Deadline: 21-Jan-2025
The London Community Foundation is accepting submissions for the Community Vitality Grant Program to support innovative projects seeking to improve the quality of life for our region’s citizens.
Proposals are especially encouraged that represent true partnerships, demonstrate commitment to collaboration and leverage existing or new funding resources within the region’s First Nations, the City of London or Middlesex County, ON, Canada.
In 2025, the program will provide funding to local projects contributing to systems-change and long-term solutions and changes that:
- Demonstrate potential for transformative impact;
- Are accountable and measurable;
- whenever possible, improve/leverage resources and investments as well as involve collaboration/ strategic partnership.”
Issue Area
- The proposal must primarily address one of the issue areas (below) from the Vital Signs report – a report that takes the pulse of the community and creates awareness of the most pressing issues.
- Climate & Environment
- Zero Hunger
- Gender Equality
- Good Health and Wellbeing
- Housing
- Reduced Inequalities
Funding Information
- Applicants are welcome to request a grant of any amount between $50,000 minimum and $350,000 maximum.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Applicants
- Qualified donees are eligible to apply to the Community Vitality program. Qualified donees are specific kinds of organizations registered with the Canada Revenue Agency (registered charities, municipal governments, Indigenous governing body, etc.).
- Non-Qualified Donees
- Many community service organizations (CSO), such as non-profits, are not qualified donees. These CSO’s may partner with a qualified donee who serves as the applicant.
- If the non-qualified donee, for its role with the project, will require a portion of the grant that amounts to more than $25,000, an agreement between the qualified donee/non-qualified donee is required.
Ineligibility Criteria
- An applicant organization may not include, as part of its senior administration, a London Community Foundation employee and their immediate family.
- Members of the London Community Foundation Grants Committee and Board of Directors are eligible to apply. However, they are recused from reviewing, scoring, and commenting on their own applications. They may not discuss their own application with other committee or board members.
For more information, visit London Community Foundation.