Submissions open for New Initiatives Grants Program – Canada

Deadline: 20-Feb-2025

Submissions are now open for the New Initiatives Grants Program.

Objectives

• The City of Regina uses an outcomes-based approach to funding. All applications are evaluated based on their alignment and support of the City’s funding objectives.
  • Preserve and Celebrate Regina’s Cultural Heritage
    • Preserve and celebrate cultural heritage resources and spaces
    • Preserve and celebrate intangible cultural heritage (i.e. languages, traditions and stories)
    • Animate the City’s public spaces and parks (i.e. placemaking, festivals and events)
  • Strengthen the artistic and cultural communities
    • Build community through partnership and collaboration 
    • Improve awareness to and access to the arts
    • Offer direct supports to artists
    • Contribute to the growth of the arts and culture sector 
  • Culture
    • Embrace Diversity 
      • Address the cultural aspirations of equity-deserving groups, such as First Nations, Métis, Inuit, ethnocultural minorities, newcomers, 2SLGBTQIAP+, people with disabilities, etc.
      • Strengthen Indigenous communities’ cultural presence in Regina 
      • Preserve Regina’s immigrant history 
      • Encourage intercultural and diverse relationships
    • Truth & Reconciliation 
      • Through cultural initiatives:
        • Implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)
        • Address any of the Truth & Reconciliation Calls to Action
        • Address the Calls for Justice for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA people (MMIWG2S); and/or
        • Tell the story and celebrate the cultures of Indigenous Peoples.

Funding Information

• There are two levels of funding
  • Minor funding of up to $10,000, for proposals, either New Initiatives or Annual Activity that are completed within 12 months.
  • Major funding of over $10,000 and up to $30,000, for proposals, either New Initiatives or Annual Activity that are completed within 12 months.

Duration

• The grant period is May 1, 2025, to April 30, 2026, unless approval is given for a project that requires longer than 12 months to complete.

Eligibility Criteria

• For all proposals, either New Initiatives or Annual Activity, organizations must:
  • be a registered non-profit community organization that is operating with an active status, and that has been incorporated for at least one year at the time of application submission.
  • be based in Saskatchewan or be a provincial organization and deliver services to the residents of Regina;
  • demonstrate sound financial management and accountability;
  • be responsible for the development, implementation, and evaluation of those activities for which the funds are intended.
• To apply for Annual Activity proposals, organizations must also:
  • have completed at least one year of the proposed programming and consider the activities to be a demonstrable, ongoing element of the organization’s core programming, related to their mandate.
  • organizations that host a biennial program/project/initiative/event are eligible to apply for annual activity funding. If approved through adjudication to be funded, the program/project/initiative/event will only receive funding on years’ the initiative is being held in Regina.

Ineligibility Criteria

• The following organizations are not eligible to apply for City of Regina Minor and Major funding:
  • post-secondary institutions, universities or private schools;
  • municipal service providers such as fire, police and libraries;
  • Saskatchewan Health Authority, hospitals, nurse.

For more information, visit City of Regina.