Deadline: 31-Mar-25
The Edmonton Heritage Council is pleased to announce the Funding Indigenous Resurgence in Edmonton (FIRE) Grants Program to provide funding assistance to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit individuals and organizations to support heritage-based projects that tell important stories about the community.
The project might explore Indigenous heritage in the form of research, writing, art, conferences, programming, speaker or reading series, ceremony, cultural camps, and more.
Funding Information
- Grant Amount: Up to $10,000.
Benefits
- They offer FIRE grant recipients:
- Ongoing support – the experienced team offers project mentorship throughout the entire application process
- Connections – they will facilitate connections with other grantees, professionals, and organizations that will advance your project, such as Arts Habitat Edmonton who will help in your search for venues and spaces in Edmonton to suit your project needs
- Promotion – they will use the platforms to share your story, spotlight your work, and inspire others
- Continued relationship – they will continue working with you to help build your capacity to apply for other grants, such as the EHC’s Heritage Community Investment Program (HCIP) grants
Eligibility Criteria
- You must be a First Nations, Métis, and/or Inuit person over the age of 18.
- You cannot currently have a FIRE-funded project underway. Applicants can only receive one FIRE grant per calendar year.
- The project must explore Indigenous heritage in some way.
- The project must have clear start and end dates with a specific scope of activities (if applying as a nonprofit or collective, your project must be distinct from your organization’s ongoing operations or programs).
- You must be an individual, registered non-profit society, or Indigenous-led collective. Your residence, location of work, or proposed project is in Edmonton and/or Treaty 6 and Métis homelands.
- Indigenous peoples living on First Nations reserves and Métis settlements in Treaty 6 are encouraged to apply.
- FIRE Grants exclude educational institutions and government owned and operated facilities. Individuals employed by these institutions are eligible if they can demonstrate that the project is outside of their professional role within the organization.
For more information, visit Edmonton Heritage Council.