIDE teams riding and raising funds on their behalf (See Teams for criteria).
Once approved, the church or organization name and brief program summary is automatically displayed online and available for any eligible teams to select as one of their RPG allocation choices. Organizations that cultivate a number of teams will naturally be more successful in raising more funds. The average team raises approximately $2500, but there are teams that have raised as much as $30,000, so organizations that cultivate great team captains can do very well.
Since the team captains are the ones making the final choice of which RPG organization to approve, it is highly advisable for churches and organizations to remain diligent in connecting with the team captains they have recruited.
The application process is not onerous; most applying organizations should be able to complete the online application in about 30 minutes. The RPG review process normally takes 72 hours before the application is either approved, declined or requires a request for additional information.
Review: Partnership Requirements |
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NEW for 2009: All approved organizations are required to support our partnership together by promoting the Ride for Refugees by choosing to (a) link to the RIDE from their organizational website, (b) register and participate in the event, (c) feature or distribute RIDE marketing collateral, or (d) similarly feature, announce, promote or support the event. (More details regarding this can be found under Promotion Partnership.
Only churches and organizations that are registered charities in good standing with their country of application are eligible to apply to receive funding (except in Australian where non-charitable receipt granting organizations will be permitted). Organizations in North America without charitable status cannot receive funding through this program and should not apply, even if application has been made and approval is pending. (Closing date for the RPG applications is listed below - if you receive approval by that date, please apply).
Church or organization applications must be filled out by an employee or volunteer directly involved with the organization and with authority or permission granted them to make the application. This individual will be whom we communicate with at all times during the approval process, from the grant payment through the reporting period. Please contact the RIDE Team if there is a change in this contact person's status.
Applications must be filled out completely to qualify for the review process. We reserve the right to decline incomplete or erroneous applications. When you have successfully submitted your application, you will receive an automated email as confirmation. If you don't receive an email immediately after applying, contact the office at info@rideforrefugees.com to inquire immediately. The RIDE expects over 200 applicants in 2009, so only completed applications will be reviewed for approval.
All RIDE Partner Grant applications must be completed by September 15th for the fall RIDE and May 1st for the Spring RIDE. DEADLINE EXTENSION! Due to the overwhelming surge in applications, the deadline for RPGs to be filed has been extended to October 1st.
Learn: Who and What We Support |
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Applying organizations must support some or more of the following people groups in their program or projects:
INCLUDED:
Refugees or new arrivals in Australia, Canada or the United States, including sponsored refugees or refugee claimants Former refugees still settling or transitioning in Australia, Canada, the United States, or in other countries where assistance is provided Refugees or Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in settlement camps, relief camps or elsewhere along the "refugee highway" First Nations or indigenous people where evidence of the forced displacement is available Human Trafficking (where the displacement or movement away from home or country was caused through sexual exploitation) Will be considered: Migrant fruit harvester family support systems outside federal aid, or situations where displaced peoples/refugees have fled to cities where they remain marginalized and neglected
EXCLUDED:
'Normal' immigrants and their families Impoverished peoples who are not formally displaced or under threat of displacement, including orphans, prostitutes, street kids, or the homeless.
Applying organizations must provide or support programs funding the following service types:
Family reunification Sponsorship Relief and humanitarian work Immigration and legal support Education and settlement Job skills and career counseling Language and culture training Trauma counseling for women, children, families
Promote: Our Partnership Together |
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All approved organizations are required to support our partnership and shared vision by promoting the Ride for Refugees. In turn, as part of our shared commitment to our partners, the Ride for Refugees will also promote our approved partners. Approved RPG organizations must choose one or more of the following promotion activities as part of their commitment:
Linking to the RIDE on their organizational website Registering and participating in the event Featuring or distributing RIDE marketing collateral Listing the RIDE as a partner organization Similarly featuring, announcing, promoting or supporting the event
Access to all marketing resources are available online under Resources.
In applying for the RIDE Partner Grant, each organization provides explicit permission for the RIDE to highlight the name, logo and other identifying brand of the applying organization along with selective submitted program descriptions and report content. We will go out of our way to promote your good work and service to refugees as well.
Consider: Our Reporting Requirements |
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Summary
A short online report outlining the impact of the RIDE Partner Grant must be submitted by each approved organization by June 30th each year. Reports allow the RIDE and RPG recipients to review and assess their funded programs, projects or people in order to highlight the impact that RIDE Partner Grants have on refugees. That is the primary purpose of this report from our perspective. In addition, we know that RPG reports will help us identify challenges that will assist the RIDE in future allocation choices and funding requests.
For our valued RPG partners, we believe that engaging an honest assessment of your refugee work in this manner is both healthy and valuable. We trust that the reporting process becomes a welcomed source of insightful feedback on your important work with or in support of refugees.
Be assured that every report submitted through the RIDE Partner Grant program is read in detail and is made available to all RIDE Team members. All reports, photos and any other materials received in response to our reporting requirement become property of the Ride for Refugees, and are subject to being shared with the public unless you specifically mark the report as "confidential" due to sensitive information being shared.
Reporting Instructions
2008/2009 RIDE Reports can be emailed to the Ride for Refugees at info@rideforrefugees.com (we accept plain text, PDF Files and Word Documents), with the subject line clearly indicating it is a report from your organization and the letters RPG or the words RIDE Partner Grant in the subject line. For photos, please send hi-res .tif, .bmp, or .jpg files as separate attachments.
Report Online
For the 2009/2010 reporting year, the Ride for Refugees will make reporting online a requirement for all organizations. Details to follow.
View: Some RPG Examples |
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Community Church supports the sponsorship of a refugee family in their church or community, a local refugee housing project, or a missionary member doing direct refugee work in Sudan New Arrival House provides refugee housing and settlement services in the inner city YMCA or equivalent non-profit group provides hosting services in the community for new arrivals and refugees, matching new families with local families Large Humanitarian Charity has numerous refugee and IDP projects in Thailand, East Africa and other international "hot spots" Large Settlement Charity helps settle sponsored refugees in North American urban settings |
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