Richmond Community Foundation’s 2022 Community Grants

Deadline: 15-Oct-21

The Richmond Community Foundation is now accepting Letters of Intent (LOI) for the 2022 Community Grants.

Focus Areas

The Foundation is looking for projects that will benefit all of Richmond, and a lot of people. But while a project’s impact should be broad, its focus can be very specific. For example:

Children & Youth
Seniors
New Immigrants
Low-Income Families
People with a Disability

And of course, they support initiatives in a wide range of fields, including:

Arts and Culture
Healthcare
Environment
Food Security
Sports and Recreation
Social Services

Funding Information

This grant is issued in amounts between $ 1,000 and $ 10,000 and supports projects that will have a broad community impact.

Eligibility Criteria

Richmond-based community organizations that are registered with the Canada Revenue Agency and fit the following criteria:

Initiatives that will directly benefit the residents of Richmond that have broad based community impact, address a significant community challenge and respond to a significant existing or emerging need
Initiatives that are available without discrimination because of race, color, creed, sex, age, marital status or ability
Initiatives that build community capacity and build or develop partnerships among community organizations and community resources
Initiatives that are undertaken by organization (s) that have charitable tax status under the Income Tax Act
Initiatives that are undertaken by organization (s) that can fulfill the Grant Application Requirements
Up to 10% of the grant amount may be used for adminstration costs of an agency undertaking a project