Deadline: 31-Aug-2024
Carbonzero is excited to announce that the application window for the Carbonzero Community Micro Grant (CCMG) program has been opened for 2024.
The CCMG program, established in 2022, releases funds once per year up to $5,000, with the goal of funding community-based greenhouse gas emissions reduction projects that require additional capital to achieve their intended results.
Now in its third year, Carbonzero’s Micro Grant allows their team to support Canadian communities by providing financial assistance to eligible organizations that have ambitious and feasible GHG emissions reduction projects that not only reduce GHG emissions but introduce social benefits into communities as well.
Funding Information
- Through the CCMG, Carbonzero is committing up to $5,000 to support organization(s) carrying out projects or initiatives that are achieving significant GHG reductions and bringing broader benefits to their respective communities.
Eligible Projects
- The Micro Grant supports projects that build community around sustainability and achieve positive outcomes beyond just GHG emissions reductions.
- Examples of Eligible Projects:
- An organization may be considering the purchase of an electric vehicle to fulfill the meal deliveries with its local food bank delivery program, where the funding is used to install an EV charger at the organization’s facility.
- An organization considers the implementation of a facility-wide composting program to divert food waste from landfill in effort to reduce methane emissions, where funding is used to implement an on-site vermicomposting system.
- Please note that only registered charities and incorporated not for profit organizations are eligible to receive the grant.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be a recipient of the Carbonzero Community Micro Grant, organizations must be eligible according to the following criteria:
- The organization must be Canadian based.
- The organization is an incorporated not for profit or registered charitable organization.
- Eligible activities and expenses will include the following and parts thereof: capital expenses, leasing costs, labour and material costs, and technology.
For more information, visit Carbonzero.