Deadline: 31-May-21
The Government of Alberta is inviting applications for the 2021 Small and Medium Enterprise Relaunch Grant Program.
The Small and Medium Enterprise Relaunch Grant offers financial assistance to Alberta businesses, cooperatives, and non-profit organizations that were ordered to close or curtail operations as a result of public health orders, and that experienced a revenue reduction of at least 30 per cent due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Funding Information
- The Government of Alberta has committed a maximum of $350 million in funding for this phase of the program.
- For the Spring 2021 program reopening, eligible organizations may receive a one-time grant payment of up to $10,000, based on the revenue amounts indicated.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible, an Alberta business, cooperative, or non-profit organization must meet ALL of the following criteria:
- Be one of the following legal entities as of March 31, 2021:
- Corporation registered under the Business Corporations Act (Alberta);
- Partnership registered under the Partnership Act (Alberta); Sole proprietor with a trade name registered under the Partnership Act (Alberta);
- Unregistered sole proprietor with documentation to demonstrate the existence of business operations prior to the applicable date;
- Corporation incorporated under a special act or a private act of the Alberta legislature;
- Non-profit registered under a special act or a private act of the Alberta legislature;
- Non-profit registered under part 9 of the Companies Act (Alberta);
- Society registered under the Societies Act (Alberta) or the Agricultural Societies Act (Alberta); and
- Cooperative registered under the Cooperatives Act (Alberta).
Ineligible Applicants
- Non-profit organizations that receive operational funding from all levels of government (i.e., education supports, health care) are ineligible, with the exception of agricultural societies.
- In addition, non-profit organizations that receive funding from the programs below are ineligible:
- Canada Emergency Support Fund;
- Canada Emergency Support Fund for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations;
- Canada Emergency support for women’s shelters and sexual assault centres;
- Alberta Emergency Funding for Charities, Nonprofits and Food Banks (administered by Family and Community Support Services (FCSS);
- Alberta Mental Health and Addiction COVID-19 Community Funding grant;
- Alberta Emergency Funding for Women and Homeless Shelters; and
- Ministry of Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women’s (CMSW) Sport, Physical Activity and Recreation (SPAR) grant program.
For more information, visit https://www.alberta.ca/sme-relaunch-grant.aspx