Accessibility Projects Grants – Canada

Deadline: 13-Sep-2024

The Disability Alliance BC is pleased to announce the Accessibility Projects Grants that aims to promote Inclusion and Accessibility for People with Disabilities.

Objectives

• The Accessibility Projects must advance at least one of the following specific objectives for British Columbians with disabilities:
  • Accessible employment;
  • Accessible emergency planning and response;
  • Accessible arts, culture and tourism;
  • Accessible sports and recreation;
  • Accessible education and learning;
  • Accessible community participation.

Funding Information

• Following a community-based evaluation and selection process, DABC will distribute a total of $450,000 to successful BC-based not-for-profit organizations. Organizations may apply for up to $40,000 per project.

Eligible Projects

• Up to $40,000 grants are awarded to projects that:
  • Take place within the next calendar year.
  • Are focused on community engagement.
  • Are self-contained projects, or, if part of an ongoing project or program, demonstrate a clear and specific expansion or innovation that the grant will be used for.
  • Promote accessibility for people with disabilities in BC. Please note that although they welcome projects that engage intersectional communities/groups, applications should specify how the project primarily promotes accessibility for people with disabilities. For example, if your project is for a seniors’ community, please describe the benefit specifically for seniors with disabilities.

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligible organizations must be not-for-profit organizations based in BC, Canada, that operate primarily for community benefit and whose services are open to the public and not restricted to the organization’s membership.
• Organizations do not need to be a registered charity but must have a democratically elected volunteer Board chosen by its membership.
• National or international organizations may be eligible, but only if they have a base of operations in BC and sufficient capacity to deliver services in BC.
• Governmental bodies, including municipalities, First Nations bands, and public-sector organizations are not eligible as they are targeted by other funding streams.
• Once an organization has received a grant they can reapply 5 years after their application was submitted (for example, if an organization applied in 2019 for a grant and did their project in 2020, they can reapply in 2024 to do a project in 2025).
• Organizations that have a real or perceived conflict of interest with DABC must declare this on their application. This could include, for example, current or past partnerships, or staff or board members in common. Potential conflicts of interest may not disqualify the application but must be declared so that they can be discussed by the Review Committee and Executive Director.

For more information, visit DABC.