Listen, Hear Our Voices initiative

Types of expenses allowed:

• digitization by your organization, a partner or a third-party
• consultants and professional services related to digitization
• purchase, rental or repair of equipment or software to digitize and preserve material
• description, transcription and development of finding aids for materials being digitized within the project
• shipping and insuring material
• salaries and wages to finish your project
• training and workshop activities
• travel for project staff (must follow the National Joint Council’s Travel Directive)
• honorariums and gifts of protocol to Indigenous Elders
• general administration costs such as:
  • office supplies
  • long-distance telephone calls
  • postage
  • messenger services
  • project management fees (project budget and schedule oversight)cannot be more than 15% of funding you are requesting

Total general administration costs cannot be more than 20% of the funding amount, which includes the 15% limit on project management fees as noted above. For example:

• Your organization is requesting $100,000 in LHOV funding. The project budget can include the following expenses:
• Project management: budget and schedule oversight by Executive Director = $15,000
• General administration: archival boxes; protective envelopes; shipping insurance = $5,000