Deadline: 6-Oct-23
The Edmonton Heritage Council (EHC) is seeking applications for its Operational Grant Program.
Operational Grants provide limited operating assistance—up to 25 percent of an applicant’s eligible expenses—to museums, archives, and other heritage organizations to increase their capacity to research, preserve, interpret, and advocate for Edmonton’s heritage.
Through HCIP, EHC is committed to achieving the ambitions and aims of Connections and Exchanges: A 10-Year Plan to Transform Arts and Heritage in Edmonton. EHC’s mandate is to help advance this work in the community and with partners the City of Edmonton, Edmonton Arts Council, and Arts Habitat Edmonton.
The EHC is committed to reconciliation with Indigenous peoples and mutually respectful relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. EHC is also committed to the principle of Indigenous cultural independence and agency. They ask those applying to this program to join them in these essential commitments in their work. The EHC is committed to equitable processes when making granting decisions.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for an Operational Grant:
- The organization must be a non-profit society, registered in Alberta for at least one year.
- The related activities of the organization must take place within the Edmonton Metropolitan Region.
- The organization must encourage public engagement in Edmonton’s heritage by:
- operating a heritage facility that is open to the public for a minimum of 200 hours per year and/or
- providing regular heritage programming to Edmontonians for a minimum of three years.
- The organization must demonstrate sound board and governance practices. Examples of unsound governance practices could include having a board member also in a paid staff role in the organization or a lack of financial controls or review.
- The organization must have year-end financial statements that follow generally accepted accounting principles for not-for-profit organizations.
- The applicant must be up to date with final reports for other HCIP-funded work, including returning any unused grant funds.
- This program excludes educational institutions, recreation centres, community leagues, health facilities, religious institutions, and government-owned and/or operated facilities.
- Organizations that receive Operational funding through other City of Edmonton grant programs (including Edmonton Arts Council, Community Investment Operating Grant, and Community League Operating Grant) are also not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit Edmonton Heritage Council (EHC).