You’ve been approved for Light Reflecting Material Cost-Shared Funding. Now what?
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Here, you will find a step by step outline of your responsibilities as a Funding Recipient and all of the information needed to successfully manage your funded project. If you still have questions after reviewing the content of this resource, please don’t hesitate to contact our Program Delivery team.
Funding Acknowledgment
What is Funding Acknowledgement?
Funding acknowledgement is exactly what is sounds like, acknowledging the funders that are making your project possible. It’s important to the program funders that funding is appropriately acknowledged, and credit given on any public communications.
Not all projects produce materials that require funding acknowledgement, but if you make a social media post, newsletter update, media release, or other public project communications, the material must be submitted in advance of publication for review and approval. This includes any reports or publications you may complete. Not sure if you need to submit something? Contact communications@iafbc.ca for clarification.
Communications materials must be submitted to the IAF Client Portal at least 10 days prior to being needed. The approval is granted by the funders, with the process being facilitated by IAF.
For a downloadable PDF of the funding acknowledgement requirements, see the resources section.
Funding Acknowledgement Process
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Design Material
Design project materials, include appropriate logos and/or credit line. - 2
Submit Materials
Submit your materials to IAF through the client portal at least 10 days in advance. IAF submits to funder for review. - 3
Address Feedback
IAF will provide you with the feedback received from the funders. If required, you may need to edit your material and re-submit for approval. - 4
Receive Approval
Once the material has been approved by the funder IAF will notify you to confirm that the material is approved for use. - 5
Use Materials
Once the approval has been given, you’re free to use the materials.
Funding Acknowledgement Requirements
Funding acknowledgements typically include logos (graphic identifiers), a credit line (written statement), and a disclaimer statement. Typically, the acknowledgement appears near the front of a report or publication, at the bottom of the table of contents, on an acknowledgement page or similar.
You must submit proofs of all communications materials in advance of being made public to IAF’s Communications Team. The communications team is here to help with questions about requirements for each type of material.
The logos (aka. Graphic Identifiers) must be used on the majority of communication materials. This includes newsletters, event invitations, press releases, announcements, public reports, advertisements, flyers, posters, brochures, and related communication materials.
Whenever the Province’s logo appears, the user must also complete and submit a Third-Party Use form for approval. This should accompany all materials submitted for approval that contain the Province of BC’s logo.
Reminder: All materials require approval by IAF prior to printing/production/distribution.
Need the logos? Please refer to the resources section below. There you will find a link to download a .zip file with a variety of logos you may require. If you are unable to download a .zip file, please contact the Comms Team and we’ll forward you the logos.
In addition to the logos, the credit line should also be included in reports and other publications.
For brochures, posters, or displays, a written statements may not be required. The Comms Team can clarify prior to development, or upon submission of materials for approval.
Credit Line Sample
This project is funded by the Government of British Columbia through programs and initiatives delivered by the Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC.
Disclaimers statements are required in reports and other publications, especially when they contain recommendations and opinions. Typically, we recommend this statement appears near the front of a report or publication, at the bottom of an acknowledgement page, with the logos and credit statement at the end of a video, or similar.
Disclaimer statement:
The Government of British Columbia and the Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC are pleased to participate in the [production/delivery] of this [project/publication/event, etc.]. We are committed to working with our industry partners to address issues of importance to the agriculture and agri-food industry in British Columbia. Opinions expressed in this [report, publication, etc.] are those of [organization name, the authors, etc.] and not necessarily those of the Investment Agriculture Foundation or the Government of British Columbia.
The Third-Party Use form must be completed and submitted for approval with items that include the BC logo. This is a provincial government requirement that asks how/where the BCID will be used. You can fill it out as follows:
- Under “What is their relationship to government?” you can put “funding recipient”
- Under “List any other Marks that will appear in conjunction with the BC mark” List any logos that appear with BC, this can include IAF, or your own logo.
- Under “medium” tick all of the materials that you anticipate you will create for the duration of the project (that will include the logos)
- Under “Application prepared by” leave the ministry and branch boxes empty but complete the other fields (or indicate ‘same as above’) and please sign and date the form
- Ignore the “Endorsements/Approvals” section, that is for internal ministry use only
The Government of BC will likely announce their investment in your project (i.e. through a media release). Until this media release is published no public announcement about your project / the funding amount is allowed.
Unfortunately, the IAF Comms Team doesn’t know when the funders will send make their announcement. In past funding cycles they have made announcements coinciding with the start of the projects or in others made announcements months after the project was completed.
If you would like to announce your project prior to the media release, the funders may allow client-led funding announcements. If this is something you would like to pursue please contact the Comms Team with your proposed announcement and we will facilitate the approval process.
You are required to have the Logos, Credit Line, and Disclaimer in most reports and publications. In select cases the logos may be omitted due to space or formatting requirements. If you have questions about how to acknowledge funding on your materials, please reach out early to IAF Communications.
For most reports and publications a funding acknowledgement page is included near the beginning of a report. This will contain the credit line, disclaimer, and logos.
We understand you may be interested in sharing your project funding or details on your social media accounts. This action constitutes a ‘public announcement’ and requires advanced approval. Contact the Communications Team for additional details on project communications via social media.
In general, you will be required to use the credit line in your caption. You may also be required to use the logos, depending on the type of image you share. Plain photos do not require logos, graphics with images and text may.
Please submit ALL social media content relating to your project to the IAF Client Portal prior to posting for approval. If you will be doing many social posts, please contact us and we will work with you to approve a social media campaign, rather than every individual post.
You are required to have the Logos, Credit Line, and Disclaimer in your video or presentation. The three components should be on a single acknowledgement slide at the end or beginning of your video or presentation.
Submitting Materials for Approval
All materials must be approved in advance. We recommend you allow yourself 7 to 10 business days for approval, as IAF works with the government funder to ensure acknowledgement is appropriate.
Submit to: communications@iafbc.ca and include your Project Number (it will look like: LRM-202###-0####)
Please complete and submit the 3rd Party Use Form with your submission. Tip: If you will have additional submissions in future, select/list all the material types you may need on the 3rd Party Use Form and IAF will use the same form each time we coordinate approval with the funder.
It is important to provide materials to staff well in advance of your distribution deadline, as it can take some time to review. The approval process can take up to seven business days and sometimes longer, depending on the type of material being reviewed.
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Please note: the Government of BC may, from time to time, give instructions to IAF in relation to the delivery and administration of this program. IAF must and will comply with those instructions.