Deadline: 2-Aug-22
The Columbia Basin Trust has launched the Community Technology Program to support Basin communities to create publicly accessible tech-enabled spaces where residents can access technology and enhance their digital literacy.
Program Grants will assist eligible organizations with:
- acquiring new technology and digital equipment that provide barrier-free opportunities for residents to use them;
- completing site improvements to support the integration of new technology and the creation of free, accessible, tech-enabled spaces; and
- developing and delivering programming to support residents to use the technology and enhance their digital literacy.
Funding Information
- Applicants can request up to a maximum of 80 per cent of total project costs from the Trust.
- Applicants must demonstrate that they are contributing at least 20 per cent of the project costs from sources other than the Trust. In-kind contributions will not be counted toward the 20 percent.
Eligible Projects
Eligible project types include:
- Technology and digital equipment
- New program expenses
- Infrastructure improvement costs
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include registered non-profits, local governments, and First Nations in the Columbia Basin Trust region who operate publicly accessible, barrier-free community spaces.
- These spaces should be free and accessible to residents of all abilities, backgrounds and experiences. These may be libraries, community centres or halls, or long-standing, multi-service organizations. Regardless of which type of applicant, your Project should demonstrate that it will benefit the Basin and that the primary beneficiary is not the applicant, its operations or solely the members of a membership-based organization.
Criteria
- This intake will prioritize projects in communities that have demonstrated need and where there is limited or no current access to publicly available technology in the area.
- The grants do not fund technology for your non-profit’s operations or programming.
For more information, visit https://ourtrust.org/grants-and-programs-directory/community-technology-program/