Deadline: 15 February 2020

Shell Canada is seeking applications to provide funding for community projects and initiatives that are located near their facilities and exploration interests throughout Canada.

Social Investment Themes

• Education
  • Adult Learning
  • Kindergarten – Grade 12 (Early Learning, High School Completion, STEM and Cultural Retention)
• Community Skills & Enterprise Development
  • Skills/Vocational Training/Leadership Development
  • Small and medium enterprise development
• Safety
  • Driver behaviour
  • Emergency response
  • Pedestrian safety
• Environment
  • Biodiveristy/Conservation efforts
  • Improve local environment
• Health
  • Access to and quality of health care
  • Provision of equipment
  • Prevention of illness
• Access to Energy
  • Support of energy services
  • Access to energy products
• Community Development
  • Traditional livelihood and cultural retention
  • Community capacity building

Ineligible Projects

Shell’s social investment program does not fund the following:

• Individuals or individual pursuits
• Golf tournaments, hockey tournaments, tennis, fishing or other sporting tournaments
• Sports – professional, recreational or minor sports teams
• For-profit organizations
• Trips, tours, and travel expenses
• Third party fundraiser or fundraising events
• Conferences, forums, trade shows, conventions, seminars (unless industry-related)
• Religious causes that do not serve the general public on a non-denominational basis
• Advertising, film, video, television and book productions
• Private foundations
• Fraternal and labour organizations/service clubs
• Private (fee-based) elementary or secondary schools
• Political parties or lobby groups
• Projects where benefits occur outside Canada

For more information, visit https://www.shell.ca/en_ca/sustainability/communities/funding-guidelines-process.html