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ECF’s Community Grant Program in Canada

Deadline: 1-Dec-22

The Edmonton Community Foundation (ECF) is seeking applications for its Community Grant Program.

Sectors
  • As a charitable organization, you have specific funding needs. They support charities in the Edmonton area across many sectors, including:

Note: Attachments such as letters of support, financial statements, or testimonials are not required during the first stage. If they need more information, they will contact the applicant.

Funding Information
  • If you don’t have a recent relationship with us (successfully received a Community Grant in the last five years), your organization can apply for a grant up to approximately (see note) $50,000.
  • If you’ve worked with ECF recently (successful Community Grant approved, completed and reported on), you can apply for a grant up to approximately (see note) $80,000.
Eligibility Criteria
  • Community Grants aim to support their community. A non-profit is eligible to apply if it serves the greater Edmonton area, including Leduc County, Parkland County, Strathcona County, and Sturgeon County. The non-profit must also have a charitable registration number from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) or be considered a qualified donee.
  • If you are not a registered charity but wish to apply for funding, you can consider the following options:
  • Make a formal application to CRA to become a registered charity.
  • Establish a written partnership with a registered charity that would apply for funds for the proposed project. CRA recommends that the relationship between the registered charity and the non-charitable organization be formalized and documented. Click here to visit CRA’s website for more details. Note that the opportunity to apply with a charitable partner is not meant to allow groups to circumvent CRA rules, but rather to support genuine partnerships between charities and non-profits.
Ineligible
  • ECF grants are not designed to support:

    • Deficit funding
    • Contributions to endowments
    • Annual funding drives and annual events
    • Faith-based programs
    • Private schools
    • Major medical equipment and research, capital campaigns or purchase of land and/or buildings
    • Grants primarily benefiting individuals (such as scholarships)
    • Funding to replace recent government program cuts
    • Requests from other funders to support operations, fundraising initiatives or granting programs
    • National or provincial initiatives without specific benefit to Edmonton
    • Any expenses incurred prior to the Foundation’s decision date, or
    • Grants to agencies that have unrestricted reserve funds in excess of one’s year’s operating expenses.

For more information, visit ECF.

For more information, visit https://www.ecfoundation.org/grants/community-grants/apply-for-a-community-grant/