Applications Open for the Community Impact Grants – Canada

Deadline: 07-Sep-21

Applications are now open for the Community Impact Grants to support community needs and contribute to achieving the goals identified by the Municipality in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Strategic Plan through one or more of the following streams:

• Community Programs and Projects
• Community Events
• New Events

Funding Information

• Grant funding may be requested up to a maximum amount that varies depending on the stream:
  • Community Programs and Projects – maximum $80,000
  • Community Events – maximum $20,000
  • New Events – maximum $50,000, with declining proportion of funding, for a maximum of 3 years (following which, applicants may qualify for the Community Events stream).
• Administrative Expenses of up to 15% of the total program, project or event costs are eligible, up to the grant stream maximum.

Programs, projects or events must

• have a positive overall impact and benefit the community-at-large (not only primarily serving the community group or organization’s membership);
• be delivered or hosted within the Regional Boundary;
• have other sources of funding (e.g., registration fees, other grants, ticket sales, partner contributions, etc.);
• be either no cost or low-cost for individuals to participate; and
• be non-political and non-religious in nature.

Deliverables

• A successful Applicant will be required to:
  • improve the quality of life for residents in the region through delivering programs, projects and events that support the objectives. Special consideration will be provided to programs, projects and events that address or promote, as directly as possible, one or more of the 94 Calls to Action as identified in the Truth and Reconciliation Report (TRC) Commission’s 2015 Final Report and reconciliation more broadly.
    • Recreation and leisure opportunities
    • Cultural opportunities
    • Enriched cultural landscape through language, arts, music, history, or cultural celebrations
    • Preventative social service programs
    • Increased community capacity
    • Economic growth and resilience
    • Local projects done by residents
    • Programs for recruiting, training and using volunteers
    • Social programs and events
• Complete and/or upload the following in the CIP Grant Portal:
  • Certificate of Insurance within 30 calendar days of execution of grant agreement
  • Six-Month Report highlighting ongoing successes and challenges
  • Final Report demonstrating the positive impact of the funded programs, projects, and/or events, including examples of how the organization publicly recognized the funding considerations provided by the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
  • Financial statements. Specific financial reporting requirements are determined by the following grant thresholds:
    • < $100,000 – Summary of Revenue and Expenditures
    • $100,000 – $499,999 – Review Engagement Financial Statements

Eligibility Criteria

The Applicant must:

• be a registered non-profit organization or a community group in partnership with a registered non-profit organization;
• submit only one application per grant stream;
• have the program, project or event and the majority of its participants residing in the Regional Boundary;
• have operated within the Regional Boundary for at least one year prior to applying;
• have less than one year’s worth of unrestricted net assets, as reflected in the financial statements of the most recent fiscal period prior to application or the total unrestricted net assets held by the Applicant is less than $50,000;
• have submitted all required reports, financial statements, or uncommitted grant proceeds from any previous Community Investment Program Grant; and
• offer programs/services within the Regional Boundary.

Ineligible

The Community Impact Grant will not fund:

• programs or facilities which are mandated or responsibility of a government or government agency, including but not limited to programs and facilities of health care, education, housing and childcare;
• political or religious programs, projects and events;
• organizations receiving a 2022 Sustaining Grant or Municipal Facility Operator Grant;
• the items and costs highlighted under Ineligible Expenses; or
• programs, projects and events that only serve your organization’s members.

For more information, visit https://www.rmwb.ca/en/community-services-and-social-support/community-impact-grants.aspx#Key-Dates