Five senior executives in the charitable sector have been named as 2000 recipients of Muttart Fellowships. Each will leave their agency for one year to undertake a special project of interest and concern to the charitable sector.

Odette Dantzer is Manager of Family and Community Support Services at the Developmental Disabilities Resource Centre of Calgary, Alberta. In her Fellowship year, Ms. Dantzer developed a series of discussion papers which dealt with various topics relevant to individuals with disabilities and those who work with these individuals. She presented these papers at workshops in Calgary and elsewhere.

George Kelly is Executive Coordinator of the Edmonton Inner City Housing Society. Mr. Kelly researched broad-based community alliances and coalitions which seek to respond to issues of poverty, resource allocation, and community control.

Sherry McKibben is Executive Director of the HIV Network of Edmonton Society. Ms. McKibben’s work explored how the nonprofit voluntary charitable sector, and AIDS service organizations in particular, cope with systemic changes. In her work, she presents material, ideas, and examples of best practice that will help increase the understanding of the dynamics of change. She explores models of change management that various agencies in Canada and the U.S. have implemented, and documents the issues they have uncovered and the solutions they have achieved. Issues that AIDS service agencies in particular encounter are highlighted.

Click here to download ‘Daunting Tasks; Dedicated People – Stories in
the Management of Change in HIV/AIDS Organizations’

Click here to purchase from the Resource Centre for Voluntary
Organizations, Edmonton
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Tom Seeley is Executive Director of the Society for the Involvement of Good Neighbours in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Mr. Seeley investigated the gap in expectations between funding organizations and agencies in relation to program evaluation. While researching the field of outcome evaluation, he compiled an annotated listing of some of the more exemplary resources available to not-for-profits. He also conducted a survey of organizations around their experiences with program evaluations, which is also included in his work.

Click here to download ‘Community Based Organization Survey Results’

Anne Smith is President and Chief Executive Officer of the United Way of the Alberta Capital Region in Edmonton, Alberta. Ms. Smith studied funding agreements and identified challenges and opportunities for agencies and funders to maximize efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability.

Click here to download ‘The Dance: Seeking, Administering and
Accounting for Funds in the Voluntary Sector’

Click here to purchase from the Resource Centre for Voluntary
Organizations, Edmonton
Click here to purchase from the Volunteer Centre of Calgary

The Muttart Foundation will provide the Fellows' agencies with grants to cover the salary and benefit costs of the Fellows while they are away. In addition, each Fellowship carries an award of up to $17,500 to cover other expenses incurred in completing the Fellows' project. Fellowships are awarded each year.

For rules and deadlines, please refer to the Application Procedure page.

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