Deadline: 4-Mar-25
The Dufferin County Community Grants Program is designed to support community goals.
The community goals are based on extensive consultation with residents and stakeholders as part of the County Strategic Plan.
The County of Dufferin partners with Headwaters Communities in Action (HCIA) to administer the Community Grant program.
Streams
- Dufferin County offers this program in order to support its strategic goals in the following streams:
- Climate and Environment
- Community
- Cultural Enhancement
- Access to Food
- Youth and Seniors Services
- Economic Development
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiatives
Core Values
- The Community Grant program, its policy and procedures will be guided by the County’s core values:
- Collaboration: They actively engage and partner across departments and with community members, stakeholders, and other organizations to collectively address the challenges and achieve the shared goals.
- Accountability: They are transparent and take responsibility and ownership for the actions and decisions.
- Innovation: They embrace a culture of continuous improvement and creativity, seeking innovative solutions for an ever-changing community.
- Compassion: They act with kindness and demonstrate empathy and understanding in serving the community.
- Courage: They lead with conviction and act in the best interest of the County and the community.
Funding Categories
- Groundwork Grant (multi-year) – up to 3-year funding agreement with the County for community organizations to strengthen their organization or to ensure the continuation of long-running programs that are of vital importance and value to the community
- Bloom Grant (one year) – provided for programs or events that engage in one time funding for initiatives in alignment with the Community Grant Program goals
- Grassroots Grant (one year) – for unincorporated grassroots groups or newly incorporated not-for-profit organizations that require support for a new initiative (This stream is limited to a maximum of $3,000)
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be:
- a school, a registered not-for-profit or charitable organization
- Or a non-registered group or organization that is partnered with a registered organization, in which case you must attach a letter of support/partnership or endorsement from the partner that includes their registration/charitable number, if applicable
- located in Dufferin County and /or must serve Dufferin County in its catchment area
- The project or organization cannot already be supported by the County of Dufferin
- Funding requests are limited to one application per organization. (Partner organizations can support more than one applicant)
- Projects must benefit Dufferin County residents.
Ineligibility Criteria
- The Community Grants Program will not provide funding to:
- Individuals
- For-profit organizations
- Other levels of government
- Political organizations
- An organization that acts as a funding body or makes grants to another organization
- Organizations whose activities could be deemed discriminatory as defined by the Ontario Human Rights Code
For more information, visit Dufferin County.