Deadline: 29-Aug-2024
The City of Medicine Hat is offering grants to promote vibrancy, energy and enthusiasm in their community.
The City of Medicine Hat values community activities and projects because they bolster community spirit, emphasize opportunities that contribute to quality of life and enhance a sense of belonging to a community that is welcoming, safe, resilient, and full of opportunity.
The Community Vibrancy Grant has two streams:
- Community Projects and Activities – $25,000 will be allocated
- Annual Festivals and Special Events (larger scale) – $19,000 is available for 2025
- two-year funding is available for this stream
- due to some festivals/events receiving multi-year funding, the total funds available may differ from year to year.
Objectives
- Community Projects and Activities
- This stream will provide funding for projects that support one or more of the following:
- promote vibrancy, energy and enthusiasm in the community of Medicine Hat
- emphasize the community and celebrate living in Medicine Hat
- promote recreation, leisure, social, arts, cultural or opportunities vital to the well-being and quality of life in Medicine Hat
- promote a sense of belonging in the community
- create increased knowledge of community
- deepen awareness of opportunities and challenges, and the factors that impact change
- increase appreciation for the community
- generate interest for residents to get more actively involved in their community
- This stream will provide funding for projects that support one or more of the following:
- Annual Festivals and Special Events
- This stream will provide funding for projects that are larger in scale (i.e.: expect to have an audience of more than 500 residents) and support one or more of the following:
- promote vibrancy, energy and enthusiasm in the community of Medicine Hat
- emphasize the community and celebrate living in Medicine Hat
- promote arts, cultural or community gathering experiences vital to the well-being and quality of life in Medicine Hat
- increase appreciation for the community
- generate interest for residents to get more actively involved in their community
- This stream will provide funding for projects that are larger in scale (i.e.: expect to have an audience of more than 500 residents) and support one or more of the following:
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications for a Community Vibrancy Grant must meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Projects must:
- reflect the spirit of City Council’s Strategic Plan 2023-2026
- take place within the City of Medicine Hat limits/boundaries
- support one or more of the objectives outlined above.
- Applications must:
- identify the initiative’s anticipated deliverables and outcomes
- be made by individuals, organizations or groups of individuals and organizations, who live in or around Medicine Hat
- provide a budget statement of projected expenses and revenue, including any projected shortfall of funds
- describe any community partnerships and/or funds secured from other organizations/individuals
- be not-for-profit in nature
- Applications must not:
- involve the recruitment of permanent staff
- involve major capital expenditures ($500 maximum)
- involve activities for the purposes of fundraising for other causes
- Projects must:
For more information, visit City of Medicine Hat.