Deadline: 16-Oct-22
The City of Vancouver is now accepting applications for its Vancouver Sport Hosting Grants Program to provide financial support for sporting events that have the potential to bring direct or indirect economic, social, health, and community development benefits to Vancouver.
The Vancouver Community Sport Hosting Grant program is designed to encourage:
- the development and retention of local sport events and tournaments in Vancouver that enhance the priorities of the Healthy City Strategy, the Vancouver Sport Strategy and the Sport Hosting Vancouver Action Plan;
- local sport organizations to provide quality sport events to their members;
- local sport organizations to build their event hosting capacity, increasing opportunities to host an attract larger major or international events in future years;
- participant attendance from outside Vancouver which contributes to the city’s economic prosperity;
- opportunities for Vancouver teams and individuals to compete on home soil;
- participation at the community level for a range of sports and abilities;
- volunteer development in hosting quality events in Vancouver.
Grant Types
- Local or Regional Sport Tournament Grant (organized sport competitions)
- For community-based events that have a smaller operating budget.
- For sanctioned provincial or regional championships.
- Funds a maximum of 30% of total gross operating budget.
- Grant covers operating costs only.
- Funding will not normally exceed $10,000.
- New Sport Event Initiative Grant (capacity building)
- New ideas and first time projects that further sport hosting objectives including volunteer development, community engagement, and sport development.
- The proposed sport event should serve the mission and objectives of the Vancouver Sport Strategy and align with the Healthy City Strategy.
- Funds a maximum of 50% of total gross operating budget of the event.
- Funding will not normally exceed $5,000.
- Annual Sport Event (sustainable sport)
- For recurring annual community sport events.
- Sport events that reach, encourage, and draw community-wide participation.
- Annual grant will not exceed 30% of total gross operating budget in a given year.
- Up to 3 years funding. Funding will not normally exceed $15,000 over 3 years.
Eligibility Criteria
- local and provincial not-for profit organizations in existence for more than 1 year
- must be in good standing with the City of Vancouver and the Vancouver Park Board
- sport event must take place in Vancouver
For mroe information, visit City of Vancouver.
For more information, visit https://vancouver.ca/people-programs/sporting-event-grants.aspx