Deadline: 20 September 2017
Applications are open for “The Champions Fund” which was created by Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) to empower the female athletic community, to provide a resource that can help change the game for Canada’s young girls and women athletes.
Funding Information
The Champions Fund will award $5,000 grants to 30 deserving female athletes, teams, or organizations, providing the financial support needed to pursue their athletic goals.
Eligibility Criteria
- Grants from the Fund are available to residents of Canada who are;
- Aged 13 years, or older,
- Will be using the Grant to directly benefit female sport participation, in their role as one or more of the following:
- Athlete – an individual who participates in sport, from grassroots through to high-performance. The athlete may participate in either individual or team sports.
- Leader/Organizer of a:
- Team – a collection of 2 or more Athletes who regularly compete in sport, together as a single unit.
- Tournament – a structured environment where teams, or individual athletes, participate in a designated sport (or sports) in a series of games or competitions against others. There may, or may not, be compensation in some form for participants.
- Non-Profit Sports Camp – a supervised sport environment for individual athletes or teams to participate in sport practice and/or competition, either delivered in single or multi-day sessions. The entity delivering said camp must be a not for profit organization, with official legal status as such.
- Recreation Program – a sport-based recreation program, operated by a not-for-profit organization or government entity, that allows Canadians to participate in sport – in either a structured (formal league, teams, etc.) or unstructured (drop–in, casual) manner.
- Agrees that:
- Their image or likeness can be used in activities and promotional material relating to the Fund initiative,
- The Committee can reach out to / communicate with the Applicant to vet their eligibility to receive a Grant,
- Any effect on amateur status will not be the responsibility of DFC (if applicable).
- Employees, agents, and representatives of DFC, of any company, corporation, trust or other legal entity controlled by or affiliated to them, their members, members of the Committee, as well as members of their immediate family (brothers, sisters, children, father, mother), their legal or common-law spouse and any individuals with whom such employees, agents and representatives are domiciled, are not eligible to receive a Grant from the Fund.
How to Apply
- Applicants need:
- A minimum of one inspiring photo that shows you in action (up to 3, in landscape orientation)
- A link to a video on YouTube of you performing (note: this is optional)
- Contact information (full name and email)
- Applications must be submitted online via given website.
Eligible Country: Canada
For more information, please visit The Champions Fund.