Apply for Community Cultural Engagement and Planning Grant Program – Canada

Deadline: 18-Feb-2025

Apply now for the Community Cultural Engagement and Planning (CCEP) grant program to support research, community engagement, cultural planning, community investment and development, and collaboration and partnerships between various cultural organizations and community sectors that promote cultural vitality and economic sustainability.

Streams

• CCEP has two streams being funded for this intake:
  • Research: information gathering, identification of cultural and community assets, mapping assets, assessment, analysis of data, evaluation, feasibility studies, surveys, publishing of research findings, etc.
  • Engagement: community engagement and/or consultation initiatives related to culture in a community. Projects could include: public meetings, town hall meetings, facilitated discussions, focus groups, building community knowledge and capacity through presentations/guest speakers followed by discussions, etc.
  • SaskCulture encourages community projects focused on relationship-building that:
    • Support the research and learning of the history of the Indigenous Peoples of the area where the municipality or First Nation is situated (examples: engagement with Elders and Knowledge Keepers, researching traditional place names and sacred sites, etc.); or
    • Support research and learning about the Treaty relationship of the area.

Funding Information

• Research: Up to a $5,000 grant
• Engagement: Up to a $5,000 grant

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligible Applicants are:
  • An urban or rural municipality or First Nation or Tribal Council, Métis Local or Métis Region in Saskatchewan. The applicant must:
  • be in good standing with the Sask Lotteries Community Grant Program; and
  • have no outstanding grant follow-ups due to SaskCulture
• Municipalities, First Nations, Tribal Councils, Métis Locals and Métis Regions that have overdue followup reports within the Lottery-funded system are ineligible
• Or
  • Registered Non-Profit organizations in Saskatchewan. working in partnership with at least one urban or rural municipality or First Nation or Tribal Council, Métis Local or Métis Region in Saskatchewan. These organizations must:
    • have a primarily cultural mandate in Arts, Heritage, Multiculturalism or Cultural Industries as defined by SaskCulture’s Cultural Policy, or otherwise demonstrate significant engagement in cultural activity;
    • be in existence as a registered non-profit for at least one full fiscal year prior to the deadline date;
    • be in good standing with Information Services Corporation (ISC);
    • have no outstanding grant follow-ups due to SaskCulture; and
    • provide a signed copy of the organization’s annual financial statement that was most recently submitted to the ISC to show evidence of good standing as a non-profit organization in Saskatchewan.

For more information, visit SaskCulture.