And the $100,000 Karo Kaus creative service grant goes to…

Karo is very proud to announce the recipients to equally share in the 2009 Karo Kaus creative services grant.

Full announcement | Vancouver Sun announcement (PDF).

Christmas Future is a Calgary-based initiative with a mandate to empower everyday people to end extreme poverty by refocusing a portion of the $1 trillion North Americans spend during the Christmas season towards holistic poverty-eradicating interventions in the poorest communities in the world.

Theatre Under the Stars, commonly referred to as TUTS, is one of Vancouver's largest musical theatre companies. TUTS has had a huge positive impact on the cultural community and prides itself on giving people of all abilities and experience the opportunity to be a part of theatre, learn practical career skills and work in an encouraging team environment.

We call it the Karo Kaus. What is it?

That’s simple: It’s the way that Karo helps you help others.

Karo Group is Western Canada’s only interdisciplinary branding agency, ranked one of the best places to work in Canada. We know how design helps our clients strengthen their brand experiences, resulting in better customer experiences.

Now, through our Kaus, we want to use our brand experience to help non-profit community groups better achieve their goals.

How the Karo Kaus can help your community organization.

Karo will donate $100,000 of creative services, to be split equally between two not-for-profit groups, one in Calgary and one in Vancouver. Karo tribe members will donate $50,000 of their creative time on behalf of each group.

Chris Bedford, Karo president, explains: “We want to help two organizations develop meaningful brand experiences for their stakeholders and clients, which in turn will take them to the next level in attracting public and financial support.”

How to Apply

Submissions are no longer being accepted for the 2009 Creative Services Grant. Thanks to all of those who submitted an Expression of Interest form. The date for the commencement of 2010 submissions will be announced later this year.