Fund Terms & Conditions
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This fund is open to anyone applying to start one of the designated ideas from
changex.org/us/funds/greaterminnesotafund
in Minnesota.
- By submitting an application, you are deemed to have read and accepted these terms and conditions. ChangeX.org reserves the right to disqualify any entries which do not comply with these terms and conditions.
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The fund opens at 9am on August 9, 2018 and closes at 5pm on October 31, 2018. However, registration may close sooner if all of the fund has been distributed to applicants who have completed the 30 day challenge before October 31, 2018. Please visit our campaign website
www.changex.org/us/funds/greaterminnesotafund
to confirm whether we are still accepting entries.
- There is a total fund of $15,000 available to help seed new community projects across Minnesota. Each applicant who completes the 30 day jumpstart challenge (see more below) will receive up to $500 to help get their selected project off the ground. The funding is available to cover the initial costs of setting up your project. Example uses of the fund include insurance for a Men’s Shed, gardening equipment for your community garden, or food for a Welcome Dinner.
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In order to receive the funding, you must have a bank account and you agree to keep all receipts associated with your project as evidence of how the funding has been spent. ChangeX will carry out spot-checks of receipts and a scanned copy of original receipts must be provided to us by email. If receipts cannot be provided, funding will become repayable to ChangeX and you will be ineligible to apply for any further funding opportunities through
Changex.org.
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In order to receive funding, you agree to provide an update of your impact when requested by us (by email or phone) after 90 days. This should include the number of people benefitting from your project and photographic evidence of the project in action to be uploaded to your page on changex.org. If impact data cannot be provided, you will be ineligible to apply for any further funding opportunities through
Changex.org.
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Alongside the seed finance, each applicant will receive a full range of additional free supports including:
- A physical starter pack that will be sent to you (Jumpstart guide, calendar, meeting agendas)
- A 5 step starter guide for your chosen project
- Free tech tools & website to help get your project started (helping you to build team, host events & share progress)
- An experienced mentor to help with advice & support
- Help getting matched with other people in your community who want to help
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To enter you must:
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Sign-up to start an idea on ChangeX.org (see list of ideas that are relevant for this fund at
www.changex.org/us/funds/greaterminnesotafund).
When you click the ‘Start’ button on your chosen idea, you will be asked to fill out some short questions to complete your entry. This will be followed by a short phone call with a member of the ChangeX team.
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Once you have applied to start the idea and your application meets the initial criteria of the fund, you will be allocated funding in a draft state. To unlock this funding you must complete the 30 day jumpstart challenge. The simple steps to complete the challenge include:
- Watch challenge welcome video
- Download the Five-Step Guide for your idea
- Recruit five people to join your group on changex.org
- Set up and host a casual kick-off meeting for your idea
- Share the first action you’ll take together as a team along with a photo of your team meeting to your page on changex.org.
- Once you submit your first action and a photo of your kick-off meeting, your submission will be reviewed. If you have successfully completed the challenge, the funding will be released to your bank account. If you don’t complete the jumpstart challenge within the first 30 days, your money will be reallocated to another group in Minnesota that meet the criteria. (Note: once you’ve successfully unlocked your funding, you will be asked to enter your bank account details to facilitate the bank transfer).
- Please note that multiple entries from the same individual or organization are not permitted - we allow a maximum of one entry per group/individual.
- We aim to ensure that each funding allocation will be sent to the recipient's bank account within 7 days of successfully completing the 30 day jumpstart challenge provided ChangeX.org have received the applicant’s correct personal address and bank details. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that complete and correct details are provided to receive their funding.
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Funding will not be distributed where:
- The applicant is deemed to be in breach of any of the Terms & Conditions of the fund,
- The applicant does not complete the 30 Day Challenge,
- The applicant does not agree to keep receipts and report back on impact after 90 days,
- There is a deemed conflict of interest between the applicant and ChangeX.
- In the event that circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter affect, or could affect, the proper operation of this fund, changex.org reserves the right to cancel or amend the fund or these terms and conditions at any time but will make every effort to avoid causing undue disappointment to participants where such action is deemed necessary.
- Entries deemed inappropriate, rude or abusive by the Promoter will not be used and all such entries will be disqualified. If you are found to be abusing the fund, the Promoter, its products, employees or directors in any way, your entry will be disqualified.
- If you are a successful fund awardee, you agree that the Promoter may use your name, image and town or city of residence to announce the winners of this competition and for any other reasonable and related promotional purposes. You further agree to participate in any reasonable publicity required by the Promoter (at no charge to the Promoter save for reasonable expenses at the Promoter’s discretion).
- Your fund application and any accompanying material submitted to the Promoter (the “Submission”) will become the property of the Promoter on receipt. To the extent that copyright arises in your Submission, you will own such copyright in your Submission but agree to grant and license the Promoter (without compensation, restriction on use, attribution or liability) a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable, sub-licensable right to re-use, copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, alter, combine with other materials, edit, incorporate, broadcast, telecast, exhibit, publish, re-publish, display, portray and/or otherwise use your Submission (and any parts of your Submission) in any worldwide media. You agree not to assert any moral rights in relation to such use and also agree that the Promoter will own all rights in any materials, photographs, videos and other works which use your Submission (in whole or part).
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By applying to this fund, you:
- Agree that any personal information provided by you with the fund application may be held and used only by the Promoter or its agents and suppliers to administer the fund and for any other purposes to which you have expressly consented;
- Acknowledge that such personal data may be transferred by the Promoter to, and/or stored in, a destination outside the European Economic Area for administrative purposes, including to the United States of America, where data protection regulations may not offer the same protection as those applicable in the European Economic Area, provided that the Promoter uses reasonable endeavours to keep such data adequately protected.
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You understand that you may withdraw such consent at any time by contacting the Promoter at
[email protected].
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The name and locations of the winning teams can be obtained for 30 days after the Fund Period closes by sending a request to
[email protected].
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By applying to the fund, you are deemed to have read, understood and accepted the Promoter’s privacy policy, a copy of which can be found at
www.changex.org/us/sites/privacy.
- Insofar as is permitted by law, the Promoter, its agents or distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate participants or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up the prize except where it is caused by the negligence of the Promoter, its agents or distributors or that of their employees.
- Nothing in these terms and conditions shall operate to limit or exclude its liability for death or personal injury caused by its negligence or for fraud (including, but not limited to, fraudulent misrepresentation) or for that which cannot lawfully be excluded.
- Nothing in these terms and conditions shall affect the winner’s statutory rights.
- If any provision of these terms and conditions is held by a competent authority to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of these terms and conditions will not be affected and will remain valid.
- Nothing in these terms and conditions shall confer any rights on any third person owing to the rule of privity of contract.
- These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Ireland. Any dispute arising under these terms and conditions (whether such disputes or issues are contractual or non-contractual in nature, such as claims in tort, for breach of statute or regulation or otherwise) shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Republic of Ireland.
Promoter: ChangeX International Limited, DogPatch Labs, CHQ Building, Custom House Quay, Dublin, Ireland.
Fund FAQs
How much funding is available?
Funding amounts of $100, $200 or $500 are available depending on which idea you choose to start. The funding available for each idea is detailed at the end of this FAQ.
When do applications close?
The final date for applications is October 31, 2018 or, if earlier, the point at which all of the fund has been distributed to individuals / community groups who have successfully completed the 30 day jumpstart challenge.
When will I receive the funding?
You will receive funding within approximately 7 working days of successfully completing the 30 day jumpstart challenge.
Please note, you must have a bank account in order to receive the funding. You will be asked to provide your bank details on successful completion of the 30 day jumpstart challenge.
What can funding be used for?
Funding can be used for any costs related to starting your chosen idea in your local community.
Example uses of the fund include insurance for a Men’s Shed, gardening equipment for your community garden, or food for a Welcome Dinner.
You will be asked to submit your first planned action as the final step of the 30 Day Challenge.
You must keep all receipts associated with your costs as these will be required as proof of expenditures.
What additional supports are available alongside the funding?
Alongside the seed finance, each applicant will receive a full range of additional no-cost supports to help them get up and running including:
- A physical starter pack that will be sent to you (Jumpstart guide, calendar, meeting agendas)
- A 5 step starter guide for your chosen project
- Free tech tools & website to help get your project started (helping you to build team, host events & share progress)
- An experienced mentor to help with advice & support
- Help getting matched with other people in your community who want to help
What is involved in the ’30 Day Challenge’?
To unlock this funding you must complete the 30 day jumpstart challenge. The simple steps to complete the challenge include:
- Watch challenge welcome video
- Download the Five-Step Guide for your chosen idea
- Recruit 5 people to join your group on changex.org
- Set up and host a casual kick-off meeting for your idea
- Share the first action you’ll take together as a team along with a photo of your team meeting to your page on changex.org.
I have an existing project on the ChangeX platform,such as a Men’s Shed or GIY group. Can I apply for this funding to support it?
No, this fund is only available to support new projects get off the ground and not as an ongoing source of funding. However, if the community group behind your existing project wishes to set up another one of the ideas listed at
www.changex.org/us/funds/greaterminnesotafund,
they are welcome to apply for funding to do so.
Will there be more funding available?
No, this funding is available to seed these community projects and will not be a source of ongoing funding for the community projects.
How is the funding decision made?
Subject to a final review by the ChangeX team, the funding is allocated on successful completion of the 30 day jumpstart challenge.
How much funding is available for each project?
| Project |
Amount ($) |
| Welcoming Week Event |
500 |
| Repair Café |
500 |
| Men's Sheds |
500 |
| Poetry in the Park |
100 |
| Cycling Without Age |
500 |
| KaBOOM! |
500 |
| Welcome Dinner |
100 |
| Trade School |
500 |
| SOUP |
500 |
| Street Feasts |
200 |
| GIY |
500 |
| Outdoor Club |
500 |
