Deadline: 01-Mar-2025
The Port Coquitlam Community Foundation is inviting applications for the Community Capital Projects Matching Grant to support project expected to result in direct benefits to the community.
The goal of the Program is to enhance community facilities and capital assets that benefit the community. The grant allows individuals and organizations to request funding for projects which involve specialized equipment or new construction, renovation or expansion of community facilities or spaces such as sports fields, parks, environmental habitat, community recreation, arts and culture, streetscapes, etc.
Funding Information
- The Program will contribute up to 50% of the total cost of a project to a maximum of $10,000, subject to the budgeted City of Port Coquitlam Community Fund allocated annually by the City Council to Port Coquitlam Community Foundation.
- The minimum acceptable request is $1,000 (50% of a $2,000 project).
Eligibility Criteria
- The Community Capital Projects Matching Grant (formerly the Self-Help Matching Grant Program) is available to Port Coquitlam-based organizations, including but not restricted to community/social groups, service clubs, parent/teacher groups, sport groups, cultural organizations, environmental groups and school councils. (Regional serving groups are also eligible if the applied project occurs within Port Coquitlam and will benefit > 50% Port Coquitlam residents).
- Projects that involve construction, renovation, or expansion of facilities for social, environmental, heritage, recreation, sports, beautification and art or culture purposes, etc. and occur on public property within the City of Port Coquitlam for public benefit are eligible for funding through this Program.
- Unless otherwise stated and mutually agreed to for the purpose of this Program, if the project is conducted on City land, within a City facility or facility/land leased to a non-profit organization (e.g. Kinsmen Hall, Women’s Centre at the dissolvent), the assets will revert back to the City of Port Coquitlam.
For more information, visit Port Coquitlam Community Foundation.