Deadline: 2-Nov-22
The City of Hamilton has launched the City Enrichment Fund (CEF) to provide greater transparency and access to the City Enrichment Fund as an overall granting program.
Program Areas
The City Enrichment Fund has 7 program areas with their streams and objectives are as follows:
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Agriculture Program
- To support organizations, events and activities that engages the public in strengthening and celebrating agriculture and its contribution to the economy and quality of life in Hamilton.
- To encourage action-oriented initiatives across the agriculture community that maintain and build the strength of the sector.
- To help the City of Hamilton achieve its strategic goals
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Arts Program
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To provide opportunities for all the people of Hamilton to enjoy and actively participate in the arts while:
- Enhancing social, economic and cultural prosperity
- Building strength in the arts sector
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To provide opportunities for all the people of Hamilton to enjoy and actively participate in the arts while:
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Communities, Culture & Heritage Program
- To support organizations, events and activities that engage the public in strengthening and celebrating community identity – the people, places and things that make up Hamilton.
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Community Services Program
- To invest in both established and emerging community programs that meet identified community needs, build community capacity, and support the City of Hamilton’s their Future Hamilton – Community Vision.
- Please note: all new requests for funding, including previously funded Emerging Needs programs, must apply through the Emerging Needs stream.
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Digital Program (New – Pilot Program)
- To support organizations, events and activities that support efforts to achieve digital equity, promote digital inclusion, and spur greater adoption of broadband among underserved populations.
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Environment Program
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To invest in action-oriented initiatives that:
- Protect, rehabilitate, or enhance the natural environment
- Provide residents and visitors to Hamilton with access to natural spaces Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- Address the challenges and/or build resilience to the impacts of climate change
- Strengthen the local environmental sector or local environmental organizations
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To invest in action-oriented initiatives that:
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Sport & Active Lifestyles Program
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To provide opportunities for all the people of Hamilton to enjoy and actively participate in sport while:
- Enhancing social, economic and cultural opportunities
- Building community pride and connection
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To provide opportunities for all the people of Hamilton to enjoy and actively participate in sport while:
Funding Stream
- Agriculture Program: To provide not-for-profit agriculture organizations with assistance towards a stable funding base to enable them to further their mission.
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Arts Program
- Arts Operating: To provide not for profit arts organizations with assistance towards a stable funding base to enable them to further their mission.
- Arts Festivals: To enhance the ability of organizations to produce and present arts festivals that have high merit, strong impact and solid viability.
- Capacity Building for Arts Organizations: To strengthen the relevance, responsiveness, effectiveness and resilience of arts organizations.
- Creation & Presentation Grants for Arts Professionals: To provide the opportunity for arts professionals to create and to present a body of work that will build and / or strengthen their careers and / or enhance the creative profile of the city of Hamilton.
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Communities, Culture & Heritage Program
- Events & Established Activity: To support public participation in the celebration of community identity through related activities (e.g. programs and events) delivered by cultural organizations that provide reoccurring experiences, which have merit, impact and viability
- New Projects: To support new projects from cultural organizations that increase public access to cultural experiences, expressions, and content
- Capacity Building for Cultural Organizations: To strengthen the relevance, responsiveness, effectiveness and resilience of cultural organizations.
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Community Services Program
- Established: To provide funding stability to established community programs within identified funding priority streams a separate application is required for each program for which funding is being requested
- Emerging Needs: To foster community programs that identify new emerging community needs, underserviced target groups/areas, or service delivery innovation
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Digital Program
- Digital Equity: To support organizations, events and activities that support efforts to achieve digital equity, promote digital inclusion, increase digital literacy within the community.
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Environment Program
- Capacity Building: To strengthen the relevance, responsiveness, effectiveness and resilience of environmental organizations.
- Projects & Programs: To support projects and programs that promote clean air, water, and soil, protect and enhance biodiversity, provide access to natural spaces, and address the challenges of climate change, either by reducing greenhouse gas emissions or by building resilience to climate change impacts.
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Sport & Active Lifestyles Program
- Grant Stream Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD / PD) Planning & Implementation: To enable sport organizations to further their mission and align with their provincial and / or national body’s Long-term Athlete / Player Development model.
- Sport Awareness: To enhance the ability of organizations to grow, develop and promote programs with high merit and strong impact.
- Capacity Building: To strengthen the relevance, responsiveness, effectiveness and resilience of sport-related organizations.
- Sport Development / Inclusion: To engage marginalized populations by supporting creative and visionary projects that use sport as the mechanism for something greater than itself.
- Accessibility: To increase participation and engage persons with disabilities that would not otherwise be able to participate in sport or physical activities through enhancing the resources in collaboration with community partners.
- Active for Life: To provide the opportunity for new and expanding programs for a targeted population that will build and/or strengthen physical literacy skills and support healthy, active lifestyles.
- Multi-Sport Hosting: To provide the opportunity for organizations to host Multi-Sport competition / tournaments and larger events that will showcase Hamilton as a Canadian Sport for Life community. The event must align with the Long-Term Athlete Development model.
Eligibility Criteria
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The following types of organizations are eligible within the City Enrichment Fund:
- Incorporated not-for-profit organizations
- Organizations with a charitable number
- Community associations
- Unincorporated groups with not-for-profit goals and governance structure.
- Creation & Presentation artists and collectives (Arts Program Only)
- Funded activities must take place within the city of Hamilton.
For more information, visit City of Hamilton.
For more information, visit https://www.hamilton.ca/community-funding-grant-programs/city-enrichment-fund/city-enrichment-fund
