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 creative agency, ranked in the top five Best Workplaces 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 design 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 staff 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

Registered charitable groups can download the Karo Expression of Interest form below. We will not review any supplementary material.

  • Deadline for applications: January 3, 2008 at 5pm.
  • Shortlist: January 11, 2008
  • Shortlist meetings: January 21–25, 2008
  • Notification of Winners: January 31, 2008

ELIGIBILITY:

To be considered for the Karo Kaus, your program/project/service should:

  • Be a registered charity and possess a charitable number from Revenue Canada
  • Be an inclusive charity that is free of political, racial, or religious bias
  • Be a single focus organization (e.g., serving a particular need) rather than an umbrella organization funding other causes
  • Be self-sustaining in the long term through other sources
  • Engage and involve other community partners where feasible
  • Use resources efficiently
  • Be innovative and creative, demonstrate proactive thinking, and not adverse to a degree of risk
  • Be able to demonstrate that your group responds to clearly identified local needs, and provides demonstrable enrichment to the community
  • Be able to meet easily at Karo office locations (Calgary and Vancouver)
  • Be able to report on the results of your experience with Karo, and document how Karo’s creative services have changed/improved your organization

All work must be completed in 2008.