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WRCF’s Community Grants Program in Canada

Deadline: 31-Mar-25

The Waterloo Region Community Foundation (WRCF) is pleased to announce the Community Grants Program to address social infrastructure through grants that support applications that are developing, enhancing, or reinforcing activities that bring people together around shared interests in places that serve as Hubs of community life, whether they are formal civic spaces like libraries and community centres, or informal gathering places like parks and meeting spots.

All who use this space should feel welcome, respected, safe, and accommodated, regardless of who they are, where they come from or their abilities.

Funding Information
  • Approximately $700,000 in total funding is available in 2025.
  • Applications will be accepted for two levels of grants:
    • Spark – $10,000 (Note: successful applicants will receive the full $10,000 requested)
    • Scale – $30,000 (Note: successful applicants will receive between $20,000 and $30,000)
  • Funding must be used for eligible expenses occurring between July 1, 2025 and August 31, 2026.
Eligible Activities

The activity that your organization applies for:

  • Will encourage meaningful interactions in a Hub among diverse groups that might not otherwise interact, creating opportunities for people to connect from different backgrounds and fostering broader community ties.
  • Could be for leveraging programming between two or more organizations that introduces people to new opportunities, skills, members of the broader community. These wouldn’t need to be new activities, but by working together the organizations are able to share resources that link and support people in new ways.
  • Cannot be for a one-off activity, however it can be a new idea that you are hoping to build upon. So, think of activities that you have in place already to connect and strengthen people that your organization supports, or it can be the start of a new way to build meaningful relationships.
  • Must be able to show the connection between the proposed activity and strengthening social infrastructure locally.
Eligibility Criteria
  • Applying organizations must be based in Waterloo Region and providing services and/or activities for people in Waterloo Region (Cambridge, Kitchener, North Dumfries, Waterloo, Wellesley, Wilmot, Woolwich)
  • Applicant organizations must be:
    • Registered charitable organizations;
    • Qualified donees recognized by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA); or
    • Nonprofit organizations working with a Fiscal Partner that is a registered charitable organization or qualified donee
      • The “Fiscal Partner” organization will accept the funds on your behalf and will be supporting you to do charitable activities, as outlined in your application. If you plan to partner this way, they would be your organization’s Fiscal Partner for this funding.

For more information, visit WRCF.