Deadline: 15-Jan-21
The City of Thorold is seeking applications for its Recreational, Arts, and Cultural Community Grant Program.
The City of Thorold is aware that various groups within the community promote and improve upon the recreational, arts, and cultural well-being of the community. In the course of annual budget deliberation and subject to budget constraints, Council may approve discretionary grants to support and assist community based groups that will be of a direct or indirect benefit to the citizenry of the City of Thorold, based on consideration of the terms and considerations of this Policy.
This policy provides for two types of grants: a direct grant of funding and an “in-kind” contribution grant. “In-kind” grants include the contribution of municipal equipment and/or human resources. The financial value of in-kind service requested by applicants will be identified by the relevant municipal departments and submitted to the Recreation Coordinator prior to the applications evaluation process. The Municipality will consider the financial value of the in-kind services during the application evaluation process.
Goals
The goal of the grant program is to improve the quality of life and well-being of the residents of Thorold in Council’s estimation by:
- Addressing identified recreational, arts, and cultural needs in the community.
- Supporting the provision of new or innovative recreational, arts, and cultural services to residents, and thereby increasing the diversity of services.
- Providing financial assistance to service providers where adequate funding for the proposed service is not available from other sources.
- Assisting with one-time special requests for assistance associated with other not easily classified needs and services, including those related to disasters or other unforeseen circumstances (to be considered by Council on the merit of each request).
Eligibility Criteria
All groups seeking grants must:
- Location
- Be physically located within The Regional Municipality of Niagara and provide services relating to residents of the City of Thorold.
- The majority of the group’s members, registrants, and/or participants reside in the City of Thorold.
- Legal Entity
- Be a not-for-profit organization.
- Be incorporated and/or registered under the Canada Income Tax Act for the purpose of receiving charitable donations. (This criterion may be waived at Council’s discretion only, depending on the groups and on the nature of the services offered being complementary to the philosophy and priorities of Council.)
- Organization
- Should have a formal administrative structure adequate in its numbers, be responsible for the overall management of the group’s resources, be responsible for the administration of its funds and should preferably have a Board of Directors that would be representative of the community it serves.
- Financial Feasibility
- Provide audited financial statements, if available, for the previous fiscal year, and current year budget statements. Other pertinent financial information may be required by Council.
- It is important to present budgets and financial statements with revenues and expenditures grouped by each individual activity, service or program rendered by the applicant organization. This may be requested by Council, at its discretion.
- Inclusiveness
- The applicant’s proposed services should be extended to all members of the general public in the City of Thorold and should not exclude anyone by reason of race, religion or ethnic background. The community service programs proposed by volunteer organizations should be separate and distinct from any other activities of the group.
For more information, visit https://www.thorold.ca/en/recreation-and-culture/community-grants.aspx