Deadline: 06-Aug-20
The Calgary Foundation is currently seeking applications for the 2020 Neighbour Grants.
Neighbour Grants helps people implement their own small acts of community right in the neighbourhoods and communities they live by offering up to $7,500 for project expenses.
The small acts of community they support tend to be projects where people:
- Build gathering spaces, such as community gardens and naturalized areas.
- Engage people in creative ways to address concerns, such as community-created street murals, antiracism arts festivals, and non-partisan discussions on the importance of voting.
- Foster a sense of pride and presence, such as cultural sharing events and achievement celebrations of local youth and seniors.
- Give people the chance to get involved in community life, such as book- or tool-sharing libraries, new kinds of neighbourhood festivals, and skills-sharing events.
- Plan and guide neighbourhood and community development, such as resident-driven design or sustainability workshops and Reconciliation-themed learning initiatives.
To qualify, the small acts of community must:
- Help people be leaders within the everyday life of their own communities.
- Form new or stronger connections between local people, groups, and organizations.
- Create or strengthen people’s sense of inclusive belonging within the diversity of their neighbourhood or community.
What can Neighbour Grants be used for?
- Typical costs are for community involvement. Examples: Event space rental, refreshments, supplies people will use to build or offer something for the community, and fees for artists who will help people participate and create something great or honoraria to Indigenous Elders who teach and guide a project in a good way.
Neighbour Grants cannot be used for:
- Debt retirement, expenses that have already been spent, facility improvements, fundraising projects, ongoing operating expenses, or for projects with costly ticket prices.
Eligibility Criteria
- Registered charities and other qualified donees can apply for projects that take place in Calgary and area. If your group is not a registered charity, call them to discuss grant options.
Who evaluates Neighbour Grants applications?
- A Calgary Foundation volunteer committee of local leaders who believe in active citizenship and inclusive welcoming community life review eligible applications.
If you are awarded a Neighbour Grant, then what?
- Acknowledge the support of the Calgary Foundation Neighbour Grants in project materials.
- Use logo on your flyers and websites and borrow banner to display at your events.
- Invite them to key project events. The Foundation likes to attend and see your project in action.
- Consult them first if you think of changing the project or how you spend the grant. They do their best to help you respond to changing circumstances.
- Tell them your project story through the Neighbour Grants Final Project Report Form.
For more information, visit https://calgaryfoundation.org/grantsawards-loans/types-of-grants/grassroots-grants/neighbour-grants-2/