Deadline: 01-Nov-2024
The Town of Caledon is accepting submissions for the Climate Action Fund to provide grant funding to eligible entities to implement projects that address climate change in Caledon.
Funding Information
- Applicants can apply for up to $8,000 through the Town’s Climate Action Fund.
Eligible Projects
- Climate Change Mitigation
- Encourage walking, cycling, and use of transit or other sustainable transportation modes through improved programs, infrastructure, and education
- Education to encourage the adoption of electric and zero emissions vehicles
- Waste reduction and/or enhancement of waste diversion
- Education about energy conservation, renewable energy, and low carbon energy sources (e.g. electrification and heat pumps)
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Support a resilient food and agriculture sector across Caledon
- Restoration of wetlands, streams, and meadows
- Community gardens, indigenous education gardens, pollinator pathway/habitat corridors
- Low impact development and green natural infrastructure projects (e.g. raingardens and bioswales) and decrease of impervious surfaces
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must meet the eligibility criteria as described below:
- Only one application per organization will be accepted each year;
- Projects must be based in Caledon and directly benefit Caledon residents;
- Previously awarded applicants cannot apply for the same project in the same location two years in a row;
- Funding must be used within the same calendar year they are issued, unless otherwise stipulated;
- Any unspent funds must be returned to the Town upon completion of the project.
- Eligible applicants include:
- Non-profit organizations and/or registered charitable organizations;
- Neighbourhood associations and other unincorporated community-based groups;
- Faith/church groups, for a non-religious purpose;
- Indigenous groups;
- Schools with a Caledon address in a publicly funded school board;
- School groups, clubs, and parent councils, applying on behalf of a school in a publicly funded school board with a Caledon address;
- Publicly funded school boards for a project in schools with a Caledon address; and,
- Individuals/students with a documented collaborative agreement with an eligible applicant.
For more information, visit Town of Caledon.