Deadline: 09-Mar-21
The Community Foundation of Canada is seeking applications for its Healthy Communities Initiative to support communities as they create and adapt public spaces, and programming and services for public spaces to respond to ongoing needs arising from COVID-19 over the next two years.
The Healthy Communities Initiative encourages community-level innovation and improvements in the quality of life for residents. As local communities continue to adapt to COVID-19, local governments and community partners across the country in urban, rural and remote communities are discovering new ways to keep residents safe and healthy, support economic recovery and rebuild communities to be pandemic-resilient.
Thematic Areas
- Safe and vibrant public spaces
- Improved mobility options
- Digital solutions
Funding Information
- The minimum funding amount for projects is $5,000 and the maximum funding amount is $250,000 for each project.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Healthy Communities Initiative supports communities as they create and adapt public spaces, and programming and services for public spaces to respond to ongoing needs arising from COVID-19 over the next two years.
- Eligible organizations include:
- Municipalities and local or regional governments
- Municipally-owned corporations (e.g. water management, public transit, economic development, tourism agencies, etc.);
- Indigenous governing bodies including, but not limited to:
- A band council within the meaning of section 2 of the Indian Act;
- A First Nation, Inuit or Métis government or authority established under a Self-Government Agreement or a Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement;
- A First Nation, Inuit or Métis government that are established by or under legislation whether federal or provincial or territorial that incorporates a governance structure;
- Tribal councils, provincial/territorial bodies
- A provincial or territorial organization delivering municipal services (e.g., public utilities (electricity, water, telecoms, broadband, etc.), community health services, economic development bodies, local service districts, etc.)
- Federally or provincially incorporated not for profits, including:
- local economic development groups including business improvement associations/areas;
- relevant not-for-profit professional associations (e.g. urban planners, architects);
- federally or provincially incorporated not for profits/local community, non-profit, voluntary organizations;
- registered charities;
- Indigenous organizations and organizations whose central mandate is to improve Indigenous outcomes on or off-reserve;
- research institutes;
- not-for-profit residents associations;
- post-secondary educational institutions; and,
- Indigenous development corporations
- Ineligible organizations are any not listed above, including but not limited to for-profit corporations, for-profit social enterprises, provincial and territorial governments, individuals, the Government of Canada (federal government), non-Canadian or internationally-based organizations; the Crown; and the United Nations.
For more information, visit https://communityfoundations.ca/initiatives/chci/