Deadline: 15-Feb-2025
The Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockies (CFKR) is pleased to announce its funding to support four projects benefitting the Elk Valley, Cranbrook, and the surrounding area through the Government of British Columbia’s Community Prosperity Fund.
The CFKR builds permanently invested endowment funds, provide grants to qualified donees to address local community needs, and offer positive leadership to explore community priorities.
Focus Areas
- CFKR takes a broad and inclusive view of what a community is and provides grants to the widest possible range of organizations and initiatives in the following areas:
- Animal Welfare
- Arts, Culture, and Heritage
- Education
- Environment
- Mental Health and Addictions
- Outdoor Recreation, Physical Activity, and Sports
- Programs for Equity-Deserving Populations (e.g., Indigenous, racialized, LGBTQ+, women, diverse abilities, seniors, children/youth)
- Social and Health Services, including Housing
Types of Grants
- The Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockies is honoured to hold the following permanently invested endowment funds, to benefit their communities:
- Elkford Community Fund:
- District of Elkford and surrounding area
- Sparwood Community Fund:
- District of Sparwood and surrounding area
- Fernie Community Fund:
- City of Fernie and surrounding area: east to Hosmer, west to Elko,
- Cranbrook Community Fund:
- City of Cranbrook and surrounding area: ʔaq’am, Yaq̓it ʔa·knuqⱡi’it, Area C, Moyie, Fort Steele, Mayook, Bull River, Wardner, Jaffray, Tie Lake, Rosen Lake, Galloway, the South Country, and the portion of Wycliffe not served by the Kimberley & District Community Foundation.
- Elkford Community Fund:
Funding Information
- Grants provided generally range from a few hundred dollars up to $2,000, per approved project.
Eligibility Criteria
- In order to be eligible, the applying organization must:
- Be providing services that directly benefit the citizens within the specific community to which they are applying, as per CFKR’s service area.
- Be a qualified donee (i.e., CRA-registered charity, local government etc.), as shown by a current Revenue Canada Charitable Registration Number.
- If the organization that is applying is not a qualified donee, then an agency agreement with a qualified donee, stating that the qualified donee will accept the funds on behalf of the applicant, must be included in the grant application package:
- Make services available without discrimination.
- Provide all information requested, as per the Grant Application.
- Demonstrate fiscal and management responsibility by providing the following required financial documentation.
- For the previous fiscal year, the applicant organization’s:
- Balance sheet
- Income (profit/loss) statement
- For the current fiscal year, the applicant organization’s budget
- Organizations that have audited financial statements or an accountantprepared review are invited to provide this additional documentation, which will be noted during the grant assessment process.
- For any questions or concerns about the required financial documentation, please connect with your local community contact person.
- Because granting funds are limited, CFKR will give priority to applications from organizations and/or projects that did not receive funding in the prior granting period.
- Grants are only awarded for specific purposes and projects covering a specific time period. An application may include up to 20% of related operating expenses.
- Funds may be available for start-up projects that meet a recognized need in a unique way. Such projects must include provision for an evaluation and a realistic plan for fiscal viability beyond the pilot phase.
- CFKR encourages applicants to secure other funding sources and may consider matching or challenge grants in order to stimulate participation from other sources.
- CFKR strongly encourages applicants to work with local vendors, in order to meet the needs of their respective projects.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Grant requests for the following are generally deemed to be Ineligible:
- Research
- Publication of studies, educational material
- Seminars, conferences, or workshops
- Tours or travel outside the community
- Scholarships or fellowships
- Activities of religious organizations that primarily serve their membership and/or their direct religious purposes
- Political organizations
- Advertising, marketing, videos, etc.
- Fund-raising campaigns
- General endowment or sustaining funds
- Core operating costs
- Operating or capital deficits, or to retire debts
Application Requirements
- Successful applicants will be required to provide CFKR with a one-page written report, including two to three photos (i.e., including consent for CFKR to publicize), upon the completion of their project or no later than December 31, 2025, whichever comes first.
- The application form is a fillable PDF; applicants can complete the form digitally in Acrobat Reader (preferred); or print and complete it by hand.
- Please be brief and concise (e.g., point form) in the completion of the grant application to ensure your application is not delayed or denied consideration.
- Digital submissions via email are strongly preferred; if submitting via email, please scan and email as one complete attachment, rather than a series of individual attachments. If submitting via hard copy, please keep the packaging and presentation of your grant proposal simple (i.e., staple or paper clip only).
- The grant application must be completed in full and be legible.
- Additional supporting documents, such as annual reports, brochures/flyers, pictures, etc. Must not exceed six (6) pages (i.e., this does not include required financial documentation, quotes, or support letters).
For more information, visit CFKR.