Deadline: 29-Sep-23
The Port Coquitlam Community Foundation is currently accepting applications to fund projects proposed by registered charities active in youth, seniors, health and wellness, homelessness, arts and culture and organized sports.
The PoCo Foundation Grant Program focuses on projects that take an innovative approach to serve the citizens of Port Coquitlam.
Goals
- Have a direct and meaningful impact on a significant number of people
- When possible, involve community partnerships and maximize and leverage PoCo Community Foundation’s investments
- Strive to fund innovative programs or services
- Ensure objectives for each grant are met and the final report is received
- Endeavour to have each funded project or program align with the vision, mission and values
- Recognize and value diversity, equity and inclusion within the community
- Respond to the changing nature of the community by listening to community organizations in order to identify areas of high priority as they arise
What they Fund?
- Organizations of any size
- Projects, programs, or services viewed as being innovative (out-of-the-box)
- Any type of opportunity: start-up, operating, etc.
- Capital projects (where the capital piece is key to the success of the project)
- Salaries as part of an overall project
- Operating funds in cases of urgent need where an applicant has a plan for sustainability.
- NEW Projects that respond to needs recovering from COVID-19 pandemic in Port Coquitlam
What they do not Fund?
- Organizations that discriminate by race, religion, colour, creed, sex, age or national origin
- Individuals (note – except for bursaries and scholarships)
- Advertising for benefit purposes including sporting events, conferences
- Religious or sectarian organizations unless engaged in a project benefiting the entire community, not just members of the religious or sectarian group
- Annual fundraising campaigns
- Debt retirement
- Retroactively to projects that have already taken place
- Endowment funds
Funding Rules
- CRA registration must be current and in good standing with CRA or a Registered Non-Profit with a signed Intermediary Agreement with a qualified donee
- All submitted materials become the property of the PoCo Community Foundation
- Organizations must demonstrate the ability to realize their mission by demonstrating viability and long-term stability
- The potential recipient organization’s project or program must directly impact Port Coquitlam
Granting Model
- Community grants are offered bi-annually (Spring & Fall)
- Applicants are restricted to receiving one Community Grant per program per calendar year
- They fund a specific project/ program for no more than two consecutive years; the PoCo Community Foundation reserves the right to extend past two years
- A successful grant recipient must take a one-year break before they can re-apply if they have already received two consecutive years of funding
- In the event the grant recipient cannot complete the project or program, for any reason, all unused grant money shall be immediately returned
- In the event the grant recipient ceases to operate or becomes insolvent, all unused grant money shall be immediately returned to PoCo Community Foundation
- The criteria for all granting decision conditions will remain confidential to the PoCo Community Foundation Granting Committee and Board
For more information, visit Port Coquitlam Community Foundation.